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Chair’s Welcome Welcome to the 12th Annual McGill-Queen’s Graduate Conference in History! The theme of this year’s conference, The (im)Practical Past, Dr. Logevall’s keynote address, and the roundtable discussion on digital history all question the varied public applications and misapplications of history. The far-reaching and interdisciplinary interests represented at the conference are testament to the broad range of our field and to the deep interest both in historical questions and in the relevance of historical inquiry to current events. The plans for this year’s conference have been executed by an awesome committee, whose enthusiasm, ideas, and many hours of work have ensured its success. If you run into a committee member during the conference, please do thank them: Pete Anderson, Lorne Beswick, Anastasiya Boika, Georgia Carley, Taylor Currie, Angela Duffett, Emily LeDuc, Heena Mistry, and Tabitha Renaud. “Sapientia et Doctrina Stabilitas” In a period when cuts to university funding are all too common, I am especially grateful to the following for providing funding and for making graduate research and student initiatives a priority at Queen’s: the Dean of Graduate Studies Student Initiative Fund; the Department of History Bernice Nugent Bequest; the Graduate History Student Association; the Principal’s Office Student Initiatives Fund; the SGPS Grants Program; and the Student Affairs Student Initiatives Fund. Additional thanks to the Agnes Etherington Art Centre and to the Campus Bookstore. The goal of the McGill-Queen’s conference has always been to provide a positive and collegial environment for emerging scholars to test out their ideas, share their research, and build an academic community. With these goals in mind, a special thank you to all of the presenters, chairs, and volunteers for lending your time, support, and research to the making of what will be a thought-provoking investigation into the practical and impractical past! Kendall Garton Conference Chair 2
Schedule at a Glance: Friday March 6 th 11:00-13:00 Registration & Light Refreshments 13:00-14:15 Panel Session #1 14:30-15:45 Panel Session #2 16:15 Keynote Address by Dr. Fredrik Logevall, 17:45-19:00 Keynote Reception Keynote Speaker We are pleased to have Dr. Fredrik Logevall, Stephen and Madeline Anbinder Professor of History and Director of the Mario Einaudi Centre for International Studies at Cornell University, deliver this year’s keynote address. Specializing in US foreign relations, the Cold War, and the Vietnam Wars, Dr. Logevall was the recipient of the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in History for his book Embers of War: The Fall of an Empire and the Making of America’s Vietnam. His address is entitled “The Uses of History: Political Leaders and the Past.” Saturday March 7 th 8:30-9:00 Registration & Light Refreshments 9:00-10:15 Panel Session #3 10:30-12:15 Panel Session #4 12:15-14:00 Lunch & Roundtable Discussion 14:15-15:30 Panel Session #5 15:45-17:00 Panel Session #6 19:00 Networking Mixer Tir Na Nog Irish Pub Roundtable Discussion “Conquering the Cloud: A Roundtable Discussion on the Use(fullness) of Digital History” features panelists Dr. George Bevan (Classics), Mary Chaktsiris (History), Heather Home (Queen’s University Archives), and Dr. Andrew Jainchill (History). The increasing popularity of digital history asks us to consider the future uses and implications of the rise of digital history on our field as a whole. Bringing different experiences and opinions to the table, the panelists will debate the relationship between digital history and research and scholarship, teaching and pedagogy, and public history. 3
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