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Activities
Research
Projects
Colloquia
and
Symposia
Conferences,
Workshops and special events
WCSA Symposium:
"Canadian Studies: On the Edge" March 03, 2008
"The Ice Is Melting:
Consequences of Climate Change in the Canadian North" March 07,
2008
"Alberta-California
Energy Conference" March 09, 2007
"Canada-U.S.
Agricultural Policy" Conference, May 09, 2003
"Canada-US
Relations after
9/11" Symposium, March 2002
"Globalization,
Trade and Culture"
Conference, March 2001
"After
Seattle"
Symposium, May 2000
"Crossing
Borders" Symposia, April and July 1998
"North
American Federalism and NAFTA," April 1997
"Sustainable
Forestry on the Pacific Coast," March 1997
Canadian
Studies
Online Newsletter - 49er North!
This year we will
again be presenting our colloquium series, the famous SKULL
sessions, in which a
variety of
Canadian issues are presented and discussed during the lunch
hour. We
invite faculty, visiting scholars, students and visitors from abroad to
attend
and to present work focusing on
Last year's conference was held on the
promises and problems of Alberta's energy resources, and what they mean
for Californians. In Spring 2008 we are planning a conference on
climate change in the Canadian North. More details soon.
We are pleased to welcome Peter Gossage, Professor of History at the Université de Sherbrooke, to Berkeley this year as a Visiting Scholar and Sproul Fellow with Canadian Studies. David Trim, a historian from England, is also a Visiting Scholar with the Program for calendar year 2008. A military historian, much of his research here will be on the experience of Canadian troops in the Low Countries in World Wars I and II.
We are happy to report that the initial phase of our Campaign
for a Chair in Canadian Studies has been successfully
completed. In recognition of his role in founding the program in 1982
and his
long years of promoting the study of
Program Activities
The Program has coordinated and supported an extensive instructional
and
research undertaking, building upon existing faculty resources. A
number of new
graduate and undergraduate courses with significant Canadian content
have been
created and are now regularly taught in such departments as history,
anthropology, and political science. Faculty and graduate students are
also
heavily involved in research on
Recent Visiting
Scholars
During Spring semester 1997 the Program was pleased to host two
Visiting
Scholars from
The Canadian Studies Program officially hosted two Visiting Scholars
during
1997-98, Stephen Longstaff (Department of Sociology, York
University),
and Eva Darias-Beautell (Department of Modern Languages,
Universidad de
la Laguna, Canary Islands). Professor Longstaff, who is particularly
interested
in the political and cultural ramifications of the Quebec question, was
with us
for the whole of the spring, and in addition to presenting a talk in
our colloquium
series on February 4, 1998, "ROC in a Hard Place: English Canada
Confronts
a Third Quebec Referendum," also took part in the April 3, 1998
Crossing
Borders workshop. He participated in the Program's other events
throughout the
semester. Professor Darias-Beautell was able to arrive only at the very
end of
the spring 1998 semester, but contributed nevertheless with her May 6th
talk,
"Notebook on a Missing Woman: Realism, Identity Politics and the Lure
of
the Wilderness in Canadian and American Literature." She is conducting
research on women writers in
Our Sproul Fellow, Alain Noël, was with us for
the entire
year, and took part in all our activities, including the Crossing
Borders
panels. His wife, Marie-France Le Blanc, was also in residence
as a
Visiting Scholar at
Other Visiting Scholars associated with the Program during 1997-98 were Lorna Erwin, a sociologist from York (and wife of Stephen Longstaff), Diana Majury, Professor of Law at York, and Janusz Przychodzen, a Visiting Scholar with the Department of Comparative Literature at Berkeley. We were delighted with their participation in our events.
In 1998-1999 the official Visiting Scholars in Canadian Studies were
William
Young, who is finishing his doctoral degree at
Other scholars who were officially hosted by various other units on
campus
during 1998-1999 also participated in our activities during the
year,
attending sessions and sometimes giving papers. Among them were John
W.
Frank (Visiting Scholar, Public Health, Division of Biology &
Epidemiology), Sandford Borins (
Fulbright residence of Michael Hawes, 1999-2000
During the course of the past few years, Professor Michael K. Hawes
(Political Studies, Queen's) has emerged as a key colleague of the
Canadian
Studies Program, continuing a relationship with scholars from Queen’s
that began many years ago with Ronald Watts and Peter Leslie. He has
been
involved in Program activities since 1996. Besides having a thorough
founding
in Canadian politics and political economy, he has done a great deal of
work in
In 2000-2001 we were pleased to welcome Canadian Fulbright Scholars Dean Bavington, Katherine Baylis, and Jeff Colgan, as well as Sproul Fellow Guy Beauregard, from Ethnic Studies. Other scholars who were officially hosted by various other units on campus also participate in our activities during the year, attending bag lunches and other events and sometimes giving papers. Among them in 2001-2002 were Daniel Sandler (School of Law), Geraldine Sparrow (School of Law), and John Vardalas (Office for the History of Science and Technology), who was also a Sproul Fellow. In 2002-2003 William Young and Chen Yuan continued their ongoing research projects as Visiting Scholars with the Program. Bernard Arcand (Université Laval) was unofficially associated with the Program during the whole of the Spring 2003 semester, as was John Vardalas.
