Welcometothe1 st Annual KeewatinCountryGraduateStudent HistoryConference April16 18,2009 TempleGardensMineralSpa MooseJaw,Saskatchewan PresentedbytheHistoryDepartmentsofthe UniversitiesofSaskatchewanandManitoba/Winnipeg ProgrammeofEvents AboutTheKeewatinCountryHistoryConference KeewatinisaCree/Ojibwaywordmeaning ColdNorthWind or BlizzardoftheNorth.Itinvokesbothpowerandplace,asKeewatincame tobeknowntofirstnationsgroupsandearlyfurtradersastheregion stretchingwestofthehudsonbaytotherockies,asfarnorthasthe MckenzieRiver,andsouthtoincludethenorthernUnitedStatesGreat Plains.TheKeewatinCountryGraduateStudentsHistoryConference seekstobringtogethergraduatestudentsandfacultyfromacrossthese diverseregionsandoffersacollegialandcordialenvironmentforallto sharetheirwork,meetpotentialfutureadvisorsandcolleagues,and engageawiderangeofhistoricaltopics. TheKeewatinCountryConferenceisorganized,funded,andhostedjointly bythedepartmentsofhistoryattheuniversityofsaskatchewanandthe UniversityofManitoba/UniversityofWinnipeg.Itreplacestheearlier BuffaloProvinceHistoryConference(hostedbytheUniversityof Saskatchewan)andtheFt.GarryLectures(hostedbytheUniversityof Manitoba/Winnipeg).Co operativelyorganized,theconferencewill rotatebetweenthetwoinstitutionsonanannualbasis. MessagefromtheOrganizers WearepleasedtowelcomeyoutothefirstannualKeewatinCountry GraduateStudentHistoryConference.Weencourageyoutotakeinas muchoftheproceedingsasyoucan,includingourtwoplenaryaddresses: SteveHewitt skeynoteaddress SnitchingandSnitches:Informing History andtinachen safter dinnertalk ThePoliticsofGlobalFilm Exhibition:ChineseFilmExport,ColdWarInternationalRelations,and AlternativeKnowledgeHierarchies. Thankyoutoallofourparticipants,attendees,andvolunteersaswellas researchassistantsciprianbolah(uofs),krisdrohomereski(uofm)and SaraRoberts(UofS).Wehopeyouenjoyyourstay! TheKeewatinCountryGraduateStudentHistoryConferenceorganizers, LiamHaggarty,ErinMillions,MandyFehr,Dr.GaryZellar,Dr.Keith Carlson,andDr.AdelePerry.
ThursdayApril16 5:30 7:30pm~RegistrationandReception;CashBar. 7:30pm SalonA WelcomeandOpeningRemarks PlenaryKeynoteAddress: Dr.SteveHewitt(UniversityofBirmingham) SnitchingandSnitches:InformingHistory FridayApril17 8:00 9:00am~ContinentalBreakfast SalonA 9:00 10:30am~Session1 Session1A SalonB Anti ColonialismandCounter Hegemony Chair:Dr.PeterIves(UniversityofManitoba) KellyAnneButler(UniversityofSaskatchewan) ContingentAffiliations:Counter HegemonicProcesses ofreligiouschangeinindigenouscommunitiesof Guatemala PaulBurrows(UniversityofSaskatchewan) Iamnottrespassingbecausethegroundismine :The St.Peter sreserve Removal &TheSaulteaux RepatriationMovementof1932 34 JasonDyck(UniversityofManitoba) TheoryandPraxis:TheRevolutionofPowerRelations inthechinesecountryside Session1B MezzanineC Sails,Planes,andBrains:HistoryofTechnologyand Communication Chair:Dr.JimNaylor(BrandonUniversity) RobertMorley(UniversityofSaskatchewan) AReviewofCurrentTrendsinAviation Historiography LechLebiedowski(UniversityofAlberta) From Sail to Steam 1838-1900-The Transition that Never Was J.MarcMacDonald(UniversityofSaskatchewan) CrossroadsofEnlightenment:TheEnglishChannel anditseighteenth CenturyTraffic Session1C MezzanineE