Articles by author: lbetts

  • History Students Honoured at Spring Convocation

    Tuesday, June 18, 2024 | By

    Convocation week did not disappoint! One of our undergraduate students, Miria Pelletier (BA History ’24 and BEd ’24) was honoured with the Spirit of Brock Medal for her work with the Brock University Historical Society and several public history projects, including the legacy of the Garden City Arena in St. Catharines as part of Brock’s Sport Oral History Archive. Bravo, Miria!

    A big round of congratulations goes out to our MA students, Cindy Allingham, Jingxiong (Bear) Lyu, and Alaric Mustoe. We are thrilled to see you complete this final step of your Master’s journey and wish you all the best in your future endeavours!

    Brock University Board of Trustees member Kevin Magee (BA ’14), left, presented Miria Pelletier (BA ’24, BEd ’24) with the Spirit of Brock medal Thursday, June 13 during the University’s 115th Convocation.

    Alaric Mustoe (MA ’24) receives his hood from Department Chair Olatunji Ojo.

    Bear Lyu (MA ’24) and Department Chair Olatunji Ojo at spring convocation.

    Cindy Allingham (MA ’24, far right) looks on her fellow graduand (Madelyn Huston, MA ’24, Classical Studies)

     

    Categories: Brock University Historical Society, Convocation, Graduate, Undergraduate

  • Travel Study Course Featured by the Isle of Man BBC

    Tuesday, June 04, 2024 | By

    The students in MARS/HIST 3F51 are now back on Canadian soil! Photos are posted over on the MARS website.

    The group’s adventures have generated quite a buzz. They were recently highlighted in the Isle of Man BBC, and a podcast was produced by Manx Radio.

    Congratulations, Professors Andrew McDonald and  Renee-Claude Breitenstein on making this the trip of a lifetime for our students!

     

    Categories: Courses, Faculty, Graduate, News, Student Research and Travel, Undergraduate

  • Brock History Alumnus inspires young historians

    Tuesday, May 14, 2024 | By

    Brock’s Department of History recently took part in the 2024 District School Board of Niagara Heritage Fair at The Exchange in Niagara Falls where local elementary students gathered to showcase their historical poster projects. Photo credit: The Brock News

    Former History student, Mike Snow (BA ’09, MA ’10, BEd ’11), was featured in the Brock News for his work on the District School Board of Niagara’s Heritage Fair. He recruited members from his former department, including his MA supervisor and incumbent Chair, Professor Tami Friedman, and History TA, Charmaine Knight, to help judge the elementary school projects.

    Great outreach!

    Brock Associate Professor of History Tami Friedman (left) and her former student Mike Snow (BA’09, MA’10, BEd’11) at the 2023 Niagara Heritage Fair at Queenston Heights.

    Categories: Faculty, Outreach

  • Volume 9 of the General Launch Party, History Awards

    Monday, April 22, 2024 | By

    A double-duty event on Tuesday, April 10th celebrated the launch of the latest edition of The General alongside this year’s History Student Awards. Congratulations to everyone!

    Read more about it in the Brock News.

    The General Contributors (L to R): Robyn Weishar, Jenna Boucher (front), Alex Vastano (back), Alyssa Haines, Kait Grech, Lily Wolkoff, Jasmine Buchaly, Joey Sanders, Andrew Laliberte, Bronte Slote.  

    The Department of History Award Winners (L to R): Ethan Moncion (Lillie A Traver Scholarship, Frank and Amy Wills Memorial Award), Andrew Laliberte (2022-2023 John and Barbara McEwan Prize in British History), Kait Grech (2023-2024 John and Barbara McEwan Prize in British History), Jasmine Buchaly (Department of History Second Year Book Prize), Nick Kester (Donald Goodspeed Book Prize), Colin Nielsen (Professor Frederick C Drake Scholarship), Nicholas Frado (Department of History Third Year Book Prize), Tylaan Kalemba (Department of History First Year Book Prize).

    Categories: Brock University Historical Society, Student Achievements, The General, Undergraduate

  • Professor Discusses Cultural Interpretations of Eclipse Events

    Friday, April 05, 2024 | By

    Chair and Associate Professor of History Olatunji Ojo is exploring the ways geographic location and cultural belief systems shape people’s perception of solar eclipses and celestial events over time. Photo credit: the Brock News

    The Brock News featured Professor Olatunji Ojo in the April 4th edition, in advance of the upcoming solar eclipse on Monday, April 8th. Congratulations, Tunji!

