Lakehead University Department of History
RB3025 P7B5E1 Thunder Bay, ON, Canada

A reminder to join us for the Spotlight on Academics on-line film festival commencing this Friday, 21 January! https://www.tbnewswatch.com//a-free-online-film-festival-k

Congratulations to Kelly Saxberg, Nathan Hatton, and Ron Harpelle for their receipt of a $20,000 grant from the Thunder Bay Community Foundation to develop an interactive oral history website examining the contributions of women working at the Canadian Car and Foundry during the Second World War. The 'Rosies of the North' website will incorporate interviews and documents obtained during the production of Kelly Saxberg's Rosies of the North National Film Board documentary and a collection of historical documents recently obtained from Bombardier Transportation. https://www.tbnewswatch.com//a-new-online-project-will-hon https://www.nfb.ca/film/rosies_of_the_north/

Congratulations to Dr. Peter Raffo and Greg Johnsen (MA 2018) for their success in the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society's biennial publication awards. Dr. Raffo won the J.P. Bertrand Award for the best scholarly article for his "Saul Laskin and the Making of Thunder Bay," Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society Papers and Records XLVIII (2020): 5-39. Greg won the Ernest R. Zimmermann First Publication Award for his "'Bats and Balls Have Been Sent For': The Beginnings of Baseball in Thunder Bay, 1875-1879," Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society's Papers and Records XLVII (2019): 86-106. For a complete list of award nominees that includes faculty members Dr. Michel S. Beaulieu and Dr. David Ratz and alumni Elinor Barr, David Blanchard, and John Potestio, see: https://www.thunderbaymuseum.com/publications/awards/

The Department of History is pleased to support Spotlight on Academics, a film festival that presents the world through an academic lens. At a time when on-line resources are more important than ever, Spotlight on Academics provides educators with an opportunity to view award-winning films that are relevant to their teaching needs. Spotlight on Academics is free and will stream on ResearchTV from 21-28 January 2022. https://spotlightonacademics.ca/

Congratulations to Dr. Michel S. Beaulieu and Jenna L. Kirker for their contribution--"The Continued Evolution of Fort William and Port Arthur into the City of Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada"--to the edited collection Twin Cities across Five Continents: Interactions and Tensions on Urban Borders (Routledge, 2021). https://www.routledge.com//Mikhailova/p/book/9780367609221

Check out Dr. Nathan Hatton's recent contribution to Slam Wrestling documenting the recruitment efforts of prominent wrestler Artie Edmunds during the First World War. https://slamwrestling.net//artie-edmunds-helped-recruitme/

Congratulations to Lakehead alumnus Steven High (MA History, 1994) for winning the prestigious Governor General's History Award for Popular Media: The Pierre Berton Award. Well done Dr. High! https://www.canadashistory.ca//award-reci/2020/steven-high

Please join us for the second event in the Thunder Bay Museum's public lecture series on 24 November at 7:30pm when Cathy Woodbeck presents a history of the Thunder Bay Multicultural Association. https://www.thunderbaymuseum.com//lecture-/cathy-woodbeck/

Dr. Aappo Kahonen, Lakehead's Chair in Finnish Studies, will deliver his welcome lecture--"State Building: Finland, Russia, and the Finnish Canadians"--this Thursday, 19 November, at 7:00pm via Zoom. https://www.lakeheadu.ca//e/events-archive/2020/node/61549

Congratulations to Dr. Steven Jobbitt on the publication of the most recent issue of Hungarian Studies Review. In addition to serving as co-editor, Dr. Jobbitt has a co-authored editorial essay, a short article, and a book review in this issue. Starting in January 2021, Hungarian Studies Review will be published by Penn State University Press, and Dr. Jobbitt will be assuming the position of managing editor. http://hungarianstudies.org//10/HSR-Vol-46-47-2019-2020.pdf https://psupress.org/Journals/jnls_HSR.html

Please join us on-line tonight (27 October) at 7:30pm when Ted Glenn presents "Embedded: The Incredible Story of Two Journalists, a Burlesque Star, and the Expedition to Oust Louis Riel" as part of the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society Lecture Series. https://www.thunderbaymuseum.com//lecture-series/ted-glenn/

Check out Dr. Michel Beaulieu's contribution--"Political Mapping: Louis St-Laurent's 1949 Tour of Western Canada"--to the November issue of the Champlain Society's Findings/Trouvailles. https://champlainsociety.utpjournals.press//political-mapp

Join our own Dr. Nicolas Lepine for the on-line launch of his new book on the Spanish Civil War this Tuesday, 10 November, at 7:00pm. Registration details are available at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/the-spanish-civil-war-internati

Congratulations to Dr. Michel S. Beaulieu for his involvement in establishing a new circumpolar education institute within the international University of the Arctic. https://www.orilliamatters.com//lakehead-a-founding-partne