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Department of History, Western University, Lawson Hall 2201, London, Ontario, Canada #westernu #purpleandproud #ldnont @westernupubhist #Masters #PhD 🐎 history.uwo.ca history-inquiries@uwo.ca
Please join us on Thursday, March 19th at 10:00am (EST) to support PhD candidate, Carla Joubert at her public lecture.
Barberton Daisies: Women and Settler Colonialism in the Zuid Afrikaansche Republiek and Alberta in the Nineteenth Century
RSVP to historyrsvp@uwo.ca for the zoom link.
Join us on Thursday, March 19 at 12:30 (EST) to hear PhD candidate, John Davis-Abraham speak on, "The Image Problem: Viron Vaky, Inter-American Relations and Intragovernmental Dissent." #westernu
TODAY! Do not miss the opportunity to hear Mr. Elly Gotz speak and it is on zoom! RSVP to historyrsvp@uwo.ca and tune in from anywhere in the world! 🌎
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📅 Join us for Day of DH! March 18, 8:45am-4pm in the Scholar's Lab. Explore digital humanities through hands-on workshops, lightning talks & a panel discussion. No prior experience needed! Register: vist.ly/4sra8
It is a great day for a graduate conference! #westernu
Jennifer Robinson, Frank Schumacher, Dara Vandor, Pascal Michelberger, Lauren Newman, Finlay McFarlane
Artist, Dara Vandor
Prof. Frank Schumacher
Jennifer Robinson
Thank you to all who attended our roundtable on “Art, Architectures, and Speculative Futures in IR” and the opening of the “Pax Americana” Exhibit at Weldon Library.
It’s Western Day! 💜
Today, we celebrate the founding of Western University in 1878. Wherever you are, wear purple and share how you’re celebrating. Tag us and show your Western spirit using #PurpleAndProud.
The New York Times covers a speculative public art exhibit at Weldon Library by artist Dara Vandor, part of the “Pax Americana” series imagining Canada as the site of a future U.S. invasion. Featuring insights from Vandor and Western’s Frank Schumacher. www.nytimes.com/2026/02/28/w...
Join us for our final Research Seminar Series of the academic year - Thursday, March 5, 2026 at 12:30pm (EST). Prof. Monda Halpern will be speaking on, "Without a Forwarding Address: Marital Desertion in Early Twentieth-Century Ontario." RSVP to historyrsvp@uwo.ca for the zoom link. #allarewelcome
Call for Applicants – Corsini Fellowship in Canadian History, Wilson Institute, McMaster University
Applications must arrive by 1 April 2026.
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#envhist #cdnhist
Congratulations! 💜👏🐎
Join us on Friday, March 6 as we welcome Prof. Jennifer Bonnell to our graduate conference. Prof. Bonnell's keynote will be on, Foragers of a Modern Countryside: Honey Bees, Beekeepers, and Changing Agricultural Landscapes in the Great Lakes Region, 1880-1940. history.uwo.ca/graduate/his...
History professor William Turkel, one of Western’s Generative AI Teaching Fellows, discusses how emerging AI tools can be used to transform historical research.
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Check out my first post for @activehist.bsky.social where I write about using the archival sources from the @westernuhistory.bsky.social dept in the classroom.
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Outstanding!
The 2026 David Neufeld Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Crystal Gail Fraser and @jdunkin.bsky.social on March 27th, 2026th at 12pm EST.
They will be speaking the How I Survived podcast in partnership with the NWT Recreation and Parks Association.
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#cdnhist
Join us for our 3rd Annual Career Workshop on Thurs, March 5 2026 as we welcome Norman Farrell, Former Prosecutor, Special Tribunal for Lebanon; Deputy Prosecutor of the UN International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia; ICRC Regional Legal Advisor in East Africa. RSVP to ir-inquiries@uwo.ca
The graphic shows a navy waxing crescent moon overlaid with the silhouette of a red horse, with confetti in the background, and the message: “London Public Library wishes everyone a Happy Lunar New Year!”
Happy Lunar New Year from your Library! 🧧
Celebrate with a curated reading list exploring culture, tradition, and new beginnings.
Browse the booklist: buff.ly/yPjz1F2
We look forward to welcoming guests on zoom from the Ministry of Natural Resources, Oil Museum of Canada, the Petroleum History Institute, Lambton County Archives, Oil, Gas and Salt Resources Library, Billman Geologic Consultants, Inc., Double B Well Services, & more! @maryeb.bsky.social
I would also like to thank the society's president, Kaitlyn Murray, and her executive team for organizing an excellent event - as well as the HGSA for joining us with a table full of fabulous baked goods for sale! Prof. Jonathan Vance
It could not have happened without donations from members of the Department and friends - this year, donors were too numerous to mention so, at the risk of forgetting someone, I won't even try. Just know that your generosity will make a real difference in the lives of these older animals.
The undergraduate History Society held its annual book auction, with proceeds benefiting Happy's Place, a wonderful volunteer organization that provides loving homes for elderly & palliative dogs. Thanks to the deep pockets of enthusiastic bidders, around $450 was raised for Happy's! happysplace.ca
Video version of "The Battle for Disabled Veterans’ Recognition - A Discussion with Dr. @ericstory.bsky.social "
Dr. Story of @westernuhistory.bsky.social joins us on the podcast to discuss the struggles faced by disabled Canadian veterans after the First World War.
youtu.be/wqncEYltp6g
Wow, that's incredible.
Thank you for sharing & promoting your upcoming book. 👏
A poster for the American Museum of Tort Law with a small tugboat being hit with large waves. There is inexplicably a radio antenna in the background
A book of Ronald Reagan paper dolls
A stupidly heavy Oxford English Dictionary and Churchill's collected books on the Second World War
Heated night at the @westernuhistory.bsky.social charity book auction where I bid on things I most definitely did not need, and yet must have.
(The American Museum of Tort Law poster has no right to go as hard as it does.)
How does surveillance affect academic inquiry? What happens when research data becomes inaccessible?
We'll explore these questions & more at our panel Feb 26, 1:00-2:30 PM, Scholars Lab, Weldon Library.
Co-hosted w/ @westernufims.bsky.social
Register: bit.ly/Book-Bans-Pa...
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Join us for our upcoming Graduate Conference - Spaces and Places: Exploring the Physical and Conceptual Environments of History - Friday, March 6, 2026 -Western University.
The schedule may be found here - history.uwo.ca/graduate/his...
Is this AI? 🤔