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Lawrence D. Stokes Seminar Winter Term 2019 Schedule

The Fall 2019 Stokes Seminar Schedule will be available in early September.

If you would like to be on the Stokes contact list, please email: Valerie.Peck@Dal.Ca

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What can you do with a history degree? Many things!

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International Summer Institute on Migration and Identity

Graduate History Annual Conference March 1-3, 2019

Update on History Across the Disciplines Conference 2019

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Shirley Tillotson Book Award June 2019

Dr. Shirley Tillotson - 2019 Recipient of the Governor General's History Award for Scholarly Research

Mercedes Peters Convocation GGGM Award May 27 2019

Mercedes Peters - Governor General's Gold Medal Award 2019

Robyn and Rown Grad May 2019

Robyn Brown with her son, Rown, May 27 2019

Janet Mills, MA History_ May 2019

Janet Mills, MA History Graduate, May 27, 2019

Dr. Afua Cooper Apr 2019

"Poetry Can Heal the World"

Dr. Afua Cooper - Halifax Public Libraries

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Applauding Arts and Social Sciences Research at Annual FASS Showcase

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History 1910 Life Stories (2019-2020 Topic: Mahatma Gandi) - Professor Ajay Parasram

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PhD African History student, Mary Owusu, Receives The 2019 Barbara Harlow Prize

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DALHOUSIE ORIGINAL

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Afua Cooper - The Educator

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15 Canadians we're looking to this International Women's Day

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Dr. Shirley Tillotson - 2019 Recipient of the Governor General's History Award for Scholarly Research

Dr. Shirley Tillotson - 2019 Recipient of the Governor General's History Award for Scholarly Research

Mercedes Peters - Governor General's Gold Medal Award 2019

Mercedes Peters - Governor General's Gold Medal Award 2019

Robyn Brown with her son, Rown, May 27 2019

Robyn Brown with her son, Rown, May 27 2019

Janet Mills, MA History Graduate, May 27, 2019

Janet Mills, MA History Graduate, May 27, 2019

"Poetry Can Heal the World"

"Poetry Can Heal the World"

Applauding Arts and Social Sciences Research at Annual FASS Showcase

Applauding Arts and Social Sciences Research at Annual FASS Showcase

History 1910 Life Stories (2019-2020 Topic: Mahatma Gandi) - Professor Ajay Parasram

History 1910 Life Stories (2019-2020 Topic: Mahatma Gandi) - Professor Ajay Parasram

PhD African History student, Mary Owusu, Receives The 2019 Barbara Harlow Prize

PhD African History student, Mary Owusu, Receives The 2019 Barbara Harlow Prize

Peter Busby Waite

Peter Busby Waite

From CBC Life - Afua Cooper - The Educator

From CBC Life - Afua Cooper - The Educator

World leaders in historical research.

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Discover some of our faculty's diverse and wide-reaching research interests.

Life Stories - Saladin A Muslim Crusader Winter 2019

HIST 1910 Saladin

HiIST 1911 (02) Saladin Seminar Winter 2019

New History Seminar Courses

Power, Culture and Modernity in Nigeria O. Oduntan 2

Oluwatoyin Oduntan, Towson University - POWER, CULTURE AND MODERNITY IN NIGERIA

Dallhousie University, PhD History graduate, 2010.

Bonny Ibhawoh, McMaster University

Human Rights in Africa ws Bonny Ibhawoh 2

In Human Rights in Africa, Professor Ibhawoh weaves, in his usual incisive and sharp-witted way, an aptly and appropriately complex and sophisticated story about the long career of human rights thought and action on the African continent.

Dalhousie University, PhD History graduate, 2003.

Joseph J. Bangura, Kalamazoo College, Michigan

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The Temne of Sierra Leone African Agency in the Making of a British Colony

Dalhousie University, PhD History graduate 2006.

Professor Jeffers Lennox PhD History Dalhousie University 2010

HOMELANDS AND EMPIRES ws Jeffers Lennox May 2018

Jeffers Lennox, Wesleyan University - HOMELANDS AND EMPIRES

Professor Harvey Amani Whitfield, PhD History Dalhousie University 2003

Black Slavery in the Maritimes-Whitfield May ws 2018

Harvey Amani Whitfield, The University of Vermont - Black Slavery in the Maritimes: A History in Documents

History Department Newsletter Spring 2018

Mandela HIST 1910 web Winter 2019

HiIST 1911 (01) Mandela Seminar Winter 2019

New History Seminar Courses

HIST 1910 QE1 Fall a 2018

HiIST 1910 Queen Elizabeth l Seminar Fall 2018

New History Seminar Courses

Courses Offered Summer, Fall 2019 and Winter 2020

About the Department of History

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Studying the past deepens our understanding of historical experience and our awareness of the present. At Dal, you join prominent scholars and explore the rich varieties of history in small-group settings. Learn more about the Department of History.

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History Department 23rd Annual Curling Bonspiel
Liam Caswell, MA HIstory Graduate June 2nd Convocation
Congratulations to Liam Caswell MA History Graduate
Reitrement Reception for Dr. Cynthia Neville
Drs. Neville and Kesselring

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