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Tuesday, April 15, 2014

New Summer Course: HIST 3902B Global Cold War Cultures

Monday and Wednesday, 0905 - 11.55, July-August 2014   What does a hairstyle have to do with atomic bombs? Why did the designer of a new swimsuit for women call it a “bikini” for its sexy, “explosive” potential after the hydrogen bomb tests near the Bikini Islands in the late 1940s? Why did McCarthyism... More

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

New Summer Course: HIST 3906A History of Canada-Africa Relations since 1945: Compassion, Calculation, Consistency

  Tuesday and Thursday, 0905 - 11.55, July-August 2014 This course unfolds in the context of close study of the polities, economies, and conflicts in Africa, most notably the drive towards complete decolonisation. Course time will be divided roughly 50%–50% between Canada–Africa. It begins with Canada's humanitarian and mostly British... More

Tuesday, April 15, 2014

New Summer Course: HIST 3903 History of Canada on Film

Monday and Wednesday, 0905 - 11.55, May-June 2014 Content: The documentary Nanook of the North (1922) and the feature Black Robe (1991) shaped perceptions of First Nations peoples and the landscapes of Canada for audiences at home and abroad. Other films such as Les Ordres (1974) and 15 février 1839 (2001) have exposed some... More

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