2025 theme
Historians have long accepted that research begins by “getting our hands dirty” in the archives, but it’s time to question the traditional boundaries that define where and how we approach the past. While textual archival collections are central to most historical inquiry, oral histories, film, sound, personal narratives, works of art, material culture, and community-held records offer equally valuable and often underexplored pathways to historical understanding. How we interact with these varied sources and how we innovate our approaches to uncovering historical understanding matter in a world of changing technologies and perspectives.
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Location
Senate and Board Chambers, Paul Martin Centre, Wilfrid Laurier University
Schedule and panels
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Keynote speaker
Dr. Catherine Carstairs from the University of Guelph. Her keynote is entitled, "Discriminating Sources: Yearbooks and Admission Records as a Window into the Student Experience."
Conference date
Saturday, March 1, 2025
8:00 am - 5:00 pm
Conference organizers
Wilfrid Laurier University Conference Committee: Kess Carpenter, Aly Firth, Brian Gibb, Mark Humphries (faculty).
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