University of Alberta
History, Classics, and Religion Graduate Students' Association
SCHEDULE
Event is scheduled according to Mountain Time (MT)
THURSDAY, March 18th, 2021
Opening Remarks
12:00 - 12:30 AM
Introduction to conference by organizers Connor Thompson, Janan Assaly, and Sean Patterson
Literary Criticism and Language
Presenters: Laura Mclean, Cristalle Watson, and Deepro Chakraborty
12:30 - 2 PM
Coffee Breakout Room
2 - 2:30 PM
We encourage everyone to enjoy a beverage from home and engage with attendees. These sessions are important for graduate students to build meaningful connections with peers and colleagues.
Gender Identities and Representations
Presenters: Konstantin Tebenev and Bart Romanek
2:30 - 3:30 PM
FRIDAY, March 19th, 2021
SCHEDULE
Event is scheduled according to Mountain Time (MT)
THURSDAY, March 24th, 2022
Opening Remarks
12:30 - 1 PM
Language & Literature
1 - 2:30 PM
Coffee Breakout Room
2:30 - 3:30 PM
Collective Trauma
3:30 - 5:30 PM
Introduction to conference by organizers Janan Assaly, Mack Harding, and Sean Patterson and Department Chair Dr. Ryan Dunch
Laura MacLean, University of Alberta
"Medea’s Magical Cauldron, the Horn of Amalthea, and King Arthur’s Holy Grail: Three Descendants of a Common Proto- Indo-European Story"
Sean Patterson, University of Alberta
"Based on a True Story: Error, Manipulation, and Myth in the Historiography of the Makhnovist Movement"
Deepro Chakraborty, University of Alberta
"A Letter without a Word: the case of the long vocalic l̥̄ in Sanskrit"
Social Hour
Sean Remz, Concordia University
"A Brief Appraisal of the Recovery and Reimagining of Cultural Norms in the Hungarian Martyrs Congregation / Sisterhood in Montreal"
Alexander McCrae, Concordia University
"The Case of Mansour Abbas: Pragmatic Religiosity versus Naked Opportunism"
Michael Pass, University of Ottawa
"An Invitation in from the Cold: Rebuilding Canada’s Relationship with Japan in a Cold War World, 1945-1970"
Ruya Kalintas, Kadir Has University
"Counter History on the Stage: The Meaning of Re-enactment of Trauma for the Alevi Community"
FRIDAY, March 25th, 2022
Opening Coffee
10:15 - 10:30 AM
Women & Gender
10:30 AM - 12 PM
Lunch Break
12 - 1 PM
Privileging Knowledge
1 - 2:30 PM
Coffee Breakout Room
2:30 - 3:30 PM
Classics
Keynote Address
3:30 - 5 PM
Casual social period for acquainting yourself with presenters and peers
Tulika Singh, University of Alberta
"Perception of Nonnormative Body in the Character of Bṛhannalā in the Mahābhārata"
Janan Assaly, University of Alberta
"Re-Covering a Goddess: Understanding a Fully-Clothed Venus in Imperial Rome"
Connor Thompson, University of Alberta
"Victorian Gender Dynamics in Sam Steele and Marie Harwood’s Engagement Letters,1889-1890"
No session scheduled
Chris Chang-Yen Phillips, University of Alberta
"Making Space for Fossils: How the Burgess Shale Claimed a Spot on the UNESCO World Heritage List"
Kefas Lamak, University of Iowa
"Rediscovering the Efficacy of Tarok Pre-Colonial Herbal Medicine"
Michaela Morrow and Kenzie Gordon, University of Alberta
"Above the Cloud: Linked Data & the Semantic Web for Historical Research"
Social break
Dr. Katharine Huemoeller, University of British Columbia
"(Menstrual) Blood and Sacrifice: Rethinking Authority in the Historical Record"
SATURDAY, March 26th, 2022
Opening Coffee
10:15 - 10:30 AM
Community Experience
10:30 AM - 12 PM
Lunch Break
12 - 1 PM
Conquest & Power
1 - 2:30 PM
Coffee Breakout Room
2:30 - 3:30 PM
History
Keynote Address
Casual social period for acquainting yourself with presenters and peers
Lucy Ballard, Harvard University
"Dreams of D-Mecca: Racial Crossings and Urban Renewal in Islamic Detroit"
Arwa Hussain, Concordia University
"Project Rise: A Global Religious Community’s Philanthropic Endeavour"
Nathan Vaughn, University of Wyoming
"Female Deacons in the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America: Recovering a Feminine Space"
No session scheduled
Sarah Mark, University of British Columbia
"Ransom and Recovery in the Second Punic War"
Matthew MacKenzie, Western University
"The Promise of the Princeps: The Hopes and Fears Surrounding the End of the Roman Republic and Advent of Augustus"
Sandip Munshi, Queen’s University
"The French Quest for Saltpetre in India (Bengal): 1700 to 1800"
Social break
Dr. Ádám Takács, University of Alberta
Recovery: A Social-Historical Phenomenon. The Case of the Collapse of Communism in Eastern-Europe
3:30 - 5 PM
SUNDAY, March 27th, 2022
Opening Coffee
8:15 - 8:30 AM
Covid-19 and the Pandemic
8:30 - 10 AM
Morning Break
10 - 11 AM
Popular Culture
11 AM - 12:30 PM
Coffee Breakout Room
12:30 - 1:30 PM
Religion
Keynote Address
1:30 - 3 PM
Closing Remarks
3 - 3:30 PM
Casual social period for acquainting yourself with presenters and peers
Michael Gillingham, University of Alberta
"“Humans are social beings, and we Irish are more social than most”: The COVID-19 Pandemic’s Impact on Religious Communities in the Republic of Ireland and Ongoing Hopes For Recovery"
Nanuma Subba, Jawaharlal Nehru University
"Stories of Resilience and Recovery: Women’s Lives During the COVID-19 Pandemic in India’s Northeast"
Eliana Chavkin, University of Minnesota
"The 'War' on COVID: the Uses and Limits of Wartime Language in the United States"
No session scheduled
Matthew Thomson, University of Regina
"Democracy in the Desert: Insurgent Warfare and Interventionism, American Democracy, and Post-9/11 Culture in Fallout: Las Vegas"
James Willets, University of Colorado
"Comic Books Confront the Atomic Bomb"
Mack Harding, University of Alberta
"Recovering the Nephilim: Popular Culture and the Retrieval of Religious Concepts"
Social break
Dr. Vaia Touna, University of Alabama
The Recovery of the Imagined Past
Closing remarks by Graduate Chair Dr. Heather Coleman and the
HCRGSA Executive