Graduate

  • History Speaker Series “Winning Women’s Hearts and Minds”

    Wednesday, November 13, 2024 | By

    Join us at our History Speaker Series event “Winning Women’s Hearts and Minds” a book talk by Dr. Diana Cucuz!

    Event Details: 
    Dr. Diana Cucuz, History, Toronto Metropolitan University/Brock University
    When: Thursday, Nov. 14, 11 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
    Where: Sankey Chamber

    Light refreshments will be served, and a discount code for ordering books will be available

    For more information about Dr. Cucuz and her talk, visit here: History Speaker Series: Winning Women’s Hearts and Minds by Dr. Diana Cucuz – ExperienceBU

    Categories: Brock University Historical Society, Faculty, Graduate, News, Undergraduate

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • History MA Student to present at GIS Days

    Friday, November 10, 2023 | By

    Rebecca Nickerson (MA History) will be presenting her work, “HGIS: Mapping Segregated Healthcare in Canada,” as a part of the GIS Days conference, hosted by Western University Libraries, on Nov 13-17. She was featured in the Brock News for her participation in the conference.

    Registration is free but required to attend: https://gisdays-westernu.hub.arcgis.com/pages/registration

    Rebecca’s talk is part of the Lightning Talks and will speak on Thursday, Nov 16 at 11:00 am. Her abstract follows:

    HGIS: Mapping Segregated Healthcare in Canada will explain the process and ethics of using GIS methods for historical research. The Mapping Segregation Project, a collaboration between Brock University and ESRI Canada explores the spatial relationship of colonial governance over Indigenous healthcare during the 1950’s – 1980’s, particularly focusing on patient transportation. The data used in this project was compiled from archives, both maps and written sources to create a comprehensive database to show how a government system functioned over space and time. Learn about transforming complex archival data into easy to understand visuals in this lighting talk.

    Congratulations, Rebecca! Keep up the great work and good luck with the presentation.

    Photo credit: The Brock News

    Categories: Conferences/Presentations, Graduate

  • Introducing our new MA students!

    Wednesday, November 08, 2023 | By

    Welcome to the program!

     

    Categories: Graduate

  • Top Holocaust Scholar to give Humanities Graduate Student Seminar, Public Talk

    Tuesday, September 19, 2023 | By

    Professor Kristin Semmens (University of Victoria) will give a lunchtime seminar for graduate students in the Department of History (Thursday, Sept 21) to discuss her experiences researching and writing her new book, Under the Swastika in Nazi Germany. This workshop will provide graduate students will an invaluable opportunity to learn about knowledge mobilization, dissemination, and communication from a leading scholar. Lunch will be provided. Event details are on ExperienceBU.

    Please RSVP to Professor Elizabeth Vlossak (evlossak@brocku.ca) to reserve your spot by Tuesday, Sept 19. 

    Dr. Semmens will also be delivering a public lecture that evening at Pond Inlet (6:30pm). Advance registration is available through ExperienceBU. Read more about Dr. Semmens and the upcoming lecture in the Brock News.

    Categories: Graduate, Seminar/Lecture

  • MA Thesis Defense: Kathleen Powell

    Wednesday, June 07, 2023 | By

    A group of professors stand beside MA student Kathleen Powell

    Congratulations to Kathleen Powell, who successfully defended her MA Thesis today!

    Kathleen’s thesis is entitled, “‘At Breakfast We Heard Whistles Blowing’: Nationalist Sentiment in St. Catharines, 1899-1902.”

    From L to R: Dr. Jessica Clark (Supervisor, History); Dr. Olatunji Oji (Chair and Acting GPD, History); Kathleen Powell; Dr. Phillip Mackintosh (External Examiner, Geography and Tourism); Dr. Daniel Samson (Second Reader, History)

    Categories: Graduate, Thesis Defense

  • Master of Arts in History Thesis Defence: Kathleen Powell

    Tuesday, May 23, 2023 | By

    Kathleen Powell, a Master of Arts in History candidate, will defend the thesis “‘At Breakfast We Heard Whistles Blowing’: Nationalist Sentiment in St. Catharines, 1899-1902” on Wednesday, June 7 at 10:00 a.m. in GLA 201. 

    The examination committee includes Dr. Elizabeth Vlossak, Chair; Dr. Jessica Clark, Supervisor; Dr. Phillip Mackintosh, External Examiner (Department of Geography & Tourism Studies, Brock University); Dr. Olatunji Ojo, Acting Graduate Program Director; and Dr. Daniel Samson, Committee Member. 

    Photo by tim de leij on Unsplash

    Categories: Graduate, Thesis Defense