Ryan Heyden, McMaster University
“An Untenable Situation: The problem of two German Red Crosses and the politics of the early Cold War in the international Red Cross movement, 1948-1956” Thursday, 4 February 2021 @ 2:30 p.m.

Emily Rosebush, McMaster University
“Tarnished Temples: Department Store Relevancy in the Digital Age” Thursday, 21 January 2021 @ 2:30 p.m.

Samantha Clarke, McMaster University
“Two Germanies, Two Vaccines: The Politicization of Vaccination in Cold War Divided Germany” Thursday, 26 November 2020 @ 2:30 p.m

Join McMaster’s History Department on selected Thursdays to hear from our esteemed faculty, graduate students and celebrated guests.

Dr. Gordon Holmes, Adjunct Assistant Professor
Department of History, McMaster University
“The Rise of Statistical Thinking in the Age of Mercantilism and the Fiscal–Military State, 1620 to 1845.” (PDF)
Thursday, 23 January 2020
CNH 607B ~ 2:30 p.m.

Carly Ciufo, PhD Candidate, McMaster University
“But, Who is This Museum for?’ Race, Space, and Memory in Liverpool, England.” (PDF)
Thursday, 6 February 2020
CNH 607B ~ 2:30 p.m.

Nilab Ferozan, PhD Candidate, McMaster University
“The Confraternity of Santissimo Rosario: Religion, Politics and Processions in post-Reformation Rome” (PDF)
Thursday, 13 February 2020
CNH 607B ~ 2:30 p.m.

Monique Millia-Marie-Luce, Assistant Professor in Contemporary History, University of French West Indies
“Coloured Domestics Coming”: The Recruitment of Guadeloupeans for Canada (1910-1911) (PDF)
Thursday, 5 March 2020
CNH 607B ~ 2:30 p.m.

Arazoo Ferozan, PhD Candidate, McMaster University
“Mediterranean Marseille: Merchangs, Cross-Cultural Networks, and Urban Development in the Age of Global Maritime Expansion (1550-1750)” (PDF)
Thursday, 12 March 2020
CNH 607B ~ 2:30 p.m.

Dr. Mark Steinberg, Department of History, University of Illinois
Department of History, Faculty of Humanities Senior Messecar Lecture Visiting Professor
Wings of Utopia: The Russian Revolution as a “Leap in the Open Air of History” (PDF)
Thursday, 31 October 2019
LRW 2001 ~ 2:30pm

Dr. Alan McPherson, Department of History, Temple University
Ghosts of Sheridan Circle: How a Washington Assassination Brought Pinochet’s Terror State to Justice
Thursday, 10 October 2019
LRW 2001 ~ 3:30 p.m.

Dr. Peter C. Perdue, Department of History, Yale University
Department of History, Faculty of Humanities Senior Messecar Lecture Visiting Professor
What and How is China Doing? Reflections on the work of Ge Zhaoguang (PDF)
Thursday, 3 October 2019
LRW 2001 ~ 3:30 p.m