From Colony To Nation Revisited

14TH ANNUAL McGILL-QUEEN’S GRADUATE CONFERENCE IN

HISTORY Friday March 3rd and Saturday March

4th, 2017 Queen's University

WelcomeMcGill Queen's Graduate History Conference 2017

Lunch Address Dr. Duncan McDowall

Queens University 11:30-12:30

Eliza S. Gordon Private Dining Room

 Land Acknowledgement Ceremony

Four Directions Aboriginal Student Center

Elder in Residence Mary Ann Spencer

11:00am - 11:30pm Eliza S. Gordon Private

Diningroom BanRigh Hall

Dr. Duncan McDowall is currently the

official historian of Queen's University.

His research interests include, 19th and

20th century business and political

history, Canada and the developing

world, and the history of Bermuda and

modern tourism. He has just completed

The Official History of Queen's

University Vol. Three, titled Testing

Traditions

Queen's University is situated on the

traditional territory of the Anishinaabe and

Haudenosaunee nations, and the area is

home to many Metis people as well.

Queen's University and the Department of

History, in conjunction with Four Directions

Aboriginal Student Center, are dedicated to

recognizing and respecting such important

relationships to land, belonging, and

community, as part of a wider commitment

to reconciliation.

Keynote Address

Dr. Sean Mills University of Toronto

Agnes Etherington

Art Gallery

6-8pm

And Now for Something Completely Different

Queen's MedievalistsDebate Arthur Lower,

Colony, and Nation

12:30 - 1:30 pm

Saturday March 4th

Watson Hall 517

Historian Sean Mills' research

interests include postcolonial thought,

culture, migration, race, gender and

empire. His first book, The Empire

Within: Postcolonial Thought and

Political Activism in Sixties Montreal,

explored the shifting meanings of

empire and the transnational

circulation of ideas and people. It won

the Quebec Writers’ Federation First

Book Award in 2010, and was given

Honourable Mention by the Canadian

Historical Association for the Sir John

A. Macdonald Award/Governor

General’s Award for Scholarly

Achievement in 2011.

As a special lunchtime feature,

some of Queen's University's

most seasoned Medievalists will

debate the merits and themes of

Arthur Lower's work from there

perspective. Can historians trace

the roots of colony, nation,

belonging and identity back to

the pre-modern era?

Pub Night / Mixer Saturday: 7pm

Tir Nan Og Irish Pub

200 Ontario St.

Celebrate your conference success, get to know the other participants, and let loose

with our after conference social

McGill-Queens Graduate History Conference

Schedule

Friday March 3rd

Registration, 10:00 am – 4pm, Main Foyer, Watson Hall

Land Acknowledgment Ceremony, Four Directions Aboriginal Student Center

Elder in Residence Mary Ann Spencer, 11:00 – 11:30 am, Eliza S. Gordon. Private

Dining Room, Ban Righ Hall.

Lunch Service, 11:30am – 12:00pm Eliza S. Gordon Private Dining Room, Ban Righ

Hall

Afternoon Keynote Address, 12:00 – 1:00pm, Eliza S. Gordon Private Dining Room,

Ban Righ Hall

- Dr. Duncan McDowall, Queen’s University Official Historian “Arthur Lower

and the Politics of Resistance”

Plenary Sessions 1, 1:15 – 2:30pm

Panel E, “Race and Resistance,” Ontario Hall, Room 209.

