The History Department exten
ds heartfelt condolences to the family of the redoubtable Robin Guard, Brock’s oldest-ever graduate, who earned his Master of Arts degree in History in 2017 at the age of 93. We shall miss him.
https://brocku.ca/brock-news/2017/06/standing-ovation-for-brocks-oldest-ever-graduate/
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
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)
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!
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.
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”
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”
Gregory Betts (English), “I Am That Am I: An Ontography of I”
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”
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”
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!
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:
Congratulations, Rebecca! Keep up the great work and good luck with the presentation.
Photo credit: The Brock News
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 ([email protected]) 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.
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)
