DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY
University of New Brunswick, Fredericton
9th Annual University of Maine - University of New Brunswick History Graduate Student Conference
The 9th Annual University of Maine/University of New Brunswick International Graduate Student Conference will be held in Fredericton, September 28-30, 2007, at the University of New Brunswick. For detailed information: 9th Annual Conference Description.
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Contact: Don Nerbas: don.nerbas@unb.ca
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The 8th Annual Conference was held from October 20 to 22, 2006, at the University of Maine, Orono.
Link to 8th Conference Program
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University of Maine's Conference website
See previous conference descriptions below
th Annual University of Maine - University of New Brunswick History Graduate Student Conference
7th Annual University of Maine - University of New Brunswick History Graduate Student Conference
October 21-23, 2005
Link
to 2005 Conference website and program
The history graduate students of the University of Maine and University of New Brunswick hosted the Seventh Annual International Graduate Student Conference, October 21-23, 2005. In past years we have attracted participants from a wide range of universities throughout the United States and Canada. This year's event was held on the University of New Brunswick campus in Fredericton, N.B. and opened on Friday, 21 October with a keynote address by Dr. Richard Judd of the University of Maine. Dr. Judd's lecture, entitled “North American Environmental History: A Comparative Analysis of Canada and the United States,” compared American historiography evolving from a dominant idea of frontier with work stemming from the staples thesis in Canada, before concluding with promising suggestions for future research across the political divisions of North America. The lecture was open to the public and was advertised in both the university and broader Fredericton community. Approximately eighty people attended the lecture.
Of the forty-five papers submitted for consideration, thirty four were selected for inclusion in the weekend program. Over the course of two days, the papers were presented in fourteen panels with diverse themes ranging from “Religious Images and Objects” to “20 th Century Right-Wing Radicals,” from “Military History and Commemoration” to “Cultural Constructions of Forests and Trails.” Students presenting were drawn from eleven different universities, including four American schools ( Maine , Villanova, PSU, and U. Mass.) and Canadian representatives from the University of Calgary , York , Carleton, Ottawa , WLU, and Dalhousie. Sixteen UNB graduate students presented papers at the conference, with fourteen of these from UNB's History Department. History graduate students also served as chairs for eleven panels, with History faculty members chairing the remaining three sessions.
The conference was entirely planned and run by UNB History graduate students, with a great deal of cooperation and support from the History department's faculty and staff. Financial support for the conference was provided by the department, the department's Director of Graduate Studies, the History Graduate Students' Society, Dr. Margaret Conrad, Canada Research Chair in Atlantic Canadian Studies, the Military and Strategic Studies Program, the UNB International Relations office, the School of Graduate Studies, the Dean of Arts, the Office of the Vice President of Research, and the Office of the President.
For future conferences, we will issue invitations to all interested graduate students, from any university or college, to submit paper proposals related to any topic of historical investigation. This conference is designed to offer graduate students an opportunity to present their work before a friendly audience of their peers and also an opportunity to meet other graduate students who have similar experiences and interests in our expanding discipline.