AboriginalityandEnvironmentalHistory Chair:Dr.KeithCarlson(UniversityofSaskatchewan) KatyaMacDonald(UniversityofSaskatchewan) HistoriesofAboriginalityandCommunityinTwo AboriginalCommunities ShawnPatrickBailey(UniversityofMontana) Abandoninga DeepBloodKettle :TheBootlegger TrailBuffaloJump,BlackfeetConservation,andthe DiscontinuationofCommunalHunting JonathanClapperton(UniversityofSaskatchewan) EnvironmentalismasAnti Conquest?:Nuu chah nulth FirstNationandEnvironmentalistsinClayoquot Sound,BritishColumbia 10:30 10:45am~Refreshments SalonA
10:45am 12:15pm~Session2 Session2A SalonB MigrationandIdentityinaNewPlace Chair:Dr.AdelePerry(UniversityofManitoba) LauraIshiguro(UniversityCollegeLondon) WhatMeansthisSilence? :Absenceand ImpermanenceinaFather sletters Home from BritishColumbia ChristineShumay(BrandonUniversity) AmongsttheGentiles:TheJewishExperiencein BrandonDuringtheInter WarPeriod RyanEyford(UniversityofManitoba) FreemenorSerfs?Debt,Property,andindividual LibertyintheIcelandicReserve Session2B MezzanineC Pills,Propaganda,andProtest:PoliticsinNorthAmerica Chair:Dr.SteveHewitt(UniversityofBirmingham) LucasRichert(UniversityofLondon) TheMaplePeril:CanadianDrugReimportationand AmericanSecurityduringGeorgeW.Bush sfirst Term SeanGraham(UniversityofRegina) PoliticsforSemi HystericalZealots:TheAdventof RadioCampaigninginCanada Session2C MezzanineE Re ImaginingPrairieHistory Chair:Dr.BillWaiser(UniversityofSaskatchewan) VictoriaLambDrover(UniversityofSaskatchewan) AtruesonordaughteroftheWest :TheRacialand genderexclusivityofstudents,staff,andfacultyatthe UniversityofSaskatchewan,1909 1922 DeannaMatity(UniversityofRegina) ImmortalizedinBronze,Stone,andGlass:WorldWar OneCommemorationinRegina,Saskatchewan TyyneTymchyshyn(UniversityofManitoba) Physical,Social,andSpiritualSpaces:EthnicPluralism inthearchdioceseofwinnipeg 12:15 1:15pmLunch SalonA 1:15 2:45pm~Session3 Session3A SalonB GenderandSexualityinNaziandSovietGermany Chair:Dr.TinaChen(UniversityofManitoba) JamesIngold(UniversityofSaskatchewan) WhoseRoleamIPlaying?AwarenessandResponseto NaziPoliticizationofGenderandSexuality DeannaDiener(UniversityofSaskatchewan) ConspicuousContradictions:HowNaziGender IdeologiesSavedLesbianLives MarkMcCulloch(UniversityofSaskatchewan) TheImpactofRapeinSovietoccupiedeastern Germany
Session3B MezzanineC HistoryofMedicineandGenderedIdentity Chair:Dr.ValerieKorinek(UniversityofSaskatchewan) LeahMorton(UniversityofManitoba) Families,Gender,andPolioExperiencesinManitoba KylieStasila(BrandonUniversity) Ithasbeenonmymindeversince :TheMaria McCabeInfanticideCase HeatherStanley(UniversityofSaskatchewan) Deconstructing SairyGamp andthenoblegp: Identityandthe1902MidwivesActinBritain Session3C MezzanineE ColonialismandAboriginalWelfare Chair:Dr.JarvisBrownlie(UniversityofManitoba) LiamHaggarty(UniversityofSaskatchewan) Presents,Provisions,andPensionsfromtheHudson s BayCompany:TheOriginsofAboriginalSocialWelfare incanada KarineR.Duhamel(UniversityofManitoba) ColonizationbyAnyOtherName:Aboriginal MasculinitiesintheFurTrade,1840to1860 3:30 3:45pmRefreshments SalonA 3:00 4:00pm~RoundtableDiscussion: SalonB "ChoosingYourPhDProgramme:Supervisors, Institutions,Reputations,andClimate" Chair:Dr.ValerieKorinek(UniversityofSaskatchewan) Dr.JarvisBrownlie(UniversityofManitoba) Dr.TinaChen(UniversityofManitoba) Dr.GeoffCunfer(UniversityofSaskatchewan) Dr.SteveHewitt(UniversityofBirmingham) 4:30 5:30pmTouroftheMooseJawTunnels(Optional) (MeetatSalonAat4:10) 5:30pmCocktails;CashBar SalonA 6:00pmBanquetDinner SalonA 7:30pm~After DinnerSpeaker: Dr.TinaChen(UniversityofManitoba) ThePoliticsofGlobalFilmExhibition:ChineseFilm Export,ColdWarInternationalRelations,and AlternativeKnowledgeHierarchies SaturdayApril18 8:00 9:00amContinentalBreakfast SalonA 9:00 10:30am~Session4 Session4A SalonB PlainsEnvironmentalHistory Chair:Dr.GeoffCunfer(UniversityofSaskatchewan)
MatthewTodd(UniversityofSaskatchewan) MostlyHarmless :HowBoosterismContributedto thenearcollapseofthetexasrangecattleindustry MerleMassie(UniversityofSaskatchewan) AttheEdge:TheForestFringeasanEcologicaland CulturalBorderland LauraLarsen(UniversityofSaskatchewan) NotJustHistorians:AgriculturalHistoryandthe AgriculturalHistorySociety Session4B MezzanineC MedievalMyth,Monarchy,andMartialArts Chair:Prof.RobEnglebert(UniversityofSaskatchewan) DerekStrelioff(UniversityofSaskatchewan) WritingthePaperKingdom:TheOriginsandSources ofthepresterjohnlegend DannaSlessor Cobb(UniversityofManitoba) PortraitofPower:theCappellaPalatinaandthe shapingofrogerii spoliticalidentity MarkGeldof(UniversityofSaskatchewan) DoubleEdge:PitfallsandPotentialfortheStudyof MedievalMartialArts Session4C MezzanineE AboriginalRepresentation,Discourse,and Historiography Chair:Dr.JimMiller(UniversityofSaskatchewan) RebeccaMajor(UniversityofSaskatchewan) PlayersinHistory CountingintheGreatPeaceof Montreal1701 MalloryRichard(UniversityofManitoba) ThePastMade Real inthreedimensions 10:30 10:45amRefreshments SalonA 10:45am 12:15pm~Session5 Session5A SalonA PoliticsofPowerandIdentity Chair:Dr.GaryZellar(UniversityofSaskatchewan) DwayneA.Meisner(UniversityofRegina) LivyandtheBacchanalia MadeleineChartrand(UniversityofManitoba) Sikelgaitadux:WhattheNormanConquestOwedto theconquered SaraHowdle(UniversityofManitoba) TheSocio politicalconstructionsofracein1960s GermanyandtheCaseofTurkishGuestWorkers Session5BMezzanineC Gender,Sexuality,andPower Chair:Dr.GordonDesBrisay(UniversityofSaskatchewan) JamesDobson(UniversityofSaskatchewan) CistercianMasculinity:TheMalenessoftheMother Abbot AliceGlaze(UniversityofSaskatchewan) SexualityandtheKirk:CanongateParish,1640 1650 12:30 1:00pm~AwardsandClosingRemarks SalonA
ThankYoutoOurSponsors DepartmentofHistory,UniversityofSaskatchewan DepartmentofHistory,UniversityofManitoba DepartmentofHistory,UniversityofWinnipeg OfficeofthePresident,UniversityofSaskatchewan HistoryGraduateStudentCommittee,Universityof Saskatchewan HistoryGraduateStudents Committee,Universityof Manitoba/UniversityofWinnipeg UniversityofManitobaGraduateStudents Association Dr.AdelePerry,CanadaResearchChairinWesternCanadian SocialHistory Dr.ErikaDyck,CanadaResearchChairintheHistoryof Medicine Dr.MarkMeyers,Webmaster UniversityofSaskatchewanBookstore McNallyRobinson,Saskatoon GreatWesternBrewery,Saskatoon Treats,UniversityofSaskatchewan TravelCuts,UniversityofSaskatchewan CanadianTire,PrestonCrossing,Saskatoon Alexander srestaurant,saskatoon SubwayRestaurant,CumberlandAve,Saskatoon