History at Huron’s Dr. Tom Peace, co-editor of the new volume, From Huronia to Wendakes: Adversity, Migration and Resilience, 1650-1900 will be joined by co-editor Dr. Kathryn Labelle (University of Saskatchewan), Dr. Brian Gettler (University of Toronto), and Catherine Tammaro (Communications Officer – WAN) for a book launch and roundtable discussion on Wednesday, October 26, at 3:30…

45 secondary school students from the TVDSB and LKDSB joined Huron History students on September 30th for History Day, where they attended Dr. Amy Bell’s HIST 1815F “Histories of Love”, participated in workshops led by Devon Elliott (History, UWO) and Amber Lloydlangston (Museum London), enjoyed lunch with the Huron History Society, and a public lecture…

Transatlantic Digital Victorians Student Community-based Research Collaboration with the University of Huddersfield Dr. Paul Ward (Huddersfield) and Dr. Amy Bell (Huron) will supervise group student projects in the 2016-7 academic year, with students from AIH2022 Digital Victorians and HIST3801E The Historian’s Craft. The project will create a shared virtual exhibit entitled “Transatlantic Digital Victorians”. Using…

Students in HISTORY 2201E, HISTORY 2301E, HISTORY 4202F and HISTORY 4305F will travel to Oberlin, Ohio, on OCTOBER 20 & 21 to conduct research in the College archives, and tour the town of Oberlin. Read more about past Huron student research tracing Oberlin’s connections to antislavery movements in Canada, and stay tuned for updates on…

Phantoms of the Past: Slavery, Resistance, and Memory in the Atlantic World is an exciting new project for English and History students at Huron, and colleagues at Bath Spa University in the UK. Through the project, undergraduate student researchers at Huron and Bath Spa will create a transatlantic and collaborative network to explore 18th and 19th-century slavery and antislavery movements through…