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44th Qualicum History Conference

Dr Kristin Semmens, “Touring the Nazi Past” Much of Europe felt the imprint of the Nazi jackboot between 1933 and 1945. Focusing on different locations within Germany and Poland, Dr. Semmens traces the rise and fall of Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich. From the Reichstag building in Berlin to the Fuehrer’s retreat in the Bavarian Alps, from the Krakow ghetto to the Auschwitz death camp, we will learn about key moments in the history of German fascism which left traces on the landscape still visible to travellers today.

To understand the issues raised by recent controversies around renaming and destatuing it is important to learn as much as we can about the historical characters in the news before we decide the best route forward. To move forward in the spirit of “truth and reconciliation” we need to know the truths of our past. Four historians will present brief “warts and all” biographies of four historical figures in the news: John A. Macdonald, Joseph W. Trutch, Matthew Baillie Begbie and James Douglas and put them in their historical context to help inform public discussion. Each talk will be followed by a discussion to inform such questions as “how should we remember these characters and their contexts?” and/or “to commemorate or not commemorate?” All talks will take place in Council Chambers, City Hall, 1 Centennial Square, Victoria, B.C. 7-8:30 pm. FREE EVENT - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

History Department Newsletter 2017-2018

Notice of the Final Oral Examination for the Degree of Master of Arts

Notice of the Final Oral Examination for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy of CHRISTA HUNFELD MA (University of British Columbia, 2001) BSc (University of British Columbia, 1998)

The Department of History at the University of Victoria invites applications for a tenure-track position in Indigenous History

Explore the rich diversity of Latin America's culture through a Maya Lord, insurgents, revoutionaries, writers, artists and other key figures - LAS 100 - INTRODUCTION TO LATIN AMERICAN STUDIES - with Dr. Beatriz de Alba-Koch.

Thematic interests include Indigenous and mestizo accounts of the Spanish Conquest, utopian thought, female spirituality, and Ibero-American as well as Ibero-Asian Baroque culture. I am currently working on early modern atrium and roadside crosses erected in the Iberian metropolitan and overseas world as vehicles of conversion and resistance.

Congratulations to Dr. Lynne Marks for becoming the Humanities Faculty Fellow for 2018-19.