In
2003-2004 Elena Scali, a Canadian Fulbright
Scholar, joined
us as a Visiting Scholar and Sproul Fellow. Having just finished
her
Masters degree at
Harry Hiller a Professor of Sociology on sabbatical
leave from
the
David Trim, a historian from England, is also a Visiting Scholar with the Program for calendar year 2008. A military historian, much of his research here will be on the experience of Canadian troops in the Low Countries in World Wars I and II.
Research Projects
The Program, sometimes in cooperation with Canadian institutions,
sponsors a
number of major projects and conferences. These have dealt with such
diverse
issues as political party conventions in
Spring 2004 "GIS, Culture, and Change in Canada's 'Little North' Conference, April 16-17, 2004.
The conference schedule and other information is posted here.
We hope
to post particpant presentations during the Fall semester. Stay tuned!
Spring 2003
Conference:
"Canada-U.S. Agricultural Policy and the WTO." Friday, May 09,
2003.
An all-day event held on the
Click the above link for conference schedule and participant bios. More information will be posted as it becomes available.
Spring 2002 "Canada-US Relations after 9/11" Symposium. Wednesday, March 20, 2002.
An all-day event held at the Faculty
Club on the
Click the above link for symposium schedule, participant bios, and a rapporteur's summary.
Spring 2001
"Globalization,
Trade and Culture" Conference
The conference began with an opening dinner
on the
night of February 28, featuring kenote speaker The Right Honourable
Kim
Campbell (Fellow at the Center for Public Leadership, Kennedy
School of
Government, Harvard University;
Chair, Council of Women World Leaders; and,
former
Prime Minister of Canada).
Public sessions were held on Thursday,
March 1
(full day), in the Gifford Room, 221 Kroeber Hall, and Friday, March 2
(half
day), in the Goldberg Room, 297 Simon Hall, Boalt School of Law. The
keynote
speaker at Thursday's lunch was Professor Michel Laguerre,
African-American Studies, U.C. Berkeley, and Director,
This conference was made possible through the generous support of
the
Government of Canada, through Canadian Heritage and the Department of
Foreign
Affairs and International Trade
For a report by Conference Director Michael Hawes, please
see GTC
Final Report
Spring 2000
"After
This afternoon symposium was convened in
The symposium schedule, participant list, and an introduction and overview by organizer Michael Hawes may be found at the "After Seattle" webpage.
Spring & Summer
1998
"Crossing Borders" Symposia
Crossing
Borders Activities
In conjunction with the Ford Foundation’s initiative, "Crossing
Borders: Revitalizing Area Studies," the Canadian Studies Program has
been
exploring several interrelated areas of possible future research on
cross-border issues. In April we hosted a day-long symposium combining
three
panel/audience discussions: one on federalism and sovereignty in the
context of
NAFTA, one on the particularly Canadian "
Spring 1997 Conferences
"Sustainable
Forestry on the Pacific Coast," March 20-22, 1997. Reports,
agenda, and participant list are available at this link. Conventional
publication of papers and proceedings will be undertaken later this
year.
"North American Federalism and NAFTA: Three Perspectives," April 27-29, 1997. Brief overview and text of major papers available here.
A
new online calendar is being launched early in Spring semester
2008.
Link
to Past Semesters' Events
Our program of colloquia, the famous "Skull Sessions," brown-bag
informal presentations given weekly, is the routine center of our
activities.
They bring together (though not necessarily at the same time) all those
whom
the Program attempts to serve: Program faculty from Berkeley and nearby
institutions, guest faculty from Berkeley and the Bay Area, visitors
from all
over the United States and Canada, and students (mostly graduates, but
occasionally undergraduates as well). Recent co-sponsors include
Anthropology,
Native American Studies, Journalism, and the
Unless
otherwise noted, events are bag lunches and
are free
and open to the public. Events usually take place in either
the IEAS conference room or seminar room on the 6th floor at 2223
Fulton Street (at Kittredge, southwest corner
of campus, close to BART).
The Program also presents frequent symposia on a wide range of
topics.
Recent presentations have considered the controversial hydroelectric
projects
at James Bay in northern
Our colloquia, symposia, and occasional distinguished lecturer
series have
brought many distinguished visitors from the worlds of academe,
government,
business, and the arts to
In 1999-2000 we hosted our first Fulbright
Professor, Michael K.
Hawes
(Political Studies, Queen's), who has emerged as a key colleague
of the
Canadian Studies Program at
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