During the first week of classes in the Tri-U, students are invited to orientation sessions that introduce them to varying aspects of their program.
Today, we honour Professor Alan Gordon. He passed away on July 25, 2022, almost one month ago, after a battle with pancreatic cancer. The Tri-U community continues to mourn his loss and miss his contributions to student and faculty life. As the news release from Guelph written by colleague Dr. Susan Nance states, "His passing leaves a huge hole in our hearts."
The three universities in the Tri-University Graduate Program in History made seven exciting faculty appointments in the last year with a great diversity of research areas and expertise represented.
Eric Story, PhD candidate in History based at Wilfrid Laurier University, recently won two writing awards.
Megan Hamilton, an MA student at the University of Waterloo, was recently announced as a finalist in the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) annual Storytellers Challenge competition.
Post-secondary recipients of SSHRC funding are invited “to show Canadians, in up to three minutes or 300 words, how social sciences and humanities research is affecting our lives, our world and our future for the better.”
In January, 2022, it was announced that University of Waterloo PhD candidate, Lucy Vorobej won a national Doctoral Completion Award from the Associated Medical Services (AMS) History of Medicine and Healthcare Program.
The 2022 Tri-U Essay Prize judges (Dr. Dylan Cyr, University of Waterloo, Dr. Alan McDougall, University of Guelph, and Dr.
The Tri-University History conference organizers are pleased to announce that Dr. Lukasz Krzyzanowski will provide the keynote address during the March 12 virtual conference.
Dr. Krzyzanowski’s presentation is entitled, “Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Power Relations in Polish Villages during the German Occupation and the Holocaust.”
Andrew Moore successfully defended his PhD thesis, “Manorial Regulation and Negotiation in a Late Medieval Environment: Land and Community at Herstmonceux, 1308-1440,” on 17 November 2021. His dissertation examines the role that environment played in the negotiation of rights and responsibilities on a fundamental socioeconomic institution of rural communities in late medieval England — the manor.
Pausing on a street in Tengchong, China, a Chinese civilian obtains a light from a U.S. Army sergeant during the liberation of the city from the Japanese military. 1944. (U.S. National Archives)
“Face to Face with History,” the 28th annual Tri-University History Conference to be held virtually on March 12, 2022, is organized this year by a team from Wilfrid Laurier University. The conference invites us to examine and discuss together how personal, political, and cultural interactions have transformed history and the ways we understand history.