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The Department congratulates Dr. Norman Smith on the publication of his latest book, Intoxicating Manchuria: Alcohol, Opium and Culture in China's Northeast (UBC Press, 2012)

from the jacket: In China, both opium and alcohol were used for centuries in the pursuit of health and leisure while simultaneously linked to personal and social decline. The impact of these substances is undeniable, and the role they have played in Chinese social, cultural, and economic history is extremely complex.

The Department congratulates Dr. Norman Smith on the publication of his latest book, Intoxicating Manchuria: Alcohol, Opium and Culture in China's Northeast (UBC Press, 2012)

from the jacket: In China, both opium and alcohol were used for centuries in the pursuit of health and leisure while simultaneously linked to personal and social decline. The impact of these substances is undeniable, and the role they have played in Chinese social, cultural, and economic history is extremely complex.

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Brad Crawford is a MA student in the Department.
He studies conflict in modern Africa and the
Rwandan Genocide. - Susan

Land of a Thousand Lessons:
Reflections on a Tour of Rwanda
By Brad Crawford

Scattered throughout Kigali, the capital and largest city in the small East African nation of Rwanda, are massive billboards that read “Learning from our history to build a bright future.” The billboards evidently refer to the nearly one million Tutsis and Hutu moderates that were slaughtered during the one hundred days of the Rwandan Genocide in the spring of 1994. These billboards most likely lead some to wonder why a nation would promote the worst event in their national history so explicitly. As historians, we often cite “learning from our history to avoid the same mistakes in our future” as one of the main purposes for studying the subject. In Rwanda, this notion is consistently and actively put into practice. (click title to read the whole story)

Brad Crawford is a MA student in the Department.
He studies conflict in modern Africa and the
Rwandan Genocide. - Susan

Land of a Thousand Lessons:
Reflections on a Tour of Rwanda
By Brad Crawford

Scattered throughout Kigali, the capital and largest city in the small East African nation of Rwanda, are massive billboards that read “Learning from our history to build a bright future.” The billboards evidently refer to the nearly one million Tutsis and Hutu moderates that were slaughtered during the one hundred days of the Rwandan Genocide in the spring of 1994. These billboards most likely lead some to wonder why a nation would promote the worst event in their national history so explicitly. As historians, we often cite “learning from our history to avoid the same mistakes in our future” as one of the main purposes for studying the subject. In Rwanda, this notion is consistently and actively put into practice. (click title to read the whole story)

Congratulations to History's Departmental Manager, Barb Mitterer, who was awarded the University's Exemplary Service 'Hidden Hero' Award today - a much deserved recognition of Barb's crucial work in the Department. Kudos! We don't know what we'd do without you!

Congratulations to History's Departmental Manager, Barb Mitterer, who was awarded the University's Exemplary Service 'Hidden Hero' Award today - a much deserved recognition of Barb's crucial work in the Department. Kudos! We don't know what we'd do without you!

Jacqueline Murray, Professor in the Department and Director of First Year Seminars at the University of Guelph, has published a new edited collection: Marriage in Premodern Europe: Italy and Beyond (Toronto: Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, 2012).

from the jacket...
The articles in this volume provide an overview of the issues and complexities that informed marriage in the premodern West. They provide a series of ...

Jacqueline Murray, Professor in the Department and Director of First Year Seminars at the University of Guelph, has published a new edited collection: Marriage in Premodern Europe: Italy and Beyond (Toronto: Centre for Reformation and Renaissance Studies, 2012).

from the jacket...
The articles in this volume provide an overview of the issues and complexities that informed marriage in the premodern West. They provide a series of ...