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Thursday, February 7, 2019

Making History Contagious 2019 History Symposium

2019 History Symposium
Making History Contagious: Deconstructing the Past
March 23rd, 2019 Central Library, London, ON

Keynote:
Ted Barris: Dambusters: Canadian Airmen and the Secret Raid Against Nazi

Seminars: For further topic and speaker information, other activites, timings and, especially,
registration, please visit: http://www.historysymposium.com/

Zenon Andrusyszyn: Documenting the Carvings Left by WWI Soldiers
Larry Barnard: Close Quarter Enemies: Dealing with Vermin in the WWI Trenches
Betsy Bayshore: Women’s Attire in the US and Canada, 1800-1818
David Blain, Robert Norton & Robert Sacco: An Overview of the Roman Imperial Army
Jeff Brown: First World War Fashion Show
Tim Compeau: “A New Batch of Ships”: British Experiments in Naval Technology and Challenges of
Frontier Warfare inCanada, 1812-1815
Mark Dickerson: You Want the Tooth? You Can’t Handle the Tooth!
Yvonne Drebert: Exploring our Stories Through Film: The Bruce
Rosalyn Elm: The Longhouse and the Chapel: Reclaiming our Spiritual Birthright Between the Tension of
History and Reality
Steve Hartwick: The Pursuit of Mons: A Modern Cavalryman’s Journey Down a Hundred Year Old
Corridor
Patrick Kinghan: Impressions of History: Reenactment and Teaching the Past
Jordan Kipp: Keep the Powder Burning: Reloading and Maintenance of Antique and Vintage Firearms
Tracy Macdonnell: A Passing Obsession: The British Fife and Buttrey Manuscript
Al McGregor Can History Pay?
Susan Smart: Death and Burial in 19th Century Ontario
Susan Spencer: Period Hand Stitchery Secrets
Georgiana Stanciu: The Story Behind the Royal Canadian Regiment Museum: a “museum room” at the
Infantry School Corps Building in London, Ontario
Glenn Stott: Last Invasion: McArthur’s Raid
Lynne Stott: A Quilting Workshop
George Wells: The Enemy in Your Pants
Barbara Whelan Of Warp and Weft: A Timeline of Fabric Production