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September 2024

Sun 29
September 29, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Colonel David Grebstad – Forks of Destiny: The Red River Resistance and the Making of Modern Canada

This lecture delves into the pivotal Red River Resistance of 1869-70, a defining moment in Canadian history. Centered around the

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October 2024

Sat 19
October 19, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Sophie Coulombeau – #METOO in the Georgian Court? Mary Hamilton and George IV

This lecture will re-examine the difficult situation of Mary Hamilton and her relationship with the Prince of Wales when she

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November 2024

Sat 9
November 9, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Andrew Hawkes – Performing Masculinity: Calgary Men in the Great War

This lecture will examine concepts of masculinity and how Calgary men accepted, rejected, and renegotiated hegemonic masculine expectations over the

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December 2024

Sat 14
December 14, 2024 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Graeme Callister – Soldiers that Made the Empire: The Men of Napoleon’s Grande Armée

This talk will be an examination of the hundreds of thousands of men that made up Napleon's forces, their background,

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January 2025

Sat 11
January 11, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Stuart Hull – Spirituality of British Regimental Colours and French Imperial Eagles

This talk will contend that the intense reverence which soldiers of both sides in the Napoleonic wars displayed towards their

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February 2025

Sat 1
February 1, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Fourth Annual 3 Minute Thesis Competition

Join us to see 3 Canadian Grad students competing for $1000 in scholarships as they share a 3 minute thesis

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March 2025

Sat 22
March 22, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Bruce Rolston – Historical Treasures in the Archives of the Canadian Army Journal

April 2025

Sat 12
April 12, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Melissa Wing – Dieppe Through the Eyes of Canadian War Correspondents

October 2025

Sat 18
October 18, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Cassidy Percoco – “Much Depends on the Proper Display of the Contour”: Corsetry in the Early Nineteenth Century

November 2025

Sat 22
November 22, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Mark Carmichael – Bringing the Names Carved in Stone Back to Life

December 2025

Sat 20
December 20, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm

Eamonn O’Keeffe – Searching for Shadrach Byfield, a Disabled Veteran of the War of 1812

January 2026

Sat 3
January 3 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm

Gareth Glover – What did the Commissariat Ever Do for Wellington’s Army

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