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UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA
February 27, 2009
CONFERENCES & COLLOQUIA
Department of History
403 Fletcher Argue Bldg.
University of Manitoba
Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 5V5
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History Guest Speaker
Treaty Commissioner Dennis White
Bird will discuss the work of the Treaty
Commission in Manitoba. “We are All
Treaty People” Tuesday, March 3, 2:30 pm,
244 University College.
ST. PAUL’S HISTORY
AWARDS
Anthropology Colloquium Series
Dr. Mark Padilla, Public Health, University
of Michigan, “Stigma, Social Inequity, and
HIV/AIDS Among Dominican Male Sex
Workers,” Wednesday, March 11, 3 pm, 409
Tier Building.
The Interdisciplinary Research Circle
on Globalization and Cosmopolitanism
presents the World History and Historical
Materialism Conference at the UofM,
March 12-14. Conference details and
registration form are available online:
http://umanitoba.ca/faculties/arts/history/
worldhistoryconf/index.htm
CALL FOR PAPERS
2009 KNIGHT LECTURE
The World Universities Forum will take
place in Davos, Switzerland, January 9-11,
2010. The Forum was created in the belief
that academe must better engage today’s
most crucial questions, and that higher
education itself must be included as part
of the wider discussion of global change.
The Forum encourages the participation
of university executives, administrators,
scholars, and researchers as well as
journalists, policy makers, business and
political leaders and others who understand
the importance of the university extends
well beyond campus. Call for papers
and proposal suggestions online http://
u10.cg-conference.com/proposal-entryintro#cfp Virtual presentation is possible
for presenters unable to make the trip to
Switzerland. Deadline: March 12.
The 2009 Knight Distinguished Visiting
Lecturer is Dr. Bruce Cumings, History,
University of Chicago, speaking on
“Facing West: Atlanticist Mystification and
Pacific Realities in American Hegemony.”
Thursday, March 12, 8 pm, Schultz Theatre,
St. John’s College. All are Welcome.
Admission is free. Dr. Cumings is also
a participant in the World History and
Historical Materialism Conference, March
12-14.
St. Paul’s College awarded
2 prizes in History last
term.
Congratulations
to Kateri Phillips for
winning
the
Timothy
Desmond Prize in Church
History (for excellence
in any general History
course in Catholicism)
and to Michael Olson
for winning the Elizabeth
Desmond Prize in Medieval
History (for excellence in
studies in a field taught by
a professor member of St.
Paul’s College Assembly).
The College presented
prizes for its Scholarship
Programme on January 21.
Congratulations to Richard
Landry for winning the
Peter Taraska Memorial
Prize in History (for high
academic standing in the
2nd or 3rd year of a major
or honours program) and
to Tyyne Tymchyshyn for
winning the Joseph Guertin
Scholarship in History (for
high academic standing
in the 4th year of a major
or honours program in
History).
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Native Studies Colloquium Series
Emma LaRocque, Native Studies, UofM,
“Justice and Reconciliation,” Wednesday,
March 4, 12:30 pm, Aboriginal House.
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HISTORY M.A. THESIS DEFENCES
Dale Barbour defends “If Heterosexuality
is the Norm, Why Do We Need to go to
Winnipeg Beach? Making and Unmaking
Safe Social Space: 1900 to 1965” Tuesday,
March 10, 9:30 am, 216 Tier Bldg.
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Christy (Mo) Henry defends “Toward
the Archives of Archives: The New
Archival History, Accountability, and the
Documentation of Archival Appraisal.”
Friday, March 13, 9 am, 216 Tier Bldg.
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AVAILABLE IN THE
OFFICE
~ access - Information
on Library & Archives
Canada, 2007-08
~ University College
Newsletter, Feb. 09
~ Catalogue - Uof
Calgary Press
~ University Affairs,
March 09
~ Historical Research,
Feb. 09
~ Information on the UM
International Centre for
Students new “Connect”
program
OPEN HOUSE
The Vancouver School
of Theology on the UBC
campus is having an open
house on March 12 & 13.
School website: www.
vst.edu People who are
considering attending a
theological school are
invited to the open house
and to sit in on a theology
class, dine with students,
attend worship, learn about
career opportunities, talk
with faculty about classes
& research, and more. The
registration form is on the
school website.
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INTERNSHIP OPPORTUNITIES
PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY AWARD
The TD Financial Group Internship
in Art Librarianship and Archive
Practice is open to candidates with an
undergraduate degree in the history of
art and who have completed the first year
of a master’s degree in archives, library,
and information management. The
successful applicant would work with
the Head of Archives, Documentation
and Visual Resources of the National
Gallery of Canada. The intern will
participate in the project to sort, analyse,
arrange, describe and create a finding
aid for a recently received donation
of the archival papers of an historian
of Canadian art. Full training will be
provided. Internships will normally last
for 12 weeks and must be completed
during the period of May 4, 2009-April
30, 2010. Internships are valued at
$7,000. The full details of this internship
and others offered by TD Group at the
National Gallery are available online:
http://daryl.chin.gc.ca:8000/BASIS/
forum/user/e_careers/DDD/18121.doc
or on the National Gallery’s website.
Deadline to apply: March 27.
The Gerald Ford Presidential Library &
Museum Dissertation Award in Honor of
Robert M. Teeter is given to a doctoral student
to support dissertation research and writing
on an aspect of the United States political
process and public policy. The award is for
$5000. Applicants must submit an abstract
describing the dissertation and a 5-10 page
proposal that describes the topic and outline of
the dissertation - including both a description
of the project and the ways the Ford Library
resources can advance the research on the topic.
The proposal should also indicate how the
dissertation will relate to current scholarship
on the subject. Applicants should also send:
a one or two page bibliography; 3 letters of
recommendation from individuals who can
attest to the applicant’s qualifications for the
award; unofficial transcripts from all graduate
schools attended; and a c.v. Full details www.
fordlibrarymuseum.gov/ford_full_search.
html Send applications to: Gerald R. Ford
Library, c/o Stacy Davis, 1000 Beal Ave, Ann
Arbor, Michigan, 48109 Deadline: May 1.
IN THE COMMUNITY
Grassroots Women Manitoba - The 3rd
International Women’s Day Celebration,
March 8, “Honouring women whose
lives are lived in the best of struggles.”
Honourees: Deb Jamerson (trade union
activist), Marceline Ndayumviere
(newcomer and refugee), Susan Prentice
(child care advocate), Susan Rodriguez
(human rights activist), & Frances
Russell (journalist). Sunday, March 8,
6 pm, Kum Koon Garden Restaurant,
257 King St., tickets $50/table $500.
Registration form in the History office.
ESSAY PRIZE
The James F. Kenney Prize is awarded
annually by the Canadian Catholic Historical
Association for the best essay on any aspect of
the history of Catholicism in Canada written
for a course by an undergraduate student
in any university. The prize of $500 will be
awarded in the fall of 2009. Entries should
be between 2500-5000 words and submitted
by the instructor of the course for which
they were written. No instructor can submit
more than one essay. Send to: the President,
Canadian Catholic Historical Association, Dr.
Peter Meehan, Liberal Arts Program, Seneca
College, 1750 Finch Ave. East, Toronto, ON
M2T 2X5 or email PeterMeehan@Senecac.
on.ca. Deadline: May 1.