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News & Events

Past News

PhD student John-Henry Harter publishes first book: "New Social Movements, Class, and the Environment: A Case Study of Greenpeace Canada."
September 2011

Former MA Student Julia Smith wins Eugene A. Forsey prize.
June 2011

Professor Alec Dawson wins the Cormack Award for excellence in teaching.
April 2011

The New Face of the Middle East.
March 17th, 2011

"What to do with a History degree?" History Career Panel.
 March 16th, 2011

Vancouvers 125 department of History year-long lecture series exploring various aspects of Vancouver's History.
January 2011

Jay Taylor wins 2010 National Outdoor Book Award for "Pilgrims of the Vertical."
November 2010

SFU grad students Sean Carleton and Bonnie Schmidt highlighted on Canada's History website.
September 2010

2010 Summer Programme
Expressions of Diversity: An intro to Muslim Cultures
July 19-30, 2010

Congratulations to Professor Luke Clossey who won the CHA's 2010 Ferguson prize for best book in history other than Canadian.
June 2010

Dr. Andre Gerolymatos appointed by PM Stephen Harper to Advisory Council on National Security.
May 26, 2010

Congratulations to graduate student Sean Wilkinson, who won the Faculty's Robert C. Brown Award for "a combination of outstanding academic achievement and outstanding performance or leadership in another endeavour at the university."
May 2010

Congratulations to Jennifer Spear who won the Kemper and Leila Williams Prize in Louisiana History for her book, Race, Sex, and Social Order in Early New Orleans.
May 2010

Lecture by Shen Zhihua: Mao, Khrushchev, and the Sino-Soviet Split
March 2010

Prof. Jennifer Spear who wins the Kemper and Leila Williams Prize in Louisiana History for her book,  Race, Sex, and Social Order in Early New Orleans. 
March 2010

Prof Jeremy Brown and Student blog about "China's Most Wanted Man."
October 2009

Vancouver Sun Article: Why an Arts Degree can get you the job.
September 2, 2009

SFU Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology interactive website of the Fraser Valley centuries ago.
August 2009

Hellenic Studies Chair Andre Gerolymatos blogs for the Vancouver Sun newspaper on the Future Iranian Dictatorship.
July 30, 2009

Professor Paul Sedra's Opinion piece in the Toronto Star.
July 23, 2009

 

Past Events

Department of History Book Launch & Reception
September 28, 2009

May Day Cabaret and the unveiling of "May Day: A Graphic History of Protest."
May 1, 2009

Spring 2009 Colloquia Schedule
January - April (pdf schedule)

Ian Dyck Memorial Lecture
by Alun Howkins
March 27, 2009

Japanese Immigrants and the Retreat from White Supremacy
by Lon Kurashige
March 24, 2009

"'The Unfractionated Self:
Person, Time and Conduct in Middle East Cultures"
by Dr. Lawrence Rosen
March 19, 2009

Summer 2008 Colloquia Schedule
May – July (pdf schedule)