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Frank Hawkins Underhill was born in Stouffville, Ontario, in 1889. He completed degrees at the University of Toronto and Oxford University. After serving in the Great War, he returned to a teaching position at the University of Saskatchewan. In 1927, he began teaching at his alma mater, but his 27-year tenure at Toronto was far from tranquil.<\/p>\n
An inspiring teacher, Underhill was one of this country’s earliest intellectual historians. He was also a strident social critic, and many of his writings were devoted to political commentary in the pages of the Canadian Forum and other periodicals.<\/p>\n
Throughout his career, Underhill’s socialist politics raised the ire of both politicians and administrators. As co-founder of the League for Social Reconstruction and one of the architects of the Regina Manifesto, he often found himself fending off charges of “anti-British” behaviour. His perseverance in his political activities led to what was widely regarded as a victory for the preservation of academic freedom in Canadian universities.<\/p>\n
In 1955, Underhill arrived in Ottawa as the curator of Laurier House. He soon became involved with Carleton, serving in its Senate and as a professor of political science. Underhill willed his personal library to Carleton, and upon his death in 1971, the Underhill Reading Room was established within the Department of History. In co-operation with Dr. Blair Neatby, an endowment was inaugurated in memory of Dr. Underhill (the Underhill Reading Room Fund) for the purchase of new books for the Reading Room and for the support of special projects, including this annual graduate student colloquium.<\/p>\n
F. H. Underhill<\/strong><\/p>\n Frank Hawkins Underhill est n\u00e9 \u00e0 Stouffville (Ontario) en 1889. Il obtient ses dipl\u00f4mes de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Toronto et de l\u2019Universit\u00e9 d\u2019Oxford. Apr\u00e8s avoir servi durant la Grande Guerre, il reprend son poste d\u2019enseignant \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de la Saskatchewan. En 1927, il commence \u00e0 enseigner \u00e0 son alma mater, mais son mandat, qui durera 27\u00a0ans, \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 de Toronto est loin d\u2019\u00eatre paisible.<\/p>\n Underhill, un enseignant inspirant, devient l\u2019un des premiers historiens intellectuels du pays. Il est \u00e9galement un critique social v\u00e9h\u00e9ment et nombreux de ses \u00e9crits sont des commentaires politiques publi\u00e9s dans le magazine Canadian Forum<\/em> et d\u2019autres revues.<\/p>\n Tout au long de sa carri\u00e8re, la politique socialiste d\u2019Underhill suscite l\u2019exasp\u00e9ration tout autant des politiciens que des administrateurs. En tant que cofondateur de la Ligue pour la reconstruction sociale et l\u2019un des architectes du manifeste de Regina, il se voit souvent devoir se d\u00e9fendre contre les accusations d\u2019avoir un comportement \u00ab anti-britannique \u00bb. La pers\u00e9v\u00e9rance de ses activit\u00e9s politiques est \u00e0 l\u2019origine de ce qui est souvent consid\u00e9r\u00e9 comme \u00e9tant une victoire pour la pr\u00e9servation de la libert\u00e9 acad\u00e9mique dans les universit\u00e9s canadiennes.<\/p>\n En 1955, Underhill arrive \u00e0 Ottawa pour assumer le poste de conservateur de la maison Laurier. Il ne tarde pas \u00e0 \u00e9tablir des liens avec l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Carleton, servant dans son s\u00e9nat et \u00e0 titre de professeur de sciences politiques. Underhill a l\u00e9gu\u00e9 sa biblioth\u00e8que personnelle \u00e0 l\u2019Universit\u00e9 Carleton et, \u00e0 son d\u00e9c\u00e8s en 1971, la salle de lecture Underhill est \u00e9tablie au D\u00e9partement d\u2019histoire de l\u2019Universit\u00e9. Avec la coop\u00e9ration du Dr Blair Neatby, un fonds de dotation (Underhill Reading Room Fund) est inaugur\u00e9 \u00e0 la m\u00e9moire de Dr Underhill, destin\u00e9 \u00e0 l\u2019achat de nouveaux ouvrages pour la salle de lecture et au soutien de projets sp\u00e9ciaux, dont ce colloque annuel pour \u00e9tudiants des cycles sup\u00e9rieurs.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Frank Hawkins Underhill was born in Stouffville, Ontario, in 1889. He completed degrees at the University of Toronto and Oxford University. After serving in the Great War, he returned to a teaching position at the University of Saskatchewan. In 1927, he began teaching at his alma mater, but his 27-year tenure at Toronto was far […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":16,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"yoast_head":"\n