Moderator: Tabitha Renaud

- Kyle Hammer: “Suburban Nationhood: Whiteness and Residential

Segregation in Halifax, 1945-1970”

- Jason Romisher: “100 Years of Educational Integration at Haddon Heights

High School: An Analysis of Race-Relations in Lawnside, Haddon Heights,

and Barrington, New Jersey”

- Kyle McLoughlin: “Blue Lines, Red Scares, and Black Power: Policing Protest

in the United States”

Panel J, “Colonization and Canada,” Macintosh Corry Hall, Room E230

Moderator: Virginia Vandenberg

- William Felepchuk: “Uninhabited Lands and Fraudulent Refugees: White

Settler Identity Formation and Fantasies of the Racialized Other in the

Nation’s Capital”

- Daniel Sherwin: “Locating Christianity in Canadian Settler Colonialism”

- Yasmine Djerbal: “Code Indigéne: Contemporary Racial Surveillance in

France and Canada

Break, 2:30 – 2:45pm (Watson Hall- Arthur Lower Lounge)

Plenary Sessions 2, 2:45- 4:00pm

Panel L, “Colonialism, Indigenous Rights, and Cultural Objects,” Macintosh Corry

Hall, Room E230

Moderator: Dr. Karen Dubinsky

- Nicola Krantz: Land Loss and Reconciliation in Alex Janvier’s Canadian

Modernism

- Cathleen Clark: Imagining a Fourth World: Transnational Indigenous Rights

Advocacy Explored through the Life of Shuswap Leader George Manuel

- Gene Long: Competing Colonialisms: Labrador as a Case Study in

Boundaries of Uncertainty

- Leah Iselmoe: Reading the Crests: Decolonizing Collection Documents of

Indigenous Objects within Cultural Institutions

Panel H, “Making Race, Colony, and Nation,” Ontario Hall, Room 209.

Moderator: Dr. Elizabeth Jane Errington

- Hope Campbell: “Reading the Nation: Negotiating National Imagination

through Canada Reads”

- Deanna Turner: Decentering the Human Through Fur Trade Historiography

- Marie-Maxime de Andrade: “I’m dreaming of Montreal’s White Christmas

for all its Children”: Montreal Victorian Christmas Imagery and the

Normativity of White Childhood

Brief Announcements / Housekeeping, 4:00pm – 4:15pm, Watson Hall, Lower

Lounge

Afternoon Break, 4:15- 5:45pm

Keynote Address/Cocktail Reception, 6:00 – 8:00pm, Agnes Etherington Arts

Center

- Dr. Sean Mills, University of Toronto: “Language Race and Power:

Rethinking Quebec’s Haitian Past.”

Saturday March 4th

Registration and Continental Breakfast, 8:00- 9:00am, Main Foyer Watson Hall, &

Lower Lounge

Plenary Session 3, 9:00 – 10:15am

Panel A: “Nation, Identity and the Arts” Watson Hall, 122

Moderator: Stephen Smith

- Rachel Wyatt: “Re-Birth of a Nation”: The National Identity Politics of

Hamilton: An American Musical

- Sarah Dougherty: From Colonial Theatre to National Theatre?: The Stratford

Festival, the Centennial, and Canadian Nationalism

- Kyler Chittick: Subaltern Albertan: Pastiche, Parody and Affect in Carson’s

“Oilish!”

Panel F, “Ideas and Identity in the Early Modern Era,” Watson Hall 517

Moderator: Grant Schrama

- Jamie Bonar: New Atlantis: Venetian Identity in the Early-Modern Era

- Sarah Sifton: Choices: Arminius and Erasmus on Free Will, Grace, and

Remission in the Sixteenth Century

- George Saad: Taking Rome In Hand: The Aeneid as Stoic Katalepsis

- Nan Zhou: The Art of Enjoyment: La Mettrie and the Formation of the

Hedonistic Individuality

Panel M, “Locations of Memory and Identity” Watson Hall, 217,

Moderator: Maggie McGoldrick

- Diana Hiebert: "A Complicated Craft: Fan Bird Carving in Migratory

Mennonite Communities"

- Lila Platt: “Québécois under Scrutiny: language ideologies as a site of

collective memory”

- Marnie Howlett: The Euromaidan: A Social Movement Towards a Salient

Ukrainian National Identity

Break, 10:15 – 10:30, Lower Lounge, Watson Hall (2nd floor)

Plenary Sessions 4, 10:30 – 11:45pm (Watson Hall Rooms to be announced)

Panel D, “Life and Labor in the City”, Watson Hall 217.

