Traces of the Past: A Vision of History’s Future
On January 23, 2010, the Undergraduate History Students Association organized a conference that showcased undergraduate research in the Department of History, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies.
Students presented papers on topics covering Ancient Egypt and thematic areas in European, Britain, Canadian, African, Latin American, Caribbean and United States history.
Listen to some of the students’ presentations online (MP3).
Student Speakers
The Ancient World & Europe
- Ethnic Discrimination in Ptolemaic Egypt
Gibrian Malicki-Sanchez (4th year student) – MP3 not available
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Charles de Gaulle & the Loss of French Algeria
Christie Cooper (4th year student) – listen to MP3
- The German-Jewish Community's Reaction to the Third Reich
Cadell Last (3rd year student) – listen to MP3
Britain
- Diabalos ex Machina: The human effect of the Industrial Revolution and the Textile Industry
Alanna McNight (alumna) – listen to MP3
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"In the Name of the Forward, the Defence, and the Industrial Spirit, Amen": The secularization of modernity and the rise of football in England, 1902-1914
Riccardo Lo Monaco (4th year student) – listen to MP3
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Young Women and the Permissive Society, 1955-1968
Kali Petropoulos (4th year student) – MP3 not available
Canada
- Lest We Forget: British and Canadian World War I Memorials
Caitlyn Dyer (4th year student) – MP3 not available
- Origins and Scope of Fascism in Depression Era Canada
Vince Puhakka (4th year student) – listen to MP3
- Faith & Feminism
Amanda Occhione (4th year student) – listen to MP3
Latin America, the Caribbean & Africa
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A History of Afro-Colombian Resistance
Richard Lanns (4th year student) – listen to MP3
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Before the Chains: Africans across the Atlantic before 1492
Tristan Samuels (2nd year student) – listen to MP3
Keynote Presentation
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How history is recorded and presented
Dr. Mark Moss, Canadian historian (Seneca College) – listen to MP3
