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06Dec2016
Carla Nappi

Metamorphoses: Archival Fictioning and the Historian’s Craft

Speaker: Prof. Carla Nappi, UBC, Dr. Tong Lam, University Of Toronto

In attempting to understand early modern science and medicine from Chinese natural history to Manchu translations of bodily gesture and sensation, my ...

Location: 208N, North House, Munk School of Global Affairs, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON M5S 3K7

08Dec2016
Cathars in Question Bookcover

Hunting for Medieval Heretics: Recent Research and New Perspectives

Speaker: Prof. Antonio Sennis, University College London

Prof. Sennis will present findings from his new book (ed.) Cathars in Question (Boydell and Brewer 2016) that challenges previous understandings of he...

Location: Room 301, Lillian Massey Building, 125 Queen's Park, Toronto, ON M5S 2C7

13Jan2017
Sami Khatib and Jens Hanssen, each speaking at a podium in separate images.

Mini-Symposium: “Benjamin in Palestine: Memory, Politics, Violence”

Speaker: Sami Khatib (AUB), Jens Hanssen (NMC/History)

Two 30 minute talks: Sami Khatib (AUB) "On Violence: Benjamin and Beyond" Jens Hanssen (NMC/History) “Palestinian Nachträglichkeit: Walter Benjamin...

Location: Room 115, Old Vic, Victoria College, 73 Queen's Park Crescent, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 1K7

17Jan2017
Fathers of Confederation

Canada 150 Ten Minute Talks: "Confederation??! A Brief Guide to Surviving 2017," Professor Steve Penfold

Speaker: Steve Penfold, Associate Professor, Department Of History, University Of Toronto

The "Ten Minute Talks" series will be afternoon events held during the winter semester, and led by faculty from the History Department. Light refresh...

Location: Room 2098, Sidney Smith Hall, 100 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3

19Jan2017
Susan Hill

Onkwehonwe Encounters of an Archival Kind

Speaker: Prof. Susan Hill (Associate Professor Of History, And Director Of The First Nations Studies Program At Western University)

We’re pleased to be welcoming Professor Susan Hill to the Centre for Indigenous Studies for a public lecture and two lunches where we will have the...

Location: Turtle Lounge, North Borden Building, 2nd Floor, 563 Spadina Ave, Toronto, ON M5S 2J7

19Jan2017
Joshua Sanborn

War of Decolonization? The Russian Empire and the Great War, 1914-1918

Speaker: Prof. Joshua Sanborn (Lafayette College)

Joshua Sanborn is Professor and Head of the Department of History at Lafayette College (Pennsylvania, USA). He is a historian of violence, society, an...

Location: Room 108N, North House, Munk School of Global Affairs, 1 Devonshire Place, Toronto, ON M5S 3K7

31Jan2017
Patiricia Heberer-Rice

“Putting a Face on Faceless Crimes: Profiles of Nazi ‘Euthanasia’ Victims during the Third Reich”

Speaker: Dr. Patricia Heberer-Rice (Director Of The Office Of The Senior Historian At The US Holocaust Memorial Museum)

The Lecture will be followed by a reception and light refreshments. The event is free and open to the public. No registration required. Limited se...

Location: Room 100, Jackman Humanities Building, 170 St. George St, Toronto, ON M5S 3C5

01Feb2017
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Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience, The R.K. Teetzel Lecture in Art

Speaker: Kent Monkman

The R.K. Teetzel Lecture in Art Kent Monkman Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience  Wednesday, February 1, 2017 4:30 p.m. University College 15 ...

Location: Room 140, University College, 15 King’s College Circle

07Feb2017
Fathers of Confederation

Canada 150 Ten Minute Talks: Confederation and Treaties - Prof. Heidi Bohaker

Speaker: Prof. Heidi Bohaker, Associate Professor, Department Of History, U Of T

The "Ten Minute Talks" series will be afternoon events held during the winter semester, and led by faculty from the History Department. Light refresh...

Location: Room 2098, Sidney Smithy Hall, 100 St. George St, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3

09Feb2017
Otto Dix

When Warriors Turn: Nationalism and the Meaning of the Great War in Ernst Jünger, Käthe Kollwitz, and Otto Dix

Speaker: Helmut Walser Smith, Vanderbilt University

Helmut Walser Smith is a historian of modern Germany with particular interests in the history of nation-building and nationalism, religious history, a...

Location: Natalie Zemon Davis History Conference Room, Sidney Smith Hall, Room 2098, 100 St. George St, Toronto, ON M5S 3G3

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