Moderator: Anastasiya Boika

- Kayla Dettinger: A Town of Rye among the Garden Cities: A Global

Comparative History of Walkerville, Ontario’s Town Planning

- Alex Pickering: Metropolitan Modernism: A Look at the Urban-Suburban

Dynamic in Post-War Toronto

- Matthieu Caron: “Save the Seven” Mothers: Deportation, Human Rights,

and Activism in Toronto 1973-1982

Panel N, “The Art of Self Fashioning,” Watson Hall 122.

Moderator: Sanober Umar

- Richard Yeomans: “Casting Down His Torch”: The Man, The Myth and the

Biographies of Sir John A. Macdonald”

- Laura Dyer: Scapegoat, Failure, Hero: The Mythologization of Romeo

Dallaire

- Josephine Wong: Kuki Shūzō’s The Structure of Iki: Ethnic Being and Being

Human

Lunch and Medievalist Roundtable, 12:00 – 1:30pm, Watson Hall 517

Plenary Sessions 5, 1:45- 3:15pm

Panel C, “Cold War Canada,” Watson Hall 217.

Moderator: Dr. Jeffrey Brison

- Andrew Sopko: “Hands and Brains to Start All Over again:” Apocalyptic

Imaginings, Nuclear Anxieties and Performative Preparedness in Cold War

Canada 1951-1962.

- Bronwyn Jaques: Serving the Nation: Masculinity and National Identity in

Cold War Canada, 1956-1959

- Kimberely Heath: The Imagined Mushroom Cloud: The Psychological

Construction of Chemical Warfare

Panel K, “Education and Anxiety” Watson Hall 122

Moderator: Dr. Elizabeth Jane Errington

- Jessie Gamarra: "Designing Schools for Tomorrow’s Citizens: How Educators

and Architects Developed School Design in Ontario from 1867-1967.”

- Jenn Lucas: Canadian Fears of Americnization: A History of Education in

20th Century Canada

- Matthew Fron: Ramshackle State Formation: Understandings of Epidemic

Disease in Canadian History

Panel I, “Ideas of Diaspora,” Watson Hall 517

Moderator: Patrick Corbeil

- Jeremy Chu: Problematizing Chineseness and the Chinese Diaspora

- Oduwole Anuoluwapo: Accommodation and Integration of Nigerians in

Diaspora: Some Lessons for Incoming Families

- Yun Liu: The Birth of a “Minstrel-Knight” Image after the Death of a

Liberalism Writer in China –– a Historical Review on the Intellectual

Phenomenon of Wang Xiaobo (1952-1997)

Break, 3:15- 3:30pm (Watson Hall, Lower Lounge)

Plenary Sessions 6, 3:30- 4:45

Panel B, “Slavery and Race in a Canadian context,” Watson Hall 517.

Moderator: Dr. Barrington Walker

- Steven Barrow: “The Communication Vehicle of the Gay Asian

Community:” The Development of CelebrAsian and Racialization of Gay

Asian Men, 1983-1998

- Chris Gismondi: “The Freeing of Charolette, 1798: Panic Amongst the

Peculiar Institution in British North America”

- Nadir Khan: Guardians of Bondage: Enforcing Slavery in 18th century New

France

Panel G: “Faith and Representation,” Watson Hall 217

Moderator: Sanober Umar

- Robert Revington: From Calcutta to Jerusalem: How Dorothy L. Sayers and

Malcolm Muggeridge Used Analogies from the British Raj to Describe the

Holy Land in the Time of Jesus

- Darren Henry-Noel: An Honorable Enemy of God? Changing Portrayals of

Muslims in Christian Crusader Literature

- Mitchell Gould: “If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget [its

skill]": A Global Perspective on 16th Century Jerusalem

Panel O, “Identity, Sovereignty, and the Canadian Military,” Watson Hall 122

Moderator: Stephen Smith

- Michael Murphy: The Origin of Canadian Sovereignty: The Special Council

of Lower Canada 1838-41 in Genealogical Perspective

- Diane Scarlett: Permanent Establishment, National Identity and the

Canada-U.S. Relationship: A Historical and Contextualized Analysis

- Matthew Barrett: Conduct Unbecoming: Dismissal and Cashiering in the

Canadian Military

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Closing Remarks, 4:45- 5:00pm Watson Hall 517

Pub Night and Networking Mixer, 7:00pm, Tir Na Nog Irish Pub, 200 Ontario St.

