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Wednesday, May 21, 2014 4:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

“The Loss of History: Memory, Humanity and Peace after 1971” with Yasmin Saikia

Dr. Yasmin Saikia is the Hardt-Nickachos Chair in Peace Studies and Professor of History at the Center for the Study of Religion and Conflict at Arizona State University. Her recent book Women, War and the Making of Bangladesh: Remembering 1971 (2011) has won numerous awards and been the subject of an international speaking tour.

Friday, April 6, 2018 1:00 pm - 1:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

A Frigid Golden Age: Coping with Climate Change in the Seventeenth Century

Beginning in the thirteenth century, natural forces cooled Earth’s climate in a “Little Ice Age” that reached its chilliest point in the seventeenth century and, according to many scholars, destabilized societies around the world. Yet the precocious economy, unusual environment, and dynamic intellectual culture of the Dutch Republic in its seventeenth-century Golden Age allowed it to thrive as neighbouring societies unravelled.

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 2:30 pm - 4:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Lecture: Understanding the archived Web as a historical source

With online Web content constantly and rapidly disappearing, any scholar wanting to mine that resource relies heavily on someone archiving it.  However, the archived Web is a peculiar type of historical document, and archiving it as a research object must be approached differently than other digital media.

History Speaker Series 2021-22

Austerity, Experimentation and Opposition: The Global and Local Politics of Biomedical Contraception in Uganda

Dr Doreen Kembabazi

Postdoctoral researcher, Ghent University, Belgium

; PhD, African History, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.

Friday 26 November, 10:00am Eastern time via Zoom

Tuesday, February 1, 2022 12:00 am - Monday, February 28, 2022 11:59 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Ujima Black History Month

Join the University of Waterloo as it celebrates Ujima Black History Month 2022; a collaborative initiative by faculty and staff from the Office of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism (EDI-R), the departments of English and History, and the Dean of Arts Office. There will be a number of virtual events held during the month, as well as further resources and initiatives.

Tuesday, March 29, 2022 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

Beaders and Readers

Beaders and Readers

Beaders and Readers is a monthly social group for Faculty, Staff, and Post docs to gather in a kitchen-table-type environment and engage in artistic/crafting practices while discussing Indigenous authored novels. Bring your own supplies for your artistic practice, you do not have to read the novel to attend.

Monday, September 26, 2022 11:30 am - 12:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

History Speaker Series: Dr. Andrew Hunt

HISTORY SPEAKER SERIES 2022-2023

Writing the History of Our Times

Dr. Andrew Hunt

Professor; Associate Chair & Student Advisor (Undergraduate Studies), University of Waterloo

Monday, September 26, 2022

11:30am-12:30pm

HH 117 & Zoom