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Dalhousie Department of History
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History @ Dal, in Sipekne’katik. Studying the past lets us explore how and why things developed as they did; it also helps us see the present differently, and imagine different futures. https://history.dal.ca
Join us on Tuesday Dec. 2, 11:30 am, for the final Stokes Seminar of the term. Phil Zachernuk will present, "The problem with "African" in Modern African Intellectual History: some reflections and a heuristic gambit." In McCain 1170, and on Teams. Copies will be available in the dept. office.
November 21, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Our next Stokes features Dal’s Kassandra Luciuk, who will be presenting “Spies, Scandals, and Sabotage in Canada’s Wartime Bureaucracy” on 4 Nov., from 11:35 – 12:55 in Marion McCain 1170 and via Teams. Note: this is a lecture rather than a pre-circulated paper - one of our new formats this year!
November 3, 2025 at 3:11 PM
The Dalhousie Department of History invites you to the Stokes Seminar, Oct. 28. Our speaker is Justin Roberts, with his paper entitled “Wild Subjects: Mountains, Mobility and Infrastructure in Jamaica and Scotland, 1720-1746.” 11:30 am - 1 pm, live in rm. 1170 of the McCain building, and via Teams.
October 20, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Thanks to the students in HIST 2950 for another excellent Public History Fair. For a sample of the diverse projects presented this week, check out Elizabeth MacKinnon's pay-phone mapping project:

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April 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
The Heritage Studies Public History Fair for 2025 will be held in two online sessions, April 1st & 3rd, 1:00-2:30, Halifax time. It will feature student presentations based on projects developed during the term in HIST 2950. If you would like to attend, please email [email protected].
March 20, 2025 at 4:08 PM
The Dalhousie Graduate History Society has moved the date of their spring conference to 3 May, 2025. The submission deadline has also been extended to February 14th, 2025. Please contact them at [email protected] for more information.
January 21, 2025 at 6:27 PM
The 2025 Graduate History Conference at Dalhousie will take place on March 29, 2025. This is a call for papers and panels from students of all levels, and all disciplines. More information about the Society, the conference, and the proposal process can be found here: linktr.ee/daluniversit...
December 5, 2024 at 8:00 PM