Date: Fri, 24 Mar 1995 00:37:11 -0800 From: Pasi Ahonen <pahonen@sol.uvic.ca> To: Stephanie Camelon <scamelon@sol.uvic.ca>, Subject: New Directions in B.C. History
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NEW DIRECTIONS IN B. C. HISTORY
University of Northern British Columbia Prince George 26-29 May 1995
The New Directions in British Columbia History Conference will be a forum for addressing new methodologies, new theoretical approaches, and new subjects. Conference sessions will also follow a variety of formats to allow for maximum discussion and interaction.
SESSIONS -------- FRIDAY 26 MAY
6:30-8:00 p.m. Registration and reception
8:00-10:00 p.m. *Who killed William Robinson? Participants: Ruth Sandwell and John Lutz.
SATURDAY 27 MAY AND SUNDAY 28 MAY
*The New History of the American West and British Columbia History. Participants: Richard Maxwell Brown and Robin Fisher.
*Seeing Is Believing? Visual Culture and the Historian. Participants: Brian Low, Sylvia Van Kirk, Carol Williams.
*Environmental History. Participants: Bruce Sadfield and David Dendy.
*Constructions of Race and Masculinity Participants: Pasi Ahonen and Susan Johnston.
*Exploring the Voice: A Workshop on Oral History and the Practising Historian. Participants: Lesley Cooper, Theresa Healy, Shirley Sterling, Wendy Wickwire.
*Whither Labour History? Participants: Mark Leier, Todd McCallum and Andy Parnaby.
*Popular History and Academics. Participants: Ken Coates and Ken Drushka.
*The New Archives. Participants: Patrick Dunae and Lynne Tibbitt.
*Reading the Past: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Historical Text. Participants: Mary-Ellen Kelm, Julia Emberley, Jon Swainger, David del Mar, Marcelle Gareau, Margaret Anderson.
*Archives and Freedom of Information Participants: David Flaherty, David Mitchell, Douglas Cole.
*The Culture of Food: A Banquet Presentation. Participants: Sylvia Olsen and Leslie Sutton.
MONDAY 29 MAY
An excursion to Fort St. James, one of the oldest fur trading locations in British Columbia and site of a National Historic Park.
Those who register for the conference before 1 May will be sent a package of pre-conference reading. A number of the sessions will be based on the assumption that many in the audience will have read this material in advance.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION PLEASE CONTACT EVE PANKOVITCH AT: TEL. (604)960-5594; FAX (604)960-5545; OR ON THE NET: EVEP@UNBC.EDU
UNBC, 3333 University Way, Prince George, B.C. V2N 4Z9
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Pasi Ahonen email: pahonen@sol.uvic.ca
Department of History tel.: +1(604) 592-1342
University of Victoria fax: +1 (604) 721-8772
P.O. Box 3045
Victoria, BC
V8W 3P4
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