Professor Andrew McDonald will be on location at the Manx Museum Lecture Theatre this month to discuss his latest book, “A Visitor’s Guide To The Medieval Kingdoms Of Man And The Isles, 1066-1275.” He will also spend time preparing for his upcoming Travel Study Course (MARS/HIST 3F51) that is being offered in the spring of 2024.
Congratulations on the new book, Professor McDonald, and have a wonderful trip!
To learn more about the event, please visit the Manx National Heritage Site.
Explore Viking and Medieval History on location in the Isle of Man with Professor Andrew McDonald!
Learn more at the information sessions:
October 17th and October 26th, 2023
1:30-2:30pm
RFP 214
The course is cross-listed with the Centre for Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
Bram Fookes (BA Honours, Hist ’23) visited the Canadian National Vimy Memorial this summer as a part of the Canadian Battlefields Tour from May 26 – June 12, 2023.
Bram Fookes (BA Honours with First Class Standing, History ’23) recently returned from participating in the Canadian Battlefields Foundation Battlefields tour. In a highly competitive process, the Canadian Battlefields Foundation awards annual bursary funding to university students from across Canada to tour the Western Front battle and memorial sites, from the Netherlands, Belgium, France, and Germany.
Congratulations, Bram, on this major accomplishment!
Best of luck as you pursue your MA in History at the University of Guelph this fall.
The Groesbeek Commonwealth War Cemetery, Netherlands. Photo Credit: Bram Fookes
Canadian Battlefields Tour, Fookes, World War History
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Manitowabi (centre) at the Manitoulin Island Treaties (1836,1862) gathering on May 22-23, 2023. Photo credit: Marnie Anderson
Professor Josh Manitowabi, along with colleagues from Robinson Huron Waawwiindmaagewin (Sam Manitowabi) and the Northern Ontario School of Medicine (Dr. Darrel Manitowabi), organized a Manitoulin Island Treaties (1836,1862) gathering on May 22-23, 2023. The two day gathering featured a program of ceremonial events, speeches, and Wampum teachings on the Treaty signing site in Manitowaning, and an academically-oriented series of presentations, talks, and reflections at the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation in M’Chigeeng.
The livestream of the academic talks can be found on the RHW Facebook page.
Read the official media advisory release for a full description of the gathering.
Congratulations, Professor Manitowabi, on the success of this meeting!
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)
Matthew Melnyk (BA Honours, MA History) was honoured last week at the Business Link Media Group’s annual 40 Under Forty Business Achievement Awards. The award recognizes “individuals under the age of 40 who make significant positive contributions to the local economy, community, and business ecosystem.” This is the 20th year that the Business Link Media Group has held the awards.
Congratulations, Matthew!
If you are wondering where your colleague is, there’s a good reason he’s not responding to your emails. On Tuesday, May 30, Professor Spencer will be at the Institute of Christianity and Culture in Tokyo to deliver a lecture entitled: “Revisiting David Hume’s Review of the Rev. Robert Henry’s History of Great Britain.”
Safe travels, Mark, and we look forward to hearing about your travels upon your return!
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
A new article by Professor Colin Rose, “Homicide in early modern Bologna: a prepositional cartography” was published this week in Urban History. This open access article “uses GIS to trace the locations of homicides in early modern Bologna, Italy, with a ‘prepositional cartography’ that translates early modern Italian spatial mentalities into modern GIS analyses.”
Congratulations, Professor Rose!
Urban History , First View , pp. 1 – 20
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S0963926823000093
GIS, Publication, Research
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Congratulations to the Brock University Historical Society on the publication of the 2023 edition of The General!
The General is an undergraduate history journal published by the Brock University Historical Society. Its goal is to highlight undergraduate students’ academic achievements and celebrate their passion for history. The 2023 edition of The General features sixteen historical essays. They cover a range of diverse topics including the Norse presence in North America, the Black Death, the history of chocolate, and the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.
Read more about it in the BrockNews!