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Thanks once again to Dr. Femi Kolapo for the latest Department of History Newsletter.

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^{2008 Under the City, the workmen 48 x 36 Oil on canvas}

Monday, October 19 at 5:30pm
114 Mackinnon Hall
Free admission- everyone welcome

Jesse Palsetia has just published a new monograph with Oxford University Press, Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy of Bombay: Partnership and Public Culture in Empire. The book is the first academic study of important philanthropist, merchant, and facilitator of the opium trade, Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy. Through a blend of biographical study and history of commerce in colonial India, the book provides a lucid account of the growth and evolution of the business community in colonial Bombay.

Jesse Palsetia has just published a new monograph with Oxford University Press, Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy of Bombay: Partnership and Public Culture in Empire. The book is the first academic study of important philanthropist, merchant, and facilitator of the opium trade, Jamsetjee Jejeebhoy. Through a blend of biographical study and history of commerce in colonial India, the book provides a lucid account of the growth and evolution of the business community in colonial Bombay.

Berliner FC Dynamo was the football team of the East German secret police, the dreaded Stasi. Alan McDougall discusses how BFC Dynamo was able to dominate East German football in part through questionable referee calls and the controversy this created among football fans.

Listen to the podcast at the Wilson Center Digital Archive

See footage of the infamous penalty in the Lok Leipzig/BFC Dynamo match in March 1986.

Berliner FC Dynamo was the football team of the East German secret police, the dreaded Stasi. Alan McDougall discusses how BFC Dynamo was able to dominate East German football in part through questionable referee calls and the controversy this created among football fans.

Listen to the podcast at the Wilson Center Digital Archive

See footage of the infamous penalty in the Lok Leipzig/BFC Dynamo match in March 1986.

Pictured from left to right: Elana Shvalbe and Alison Postma 

SOFAM would like to congratulate Alison Postma, a student in the Studio Art program, who was awarded a prestigious scholarship prize through the Aimia/AGO Photography program. Selected from over 100 applicants, she receives $7000 towards tuition for her final year of undergraduate study.