    Read the full story here.

    Categories: Faculty, Outreach

  • Congratulations Dr. Eric Story!

    Thursday, March 07, 2024 | By

    Brock History Postdoctoral Fellow, Eric Story, successfully defended his PhD dissertation on Tuesday, March 5, 2024, at Wilfrid Laurier University. Bravo, Dr. Story!

    Categories: Postdocs and Scholars

  • Humanities Graduate Student Symposium a Success

    Thursday, February 29, 2024 | By

    The 2024 Humanities Graduate Student Symposium, “Narratives of Identity,” took place on February 10th in Pond Inlet.

    The full day of programming in Pond Inlet included presentations from MA and PhD students from all across the Faculty of Humanities. Congratulations Paige Groot (MA History candidate) and her organizing committee on a job well done!

    The full program is presented below.

    Panel 1: Mapping Memory

    Steven Hamelin (History), “Finding Richardson”

    Brendan Holk (English), “The Poppy and the Rhetoric of Service that Promotes Nationalism”

    Joshua Manitowabi (History), “Mapping Anishinaabe Kendaaswin: Land, Truth, and Treaties through Oral History”

    Panel 2: Voicing the Visual

    Liao Zihuan (HUMA), “Image Narrative of Identity: Louise Bourgeois’ Spider Images and Unconscious Desire”

    Miranda King (Classics), “The Small Finds from the Sanctuary of Venus at Pompeii”

    John Wilfred Bessai (Canadian Studies, Trent), “Exploring Identity Narratives through NFBC’s Digital Projects”

    Keynote Address

    Gregory Betts (English), “I Am That Am I: An Ontography of I”

    Panel 3: Countering Colonial Conversations

    Long Hoang Vu (HUMA), “Narrating Space: A Father-and-Son Duoethnographic Exploration of Vietnam’s Territory”

    Philip Akoje (SCLA), “Narrative of Identity through Masquerade Performance in Ibaji, North Central Nigeria”

    Alia Wazzan (HUMA), “Muslim Women’s Scholarship: Discursive Decolonization of Human/Women’s Rights”

    Panel 4: Negotiating Nature

    Julie Gemuend (HUMA), “Becoming World: Re-imaging the Material Self”

    Claire Thyne (English), “Probing Positions and Planets: Encountering the Alien in Vandana Singh’s ‘The Woman Who Thought She Was a Planet'”

    Daniel Belanger (Classics), “Hepatitis Bee: The Influence of Roma Culture on their Understanding of Bee Disease”

    Categories: Conferences/Presentations, Graduate

  • New Postdoctoral Fellow: Eric Story

    Friday, January 05, 2024 | By

    Eric Story (PhD Candidate, Wilfrid Laurier) is starting his Postdoctoral Fellowship this winter with Dr. Maureen Lux. He will give a talk on January 25th (1pm, GLA 201) as a part of the winter Speakers Series.

    Welcome to the Department, Eric!

     

     

    Categories: News, Postdocs and Scholars

  • MA Student Kat Rice Receives Horizon Scholarship

    Friday, December 15, 2023 | By

    Photo credit: The Brock News

    Kat Rice, BA (’23), is featured in the Brock News as a recipient of the prestigious Horizon Graduate Scholarship. The award, valued at $5,000, supports research-based students from under-represented groups at Brock (BIPOC, 2SLGBTQ+, low-income or low socioeconomic status backgrounds, first generation graduate students, and people living with disabilities).

    Kat’s research focuses on the representation of queer women in hockey in the Niagara region. “Through oral interviews, which involve collecting, interpreting and preserving memories of people in communities in their own voice, Rice is putting the spotlight on recreational players, coaches, organizers and officials. She is eager to examine how the experiences of queer women relate to their sense of belonging within their own team, their league and their country.” (The Brock News)

    Congratulations, Kat!

     

     

     

    Categories: Awards and Scholarships, Graduate, News

  • Professor Robert R. Taylor (Emeritus) to launch latest book

    Tuesday, December 05, 2023 | By

    Please join Robert R. Taylor, Professor (Emeritus) as he launches his new book! Spirit of the Big Ditch: The Story of the Welland Canals in Pictures, Poems and Songs will be presented on Tuesday, Dec 12, 6:30-8:30, at the St. Catharines Museum at Lock 3, hosted by the Historical Society of St. Catharines.

    A great opportunity to pick up the perfect holiday gift for the local history fanatic!

     

    Categories: Faculty, Publications

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