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UPCOMING EVENTS
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Colloquium: The British State and the Industrial Revolution: Evidence from a Quaker Gun-Maker Thu, 13 Mar 2014 11:30 AM
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The Middle East and the First World War Thu, 13 Mar 2014 7:00 PM
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The Defense of Inhumanity: Air Control and the British Idea of Arabia (Ian Dyck Memorial Lecture) Fri, 14 Mar 2014 5:30 PM
Presented by Dr. Priya Satia (Stanford University) Friday, March 14th, 5:30 PM Labatt Hall, SFU... -
An Epistemic Revolution in Arab Late Antiquity: The Qur'anic Discovery of Writing Thu, 27 Mar 2014 7:00 PM
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Ottoman Hero or Frontier Villain? Ahmed Feyzi Pasha (1839-1915) Thu, 03 Apr 2014 5:30 PM
Presented by Dr. Thomas Kuehn April 3rd, 2014 | 5:30 PM Fletcher Challenge Theatre Harbour...
RECENT PUBLICATIONS
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Gender History: Canadian Perspectives by Willeen Keough & Lara Campbell
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Patrician Liberal: The Public and Private Life of Sir Henri-Gustave Joly de Lotbinière, 1829-1908 by Jack Little
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Top Down: The Ford Foundation, Black Power, and the Reinvention of Racial Liberalism by Karen Ferguson
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Cosmopolitanisms in Muslim Contexts: Perspectives from the Past by Derryl MacLean
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Rebel Life: The Life and Times of Robert Gosden, Revolutionary, Mystic, Labour Spy (Revised Edition) by Mark Leier
DEPARTMENT NEWS
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Audio: Mary-Ellen Kelm on the History Slam Podcast March 03, 2014
SFU Historian Mary-Ellen Kelm discusses her book, Wilder West: Rodeo in Western Canada on the... -
Elise Chenier: Why we shouldn't invoke Jim Crow to fight for LGBT issues February 27, 2014
Dr. Elise Chenier's article about the uses and abuses of history in the fight against Arizona... -
Jeremy Brown: Pick a dictator February 27, 2014
Dr. Jeremy Brown's meditations on teaching and writing about twentieth century Chinese history were... -
Podcasting French Studies with Roxanne Panchasi February 20, 2014
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