McGill- Queens Graduate History Conference

Information

Registration:

To register for the conference, please check in at our registration desk in the

main foyer of Watson Hall. After we check you in, and collect the 15$ registration

fee, you will be given a copy of the program, your name tag, and one

complimentary drink ticket for the Friday evening keynote address with Dr. Sean

Mills.

Navigating Queen’s Campus and the Conference:

On the opening day of the conference, Friday March 3rd, our opening remarks,

land acknowledgement ceremony, lunch, and first keynote address will be held

in the Eliza S. Gordon Private Dining Room in Ban Right Hall, across Bader lane

and directly to the East of Watson Hall. The following plenary sessions will take

place in several different buildings on the Queen’s campus. Though they are

located within 5 min walking distance of one another, we ask that you double

check which building and room you are scheduled to present in. In your

program, you will find a campus map detailing where each building is, and

there will be ample signage to direct you to the appropriate classrooms. Should

you have any trouble getting around, feel free to ask one of our conference

volunteers for assistance.

On Saturday March 3rd, the entirety of conference events will take place in the

home of the Queen’s History Department, Watson Hall. A continental breakfast

will be served in the Arthur Lower Lounge on the 2nd floor from 8am – 9am, with

conference registration ongoing throughout the day in the main Foyer. All

plenary sessions will take place in either rooms 122, 217, or 517, on the first,

second, and fifth floors respectively. Lunch and the Medievalist Round Table will

take place in room 517.

Keynote Address, Agnes Etherington Arts Center:

Our Friday evening keynote will be held in the atrium at the Agnes Etherington

Arts Center, located on the corner of University Avenue and Bader Lane. The talk

will begin at 6pm sharp, and will be followed by a cocktail reception. Registered

attendees will be provided with one complimentary drink ticket upon receipt of

their conference package, however the bar will also be accepting cash as well.

Pub Night, Tir Na Nog, 200 Ontario St. (Market Square)

On Saturday evening, the conference will wrap up with a pub night and

networking social at the Tir Na Nog Irish Pub, located in downtown Kingston in

Market Square. The Conference committee has booked Monte’s private lounge

for the occasion with be private bar and food service. It’s a great opportunity to

relax, have dinner, and enjoy chatting with other conference attendees.

Food and Beverage Services on Campus

While most meals, coffee, and snacks will be provided during the conference,

there are several places to grab food and drinks on campus should the need

arise. There is a Starbucks located on the main floor of Goods Hall on Union

street, and a Tim Hortons, Teriyaki Express, Pita Pit, and Booster Juice on the

ground floor of the Queen’s Center. On the 5th floor of the Queen’s Center, is a

student run coffee shop called Common Ground. There is also a Tim Hortons

Express, Quizno’s, and Thai restaurant on the ground floor of the John Deutsch

University Center. Closest to Watson Hall, is the cafeteria on the main floor of

Macintosh Corry Hall, and the Canadian Grilling Company which is next to it. For

additional spots to eat, you may choose to walk 15 minutes to the downtown

core, with it’s plethora of delicious dining options.

