Professor John Sbardellati's book J. Edgar Hoover Goes to the Movies: The FBI and the Origins of Hollywood's Cold War has won the Michael Nelson Prize in media and history.
History Professor Dr Steven Bednarski and his collaborators at the Bader International Study Centre and Queen's University have won a major SSHRC Award to pursue their interdisciplinary research into climate change at the lost medieval village and manor of Herstmonceux, in East Sussex, England.
This is a moment to celebrate and to be proud. On June 11, the University of Waterloo community gathered for its annual celebration of the awarding of degrees at its Spring Convocation. It was a joyous day full of family, friends and fellow students, and a significant milestone in the lives of our undergraduates.
Congratulations, Ian Milligan!
Effective May 1, 2005, in accordance with the 2003 Faculty Salary Settlement, the University of Waterloo established an Outstanding Performance Fund to reward faculty members for outstanding contribution in teaching and scholarship.
Among the 2014 Arts Faculty winners is History's very own, Ian Milligan!
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PhD candidate Cory Scurr (left) accepts his Participant's Choice Award from Allison Sekuler, associate vice-president and dean, Graduate Studies at McMaster University. (Photo by SimonWilson.ca)
History professor, Dr. Susan Roy, won the prestigious Early Research Award (ERA) and is putting knowledge into action.
Donald Rumsfeld hasn’t learned a damn thing: Bush’s unrepentant defense secretary and the dark art of B.S.
From an excellent field of 46 entries, five books drawn from across Canada made the shortlist for the 2014 John W. Dafoe Book Prize, including The Canadian Rangers: A Living History, by uWaterloo History professor Whitney Lackenbauer.
HeatherMacDonald's exhibit examines the identities and relationships of working class women in Canada from the 1930s to the 1950s. Heather created these images to tell a story about the experiences of two women during this period.
Halla Piekarski, a History grad from 1964, wrote an autobiography and also her own obituary. Storytelling is how Halla catalogued her life, made order of it and discerned what truly mattered. .
I think words are sacred things, not to be taken lightly. My obituary must be done right.