The Department of History will be holding its inaugural Chair's BBQ, a chance for history students, faculty, and alumni to socialize and get to know each other better following the first week of classes.

The event is free and open to all history alumni, students, community partners, and faculty. 

More information will be posted as the event draws closer.

The Department of History and the Thunder Bay Branch of the Canadian International Council are pleased to host Dr. Steven Jobbitt, Assistant Professor of History, Lakehead University, who will speak on "Post-Communist Hungary: Liberal Democracy in Question."

Bio: Dr. Steven Jobbit is an Assistant Professor of Modern European History at Lakehead University. He holds a PhD in Eastern European History from the University of Toronto and is the technical editor of the journal Hungarian Cultural Studies.

The Department of History presents Dr. Roberto Mazza, Western Illinois University, who will give a free public presentation entitled  "‘We will treat you as we did with the Armenians’: Cemal Pasha, Zionism and the Evacuation of Jaffa, April 1917." 

Speaker Bio: Dr. Roberto Mazza is an Assistant Professor History at Western Illinois University. He is the author of Jerusalem: From the Ottomans to the British (2009) and co-editor of Jerusalem in World War One: the Palestine Diary of a European Diplomat (2011). Dr. Mazza holds a PhD from the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London, a MSc in International Relations from Italy’s Bolgona University, and and MA in Government and Politics of the Middle East from SOAS. Click here for more information about the speaker.

The Department of History in conjunction with the Alumni Association will be handing out its 2014 departmental awards to celebrate the accomplishments of our distinguished graduates. We will also be recognizing an organization and individual with our departmental community partnership awards.

Honoured this year will be Elinor Barr (BA 1974, HBA 1989), Mark Chochla (BA 1967, HBA 1975), Beth Boegh, and the City of Thunder Bay Archives.

The Department of History and the Thunder Bay Branch of the Canadian International Council are pleased to host John Foster who will speak on “Petroleum and the World’s Hot Spots: Is There a Connection?"

Speakers Bio: John Foster is a Canadian expert on the world oil scene who has worked for the World Bank, Inter-American Development Bank, and two oil companies (BP and Petro-Canada) in more than thirty countries in Asia, Africa and Latin America. Born in London England, he graduated from Cambridge University in economics and law, and served in the Royal Navy (Suez).

Each fall the Department of History, Lake Superior Scottish Regiment, the HMCS Griffon, and the Thunder Bay Branch of the Canadian International Council partners to hold a free symposium focusing on issues relating to the Canadian Forces.

This year's symposium is focused on the First World War, with a particular emphasis on Northwestern Ontario. It will be held on the 8 November at the  O’Kelly Armoury (317 Park Avenue) between 0830 and 1500, with a reception in the Officer's Mess and a tour of the Thunder Bay Military Museum on the 7 November. 

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE CONFERENCE POSTER AND INTINERARY

Additional partners this year include the Ontario Historical Society, Thunder Bay Military Museum, Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society, Northwestern Ontario Archivists' Association, and Thunder Bay Public Library.

Complete information can be found on the symposium's website https://www.lakeheadu.ca/academics/departments/history/annual-military-symposium

As part of the Thunder Bay Branch of the Canadian International Council's Annual General Meeting, the Department of History is pleased to co-sponsor a presentation by Judith Marshall. She will be speaking on "Mining, Neo-Liberalism, and Global Resistance: South Africa, Brazil, and Canada."

Annual General Meeting ~  5:00 p.m.
Dinner ~ 6:00 p.m.
Presentation ~ 7:15 p.m.

Cost:
Dinner Regular - $60

Dinner Students - $30

Presentation Only $10 (students free)

For Tickets Contact:

Dr. A. Ernest Epp
tel.: (807) 767-0934

email: eepp@lakeheadu.ca

About the Speaker: Judith Marshall is a popular educator, activist and writer who has been engaged in southern Africa solidarity politics for more than 40 years. Marshall was a founding member of the Toronto Committee for the Liberation of Southern Africa and worked in the Ministry of Education for eight years soon after Mozambique's independence in 1975. Recently retired after twenty years in United Steelworkers Global Affairs Department, where she continued to build solidarity links with southern Africa, Marshall is now an Associate Fellow at CERLAC where she does research and writing on themes of mining and corporate power.

The Lakehead University History Society will be holding its last social of the term at the Outpost (upstairs) on Friday 14 March. All students, alumni, staff, and faculty are invited to come by!

The Lakehead University History Society will be hosting the first annual History Year End Formal Dinner on Friday, March 28th. This is open to all history students and professors. The cost is $15.00 a person. Tickets will be available outside the Outpost Thursday, March 13th 12pm-2pm; Wednesday, March 19th 10am-2pm; and Thursday, March 20th 12pm-2pm.

Contact Ashley English at acenglis@lakeheadu.ca if these times do not work for you and you would like a ticket.

Dinner is from 6pm-9pm upstairs in the Outpost. There is a concert downstairs at 9pm that we are welcome to attend for free. Dinner is buffet style and the menu is: Parmesan Chicken, Oven Roast Potatoes, Vegetables, Vegetarian Pasta, Garden Salad, Dinner Rolls, Dessert Squares.

History for Lunch on Tuesday 25 February will feature Prof. Beverly Soloway who will be speaking on “Cooking Up Culture: Food in Black Canadian History.”

History for Lunch is a lecture series sponsored by the Department of History and Black History Month is on the menu in February. The Lakehead University community is invited to attend presentations that take place on Tuesdays and Thursdays from noon to 1 pm.  This is an opportunity to put a bit of History in your diet and for members of the Department of History to showcase their research. More information about the sessions can be found on the Department of History website, and on our Facebook page.