Underground

to West Campus

Underground

UndergroundParking Garage

Frank TindallField

MathesonField

Agnes Benidickson Field

Nixon Field

Snodgrass Arboretum

Harkness International Hall

Goodes Hall

Agnes Etherington

Art Centre“The Agnes”

Campus Book StoreClark Hall

Athletics and Recreation Centre

Joseph S. Stauffer Library

Beamish-Munro Hall

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LaSalle Building

Victoria Hall

Leonard Hall

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Walter Light Hall

Miller HallNicol Hall

Kingston General Hospital

Biosciences Complex

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School of Medicine

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Macklem House

Theological Hall

Summerhill

Old Medical Building

Jackson Hall

Kingston Hall

John Deutsch University Centre

Fleming Hall(Stewart-Pollock

Wing)

Fleming Hall(Jemmett Wing)

Grant Hall

Botterell Hall

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Gordon HallDouglas Library

Bruce Wing

Kathleen Ryan Hall

Carruthers Hall

82/84 Barrie St.

80 Barrie St.

98 Barrie St.

100 Barrie St.

144 Barrie St.

146 Barrie St.

Ellis Hall

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Watson Hall

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Dupuis Hall

Adelaide Hall

Ban Righ Hall Stirling Hall

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Rideau Building

Leggett Hall

Chown Hall

Watts Hall

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Richardson Hall

Richardson Laboratory

Ann Baillie

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Four Directions Aboriginal

Student Centre

Physical and Health Education Centre

152 Albert St.

144 Albert St.

96 Albert St.

154 Albert St.

Queen’s Centre

Queen’s Day Care Centre

Queen’s Journal

Queen’s Community

Housing

78 Barrie St.

70 Barrie St.

68 Barrie St.140

Stuart St. 160

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CCampus Book Store G5Cancer Research Institute J9 Cataraqui Building J7Carruthers Hall H5Chernoff Auditorium D8Chernoff Hall C8Chown Hall E8Clark Hall G5Craine Building I5DDavid C. Smith House C9Douglas Library F4Dunning Hall E4Dupuis Hall H2EEllis Hall E5Etherington Hall G9FFleming Hall G5Four Directions Aboriginal Student Centre J4Francophone Centre F1Frank Tindall Field D5GGIDRU Wing I9Goodes Hall D3Goodwin Hall I3Gordon-Brockington Hall A10Gordon Hall G4Grad Club J3Grant Hall F6

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PPhysical and Health Education Centre G3QQueen’s Day Care Centre B4Queen’s Centre F1Queen’s Community Housing F2 Queen’s Journal F1RRideau Building C9Richardson Hall E5Richardson Laboratory H8Robert Sutherland Hall D4S140 Stuart Street F8160 Stuart Street E9School of Kinesiology and Health Studies H2School of Medicine J7Sir John A. Macdonald Hall E4Stirling Hall D8Summerhill I6TTheological Hall H6UUniversity Club E9VVictoria Hall C7WWaldron Tower J10Walter Light Hall J3Watson Hall D6Watts Hall C8

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Key

14TH ANNUAL MCGILL-QUEEN’S

GRADUATE CONFERENCE IN

HISTORY MARCH 3RD

& 4TH 2017

FEATURED KEYNOTES: DR. DUNCAN MCDOWALL(QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY)

DR. SEAN MILLS (UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO) FOR DETAILS CONTACT :

MCGILLQUEENS2017@GMAIL.COM

FROM COLONY TO

NATION REVISITED

14TH ANNUAL MCGILL-QUEEN’S

GRADUATE CONFERENCE IN

HISTORY MARCH 3RD

& 4TH 2017

KEYNOTE LUNCH DR. DUNCAN MCDOWALL

QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY FRIDAY MARCH 3RD 

"Arthur Lower and the

Politics of Resistance"

ELIZA S. GORDON DINING ROOM, BAN RIGH HALL 

12PM TO 1PM 

14TH ANNUAL MCGILL-QUEEN’S

GRADUATE CONFERENCE IN

HISTORY MARCH 3RD 

& 4TH 2017

EVENING KEYNOTE DR. SEAN MILLS,

UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO @ THE AGNES

FRIDAY MARCH 3RD 6 TO 8PM

FROM COLONY TO

NATION REVISITED