The Department of History and the Thunder Bay Branch of the Canadian International Council are pleased to host Joyce and Peter Fergus-Moore who will speak on "The Human Rights Crisis of Palestine Under Occupation."

Speakers Bios: Joyce Fergus-Moore, B.A., Comm. Dip., M.Div., is a retired United Church of Canada minister. Peter Fergus-Moore, B.A., OCT, is a retired adult literacy coordinator from the Thunder Bay Indian Friendship Centre. They served 3 months with the Ecumenical Accompaniment Program (EAPPI) of the World Council of Churches in the Occupied territory of Palestine from November 2013 to February 2014.

The Lakehead University History Society will be holding a social at the Outpost on Friday 31 January. All students, alumni, staff, and faculty are invited to come by!

The Department of History and the Thunder Bay Branch of the Canadian International Council are pleased to host Dr. Dalibor Misina, Assistant Professor of Sociology, Lakehead University, who will speak on "Rock Music and Conflict Transformation: Building the Post-Yugoslav 'Moral Imagination'."

Speaker's Bio: Dalibor Mišina is Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology at Lakehead University. His research focuses on popular culture and post- conflict societies, post-socialist memory, and transterritorialism. Dr. Mišina’s book Shake, Rattle and Roll: Yugoslav Rock Music and the Poetics of Social Critique deals with the socio-cultural impact of rock music in former Yugoslavia (the book will be available for sale at the event, at the price of $75). For more information, please visit http://misina.ca/.

On 25 March Paul Morralee will be presenting on "Lighthouses Of Thunder Bay." This presentation is part of the 2013-14 Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society's Lecture Series.

Since 1908, the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society has been regularly holding talks on a wide range of topics on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Thunder Bay Museum (425 Donald Street East) from September to April. The 2013-14 Lecture series is being sponsored by the Department of History and forms part of its 2013-14 Speaker Series.

On 25 February Randy McAllister will be presenting on "Wendell Beckwith: The Mysterious Man Of Whitewater Lake." This presentation is part of the 2013-14 Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society's Lecture Series.

Since 1908, the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society has been regularly holding talks on a wide range of topics on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Thunder Bay Museum (425 Donald Street East) from September to April. The 2013-14 Lecture series is being sponsored by the Department of History and forms part of its 2013-14 Speaker Series.

On 28 January Scott Hamilton and Douglas Yahn will be presenting on "Insights from Excavation at the Mackenzie Archaeological Site." This presentation is part of the 2013-14 Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society's Lecture Series.

Since 1908, the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society has been regularly holding talks on a wide range of topics on the fourth Tuesday of each month at the Thunder Bay Museum (425 Donald Street East) from September to April. The 2013-14 Lecture series is being sponsored by the Department of History and forms part of its 2013-14 Speaker Series.

History for Lunch on Tuesday 27 February will feature Dr. Charles Nathan Hatton who will be speaking on “'A cruel put-up job?' Race, Sport and the Mysterious Death of Osborne Taylor.”

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, (http://history.lakeheadu.ca) and on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/lakeheadhistory).

History for Lunch on Tuesday 13 February will feature Dr. Steven Jobbitt who will be speaking on “Postcolonial Politics in a Neoliberalist Age: A Comparative Study of Václav Havel and Nelson Mandela.”

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, (http://history.lakeheadu.ca) and on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/lakeheadhistory).

History for Lunch on Tuesday 11 February will feature Dr. Pallavi Das  who will be speaking on “Imperialism and the Environment in Africa."

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, (http://history.lakeheadu.ca) and on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/lakeheadhistory).