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4th Year History Honours Information Session
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Postdoc Alexandra Macdonald wins prestigious dissertation award
The History Department is delighted to announce that Dr. Alexandra Macdonald, currently a postdoctoral fellow in the department, has won the 2025 Zuckerman Prize in American Studies for the best dissertation connecting American history with literature and/or art. Congratulations, Ali!
To learn more about the prize: https://www.mceas.org/news/2026/02/03/zuckerman-prize-awarded-alexandra-macdonald
To learn more about Dr. Macdonald’s work: https://brocku.ca/humanities/history/people/ali-macdonald/
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BUHS Game Night: Feb. 26
Are you an undergraduate interested in History – or do you just like to have fun? Join the Brock University Historical Society for a night of games and socializing! You can RSVP ahead of time at ExperienceBU here.
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History Graduate Program Information Session
Join the Department of History and the Faculty of Graduate Studies on Thursday, January 22nd at 1:30PM, virtually via TEAMS for our Master of Arts in History Information Session.
You will meet with the Graduate Program Director, Dr. Jessica Clark and Graduate Studies Coordinator, Becky White-Cote who will discuss topics such as stream option, MA expectations, funding opportunities and more!
To RSVP, please visit: Graduate Info Sessions – Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs
Questions? E-mail [email protected]
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Call for Papers: Conference on Islam, politics, and slavery, July 2027
Conference
Enslaved Muslims and Muslim Enslavers: Islam, Politics and Slavery
6-7 July 2027
Organizers:
Stephan Conermann, Spokesperson and Principal Investigator, Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies, Dean of the Faculty of Arts, University of Bonn, Germany
Behnaz Mirzai, Professor of Middle Eastern History, Brock University, Canada
A two-day multidisciplinary conference titled “Enslaved Muslims and Muslim Enslavers: Islam, Politics and Slavery” will be held on July 6–7, 2027 at Brock University in collaboration with Bonn Center for Dependency and Slavery Studies, University of Bonn, Germany. The conference will explore the impact of political Islam on the enslavement of various ethnic groups from the medieval to the modern period. Furthermore, it examines the enslavement of Muslims who were taken to the Americas during the Atlantic slave trade.
The conference will bring together scholars to address topics related to slavery and Islam in the context of comparative studies. It aims to foster a deeper understanding of the political, social, religious and historical dimensions of the ‘Islamic factor’ within the slave trade with the aim of revealing its complexity. This conference offers an inter-disciplinary framework that transcends regional studies of slavery by including the Americas, Africa and the Middle East and beyond.
Proposals will be reviewed by the conference committee. Presented papers will be published in a special issue of an academic journal or edited volume.
Please submit a proposal (350 words) and a brief CV with relevant publications to Dr. Behnaz Mirzai: [email protected]. The deadline for submissions is 30 June 2026.
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Latin America and the Caribbean on the World Stage BA Honours Symposium- November 26
Join us to explore together Latin American and Caribbean contributions in the fields of science, technology, medicine, economics, spirituality, ritual, literature, and the arts to the world.
Come out and hear about student experience and talk research with researchers-in-training.
When: Wednesday, November 26 at 3:30 – 7:00pm
Where: GLN A 201
Organizer: Prof. Suescun Pozas
Presenters: Students in HIST 4P26All are welcome!
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BUHS Movie Night, Nov. 19: Jojo Rabbit
Join the Brock University Historical Society for a showing of Jojo Rabbit on Wednesday, November 19, from 7-9 p.m. in Thistle 257. Pizza, snacks, and drinks will be provided.
To RSVP, visit the ExperienceBU page here.
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History Speaker Series: Dr. Steve McClellan on conservation and colonialism, Oct. 30
Please join us for a talk by Dr. Steve McClellan, currently teaching in the Department of History.
For more information about Dr. McClellan’s research, see his website here.
For more information, check out ExperienceBU here.
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