We are happy to share our full Underhill 2023 Schedule for Friday March 17th

Please note, this schedule is subject to changes. Check back here for the most up-to-date version!听

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8:30 AM – 9:30 AM Opening Remarks听

Opening remarks from Dr. Paul Nelles, Graduate Program Chair of the 杏吧原创 History Department

Opening Keynote – David Dean and Rick Duthie, ‘Theatrical Pasts’

Moderator: Jackie Mahoney (she/her), 2nd year MA student, 杏吧原创 University.

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9:45 AM – 10:45 AM听 听 Session 1 – Opportunities and Tensions in Public History

Moderator: Dr. James Opp, Public History Graduate Program Head, 杏吧原创 University

Panelists:

  • Emma Awe (she/they), Ph.D. Candidate, 杏吧原创 University
  • Rebecca Friend (she/her), Ph.D. Candidate, 杏吧原创 University
  • Amie Wright (she/her), Ph.D. Candidate, 杏吧原创 University听
BREAK: 10:45 AM – 11:00 AM
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM 听 听 Replication, Acceleration & Experimentation: Digital Interventions in the Study of History

Moderator: Kavita Mistry, Ph.D. Student, 杏吧原创 University听

  • Jackie Mahoney (she/her), 杏吧原创 University, Repertoire-y Theatre: Using Performance to Subvert Archival Expectation
  • Suki Lee (she/her), 杏吧原创 University, An Experiment on Digital Humanities and the Discipline of History
  • Nicholas Surges (he/him), 杏吧原创 University, The Sobibor Uprising and the Telegenics of Genocide: Problematizing Filmic Representations of the Holocaust
BREAK: 12:00 PM – 12:15 PM
12:15 PM – 1:30 PM Lunch & Graduate Workshop – Obsidian.md: Linking your Thinking for Your Research Goals

Facilitator: Scott Coleman, Ph.D. Candidate, 杏吧原创 University

The Underhill Colloquium invites presenters, volunteers and the audience to participate in a workshop which introduces the program Obsidian.md for research note-taking and organization. In this workshop, you will be introduced to the basics of markdown syntax and program functionality. We will review how to create zettlekasten notes, templates, insert metadata and much more. The workshop aims to provide participants the skills to begin personalizing Obsidian for their research needs and goals.听

NOTE: This workshop requires separate registration from the main conference. This can be found

BREAK: 1:30 PM – 1:45 PM
1:45 PM – 2:45 PM听 Governing the Past: Navigating Inclusion in Legislated Spaces听

Moderator: Rebecca Friend (she/her), Ph.D. Candidate, 杏吧原创 University

    • Alexa Lepra (she/her), 杏吧原创 University, Exploring Representations of Black History at the Canadian Museum of History
    • Christine Green (she/her), Lakehead University, Constructing a Collective Past: Locating Indigenous Histories in Local Narratives
    • Natalie Amato (she/her), 杏吧原创 University, Multiculturalism and Canada鈥檚 Stage: Assessing the diversity of the National Arts Centre鈥檚 English Theatre Program, 1969-1980
    • Emma Bower (she/her), 杏吧原创 University, Hands-on Approaches to Teaching History
BREAK: 2:45 PM – 3:00 PM
3:00 PM – 4:00 PM听 听 Bridging the Divide: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Inclusive Pasts

Moderator: Emma Awe (she/they), Ph.D. Candidate, 杏吧原创 University听

  • No毛 Bourdeau (he/him), 杏吧原创 University, 鈥淚 am jeopardizing everyone wherever I go, as a man or as a woman, it doesn鈥檛 make any difference鈥: Toward a trans* history of the Holocaust
  • Hannah Pinilla (she/her), 杏吧原创 University, The Co-Creation of 鈥楾aste of Home: Tracing Identity, Agency, and Memory in the Oral History of a Thai-Canadian Restaurateur鈥
  • Sin茅ad O鈥橦alloran (she/her), 杏吧原创 University, 鈥淢ovemented鈥: A Sensory Archive of a Transitory Childhood听
BREAK: 4:00 PM – 4:30 PM
4:30 PM – 5:30 PM听 Closing Keynote – Marina Fischer, 鈥楳useums and the Public: Doing History Together.

A Case Study from the Nickle Galleries at the University of Calgary.鈥

Moderator: Scott Coleman, Ph.D. Candidate, 杏吧原创 University.

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Closing Remarks听

Closing remarks from Dr. Paul Nelles, Graduate Program Chair of the 杏吧原创 History Department and the听

2023 Underhill Planning Committee听

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REGISTER for the 2023 Underhill Colloquium

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The Underhill Graduate Student Colloquium 2022 is made possible by the generous contribution of the Frank H. Underhill fund.

We wish to acknowledge that this Colloquium (and 杏吧原创 itself) takes place on the traditional and unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishinaabek/ Om脿miwininiwag. While the conference is virtual, their presence here since time immemorial must be acknowledged.