U of L Department of History & Religion

Official twitter feed of the University of Lethbridge's Department of History & Religion. Passionate about history; guests in Siksikaitsitapi Territory.

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We will be shutting down this account in a couple of weeks. Please join us on IG at: uleth_history_and_religion
See you there!

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Tomorrow @GaltMuseum!

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Mark your calendar for this year's Alex Johnston Lecture on November 7, 2024!

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Join us this coming Monday at 2pm in AH100 for a talk by Dr. John Harding. All are welcome!

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We had a great time meeting perspective students at this weekend's Open House!
We even got the Dean to try on our chain mail shirt!

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Mark your calendar for this year's Alex Johnston Lecture on November 7, 2024!

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All are welcome to attend this Sufi music concert on Thursday, October 17th at 10am in W514.

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Join us on Friday, October 18 at 3pm in M1040 (or on zoom) to hear Dr. Ben Whaley's talk "Japanese Video Games: Toward a History of Empathetic Engagement."
All are welcome!

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Congratulations to MA student Matthew Braisher who is the recipient of the 2024 Michael Chan Prize for this essay "Nationalism, Morale, and Endurance in Various Armies from 1850-1950."

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Working on your History or Religious Studies assignments? Free help is available!

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Join us this Thursday, October 3 at 3:15 in L1170A to hear Dr. Jim Linville's talk: "Attack of the Alien Evolutionists: Probing Young Earth Creationism Concerning Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence."

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This year's Golden Maple Reception featuring a talk by Dr. Art Miki was a great success!
Special thanks to Nikka Yuko, and to co-hosts Drs. Gideon Fujiwara and Carly Adams.
For more on Dr. Art Miki see: https://t.co/YapPc1pwNL

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Congratualtions to LaRae Smith who defended her MA thesis today!
This innovative project involved not only oral interviews and quantitative research but the development of a board game called "Toil" that provides players with insight into farm life during the Great Depression.

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Congratulations to Jaxson Overacker (with Dr. Amy Shaw), the recipient of the UELAC Prize in History for being the top student in Pre-Confederation Canadian history last year!
And many thanks to the United Empire Loyalists' Association (Calgary Branch) for donating this award.

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An important question for all students of history: The new 18th edition of @ChicagoManual removing the place names from the publication information -- HOT or NOT?

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Congratulations to History 1000 student Kacee Stick, the winner of our New Student Orientation Raffle!
(And thank you to Prof. Janay Nugent who generously donated a $100 gift certificate to @ULethBookstore ).

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We had a great time meeting students in History, Religious Studies, and Asian Studies at yesterday's New Student Orientation. Have an excellent semester everyone!

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Last night at the Summer Research Showcase, History/BEd student Annalise Bexte shared her poster, titled "Going to Housekeeping," created as part of her Chinook Summer Research Award under the supervision of Prof. Lynn Kennedy. Well done Annalise!

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Congratulations to Josh Sluijmers, a recent BA (History)/BEd grad, whose essay on Lethbridge in the First World War was published in Alberta History magazine.

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The Department of History & Religion is hiring a term instructor with a background in Canadian & European history!
Please share with anyone you think might be interested.
https://t.co/cz8gOcVomc

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Congratulations to Joe Gehring, the 2024 recipient of the Joanne Helmer Fellowship!
Joe's project is “Finding Historical Progressive Voices in Lethbridge Herald Publications,” supervised by Dr. Sheila McManus.