Five of our department's PhD Candidates presented their research at their 990 Colloquium today. Congratulations to Justin Fisher, Kiera Mitchell, Dasha Guliak, Derek Cameron and Patrick Lee on a job well done. Five very interesting research projects and great questions from the audience!

Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Neufeld on promotion to full professor. This is very well deserved. Matthew was recognized at the College's RSAW Celebration.

Congratulations to two of Dr. Ben Hoy’s undergraduate students, Andrew Kelly and Marissa Moberg, who attended the 2025 Crossing Borders Conference at Niagara University on March 29. Andrew was also awarded the Best Paper prize! This is a huge accomplishment for both students.

Join us for a panel discussion on "Psychedelic Humanities or Humanistic Psychedelics? What the Humanities Can (and Can't) Contribute to the Psychedelic Landscape."
Tuesday, April 1 from 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM at Louis' Loft

Happening Thursday March 20 at 4pm. The USask Museum of Antiquities will be hosting the first of its 50th anniversary celebration events in March, starting with a special guest lecture by Dr. Nathan. T. Elkins, Deputy Director of the American Numismatic Society, on the Colosseum on Roman coins.

Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Neufeld (USask) and Sabine Jesner (Museum of Military History, Vienna) on the recent publication of their edited collection, Military Healthcare and the Early Modern State, 1660-1830.

This is an open access title and available at
www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com

Are you a History Major? Considering a Major History? Join Prof. Mark Meyers, in collaboration with the College’s Undergraduate Student Office for a group advising session. Mon, Mar 31 from 12:30-1:30pm in ARTS 208.

Please register for the session here: www.eventbrite.com/e/major-in-m...

Deadline to apply: Today at 11:59PM! Open to anyone with 30 cu course work or 3 cu History. The application is easy to complete; reference letters can come in after the deadline. This is a great opportunity for undergraduate students!
artsandscience.usask.ca/history/stud...

Congratulations to our colleague Dr. Cheryl Troupe, who is receiving an Order of Gabriel Dumont Gold Medal.

Join our Department on March 26 for Dr. Jim Clifford's 7 Nights of History talk titled, "July 16, 1945: The Day the Anthropocene Didn't Begin". March 26, 2025 Starts at 6:30pm and Better Brothers Brewing.

Interested in Study Abroad courses? We are offering History 272: Human Rights in History, taught by Dr. Mark Meyers in May 2025.

Class is May 5-30 (MTWThF 9:30am-12:00pm), with mandatory travel to Winnipeg May 5-9. Travel will be subsidized.

Applications due March 10. See poster for details.

Happening tomorrow! Dr. Valerie Korinek will be giving the next 7 Nights of History talk titled: "June 28, 1969: The Stonewall Riots: The Spark That Lit Gay, Lesbian and Trans Rights." Join us February 26 at Better Brother's Brewing. 6:30 pm. Open to the public.

Our Department is currently inviting applications for the Elizabeth and Cecil Kent Post-Doctoral Fellowship in the History of Britain and the British World. This is a two-year fellowship starting September 1, 2025. Deadline for applications is March 7, 2025.

Read a review of the Western Canadian History Conference in the latest issue of Prairie History. If you presented at the conference and are interested in publishing your paper, please reach out to the journal at info@mhs.mb.ca

Congratulations to PhD Candidate Harris Ford for his recent publication in Prairie History. His artifactual column, titled “Chinese Pilots in Saskatoon Skies: The Keng Wah Aviation School, 1919-1922” is published in a Special Edition on Aviation history.

Join the Department of History on January 22 at Better Brothers Brewing for a talk by Dr. Erika Dyck titled, “June 15, 1943: Susi Ramstein Takes LSD and Inspires a Feminist Counterculture.” Starts at 6:30. Open to the Public.