New U of S Lecture Series Celebrates Saskatchewan's Upcoming Centennial Year
Posted January 08, 2004
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - January 8, 2004 2004-01-02-AR
New U of S Lecture Series Celebrates Saskatchewan's Upcoming Centennial Year
The road to Saskatchewan's centennial year in 2005 will be marked by the
launch of a series of public lectures at the University of Saskatchewan.
From January 2004 to January 2005, seven leading historians will look back
at Saskatchewan's past and where it has taken us.
The first lecture in the series takes place Monday, January 19th, 2004 at 4
p.m. in Room 134 in the Arts Building on the University of Saskatchewan
campus. Gerald Friesen, a U of S Alumnus who is now President of the
Canadian Historical Association, will give the first lecture.
Titled "Saskatchewan in the New Prairie History: A Conclusion and Some
Introductions," Friesen's lecture will take the unique approach of using the
present as a springboard into the past by examining the present cultural
condition of the province and proposing ideas about its origins. In effect,
he will let the "end" of the story help determine the beginning.
The lectures, designed to be both thought-provoking as well as entertaining,
will examine the history of Saskatchewan from a variety of perspectives.
The next lecture in the series will take place February 9th with UBC
professor Jean Barman's lecture "British Columbians' Saskatchewan: The View
from the Other Side of the Mountains."
More information can be found on the College of Arts and Science website at
http://www.arts.usask.ca/lectureseries/centennial/
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For more information, please contact:
Jennifer W. Webber Forrest
Communications Officer, College of Arts and Science
University of Saskatchewan
Tel: (306) 966-1982
Email: jennifer.webberforrest@usask.ca
or
Dr. Bill Waiser
Department of History
College of Arts and Science
University of Saskatchewan
Tel: (306) 966-5801 or 374-4509
Email: bill.waiser@usask.ca
