The Lakehead University Historical Society (LUHS) will be holding its Winter 2018 social gatherings every second Wednesday of the month in The Study starting at 6:00 pm. Come on by and meet fellow history students, faculty and staff, and alumni!

The Lakehead University Historical Society (LUHS) will be holding its first social of the year in The Study starting at 6:00 pm. Come on by and meet fellow history students, faculty and staff, and alumni!

Future socials will be held on the second Thursday of each month between 6:00 and 8:00 pm.

The Lakehead University Historical Society (LUHS) is holding a bake sale on 26 October, 8 am to 4 pm just outside of the Outpost. The cost of goodies is by donation! 

May 10th is the 20th Anniversary of the Lakehead Social History Institute! They will be celebrating 20 years with a special Dinner and Guest Speaker. Dr. Bruce Elliott, who spoke at the LSHI first AGM in 1997, is returning to the city from Carleton University in Ottawa to present his research on the history of the gravestone industry, using Prince Edward Island as his sample. Dr. John Coolen, of the Thunder Bay Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society will provide local commentary, looking at cemetery history in the Lakehead.

Tickets for the celebratory dinner are $40 per person, and can be purchased at the Thunder Bay Museum beginning April 21st, or by emailing the Lakehead Social History Institute at shi@lakeheadu.ca

Interested in learning how you can become active in preserving Ontario's past? 

Staff of the Ontario Historical Society (OHS) will be in Thunder Bay to meet with senior undergraduate and graduates students this Friday at 3 pm in RB 3023. In addition to talking about the OHS they will also be available to answer questions about the heritage field in Ontario and its future.

Founded in 1888, The Ontario Historical Society is a non-profit corporation and registered charity; a non-government group bringing together people of all ages, all walks of life and all cultural backgrounds interested in preserving some aspect of Ontario's history. Our own Dr. Michel S. Beaulieu is currently its Vice-President. More information can be found at http://www.ontariohistoricalsociety.ca

The Lakehead University Historical Society presents "Casino Royale." 1 February 2017, 8 pm in UC 1017.

The Lakehead University Historical Society is hosting a free movie night. Join fellow students, faculty, and alumni for "Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail" on 26 October starting at 7:30 pm.

The Department of History will be hosting a book launch for Dr. Steven Jobbitt's latest publication Fodor Ferenc Önéletírásai [The Autobiographical Works of Ferenc Fodor].

Published by ELTE Eötvös József Collegium (Hungary) and co-edited with Róbert Győri this edited collection of four previously unpublished autobiographical documents by the Hungarian geographer Ferenc Fodor (1887-1962) sheds important light on the life and work of a scholar and public intellectual whose career as a researcher began in the late Austro-Hungarian period and ended in the early communist era with the publication of his final book in 1957. Accompanied by a substantial introduction (in both English and Hungarian), this collection makes a significant contribution to the history of Hungarian geography, and opens up critical and ultimately timely perspectives on a Hungarian intellectual whose work has seen a revival in the context of Hungary's post-communist shift to the right.   

Join us for the Thunder Bay launch of the book at The Study on 19 October at 12:00 pm.

A PDF version of the book (to facilitate open-access so that the primary materials it contains are readily accessible) can be downloaded at http://honlap.eotvos.elte.hu/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/FodorFerenc.pdf