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Call for Papers! "Experiencing History" will be held in-person on 5 April 2025 in Lawson Hall, Western University. Submit your abstract by 3 March to HGSAgradconference@gmail.com #westernu

Save the date and join us on Thursday, March 20, 2025 at 2:30pm as we welcome Prof. Kristina Llewellyn to present at the J. J. Talman Lecture Series. All are welcome. #westernu

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Congratulations to MA student, Olivia Holland as the recipient of one of five awards for the use of library and archival resources. .. Winning submission: “At Rest:” The Life and Death of Private Edward Martin Roberts  ..

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Join us on Monday, January 27, 2025 at 3:30pm as we welcome Dr. Ingrid Mattson, Huron University to the the Middle East & North Africa Research Group. Dr. Mattson will be speaking on, "Public Accountability in the Islamic Tradition & Contemporary Self-Governing Muslim Communities

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Join us on Thursday, January 16, 2025 at 12:30pm as we welcome Prof. Osama Siddiqui to our Research Seminar Series. Prof. Siddiqui will be speaking on, "Empire of Sentiments: Reading Adam Smith in 19th Century Colonial India." All are welcome! #westernu @orsidd

Thank you to everyone who attended our first McCaffrey Seminar for 2025. We hope you enjoyed the talk by Dr. Samra Khan, who spoke on, "Beyond Borders: South Asia's Influence on European Intellectual Traditions." #westernu

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Prof. Alan MacEachern will be talking about "Becoming Green Gables" at the Kindred Spirits reception / CBBAG workshop at on 10 January 2025. Full details here: .. ..