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The Malaspina Lecture November 29, 2018: 7 pm |
Pablo Restrepo-Gautier: The Summer of the Nootka Crisis at Yuquot: The Accounts of Captain Martínez and Fray Francisco Miguel Sánchez Prof. Restrepo-Gautier of the Department of Hispanic and Italian Studies at the University of Victoria will discuss his work, undertaken in collaboration with AMRC Research Associate Robin Inglis, translating Spanish documents bearing on the late 18th-century diplomatic crisis between Spain and Britain, and related political and cultural interactions, arising at the summer village of the Mowachaht people. |
The Malaspina Lecture March 23, 2017: 7 pm |
Michael Layland: A Perfect Eden BC Map Historian Michael Layland's latest book A Perfect Eden: Encounters by Early Explorers of Vancouver Island was published recently by Touchwood Editions. |
The Malaspina Lecture September 29, 2016: 7 pm |
Jim McDowell: The Malaspina-Narváez Connection BC Historian Jim McDowell's latest book Uncharted Waters: The Explorations of José Narváez (1768-1840) was published recently by Ronsdale Press. |
The Malaspina Lecture October 28, 2015: 7 pm |
Capt. Bill Noon: Franklin Expedition: Finding the Erebus Capt. Bill Noon of CCGS Sir Wilfrid Laurier was a member of the 2014 expedition which discovered HMS Erebus, one of Sir John Franklin's ships lost with all hands after sailing in search of the Northwest Passage in 1845. |
The Malaspina Lecture November 27, 2014: 7 pm |
Douglas White: Treaty Relations in the Age of Recognition Douglas White, Interim Director of the Centre for Pre-Confederation Treaties and Reconciliation at VIU will discuss the aftermath of contact and settlement and the history of treaties in BC. |
The Malaspina Lecture October 17, 2013: 7 pm |
Robin Fisher: Vancouver's Coastline: Putting the Northwest on the Map Robin Fisher, author of Contact and Conflict: Indian-European Relations in British Columbia, 1774-1890, will discuss the implications of George Vancouver's visit to local waters in 1792. |
| The Malaspina Lecture October 4, 2012: 7 pm Building 355, Room 203 Nanaimo Campus |
John Lutz: What Connected at Contact? Aboriginal and European First Contact Stories from the Pacific Coast John Lutz, author of Makuk: A New History of Aboriginal-White Relations, which won the prize for the best book in the Social Sciences in Canada in 2010, is Professor of History at the University of Victoria. |
| Book Reading October 3, 2012: 6:00 pm Harbourfront Library Diana Krall Plaza, Nanaimo |
Barry Gough: Juan de Fuca's Strait: Voyages in the Waterway of Forgotten Dreams Prof. Gough, AMRC Honorary Research Associate, presents his latest book (September 2012: Harbour Publishing), on the first European navigators to enter the Strait in search of the fabled Northwest Passage. |
| Free Public Lecture November 22, 2011: 7 pm Building 355, Room 203 Nanaimo Campus |
Vivian Nutton: Medics or Historians? The Curious History of Medical History Vivian Nutton is Professor Emeritus at University College, London, and a leading authority in classical medicine.His talk is co-sponsored by the History Department and the Faculties of Social Sciences and Arts and Humanities. |
| Biosphere Conversation Series: Fourth Symposium October 21-23, 2011 Deep Bay Field Station Bowser, BC |
Understanding Nature, Changing the World: The Rôle of the Post-Secondary Institution in Advancing Sustainability on Vancouver Island A gathering, by invitation only, sponsored by AMRC, the Institute for Practical Philosophy, the Institute for Coastal Research and the Tofino Botanical Gardens Foundation |
| The Malaspina Lecture February 22, 2011: 7 pm Building 355, Room 203 Nanaimo Campus |
Robin Inglis: Northwest Coast Native Societies and the Malaspina Encounters of 1791 Robin Inglis is a former Director of the Vancouver Maritime Museum and of the North Vancouver Museum and Archives, and an Honorary Research Associate in the AMRC. He was a member of the Hakluyt Society team which prepared the English version of Malaspina's Journal, and of his many publications the most recent is the Historical Dictionary of the Discovery and Exploration of the Northwest Coast of America (Scarecrow Press 2008). |
| Radio Interview on CHLY Radio Malaspina December 1, 2010 |
John Black, AMRC Director: Alexandro Malaspina |
The Department of Anthropology presents: September 20, 2010: 7 pm |
Charlotte Harris Rees: Secret Maps of the Ancient World and Other Hints of Early Chinese Voyages to the Americas Charlotte Harris Rees is the author of Secret Maps of the Ancient World (Authorhouse, 2008), an examination of the cartographical evidence that the Americas were visited by ancient Chinese navigators. Her talk is co-sponsored by AMRC, the Geography Department and the Nanaimo Historical Society. |
| The Malaspina Lecture April 12, 2010: 7 pm Building 355, Room 203 Nanaimo Campus |
Neil Safier: "Malaspina in the Torrid Zone: Tropical Passages through the Spanish Enlightenment” Neil Safier is assistant professor of history at the University of British Columbia, and is author of Measuring the New World: Enlightenment Science and South America (Chicago, 2008). |
| Biosphere Conversation Series: Third Symposium March 19-21, 2010 Clayoquot Field Station Tofino, BC |
Understanding Nature, Changing the World:
Food and the Environment A gathering, by invitation only, sponsored by AMRC, the Institute for Coastal Research and the Tofino Botanical Gardens Foundation, to discuss philosophical, ethical, social and political dimensions of food |
Educational Symposium |
Murals, Myths and Mariners A talk by John Black on the fictional subject (and the facts behind it) of the recently restored E.J. Hughes' mural "Alejandro Malaspina Sketching the Galleries on Gabriola" |
Concurrent Exhibition |
Malaspina and the Malaspina Galleries |
Presented by the Heritage Research Group
February 26, 2009 6:30 pm Building 355, Room 203 Nanaimo Campus |
Peter Clarke: The Identity of the English-Speaking Peoples Peter Clarke was until 2004 Professor of Modern British History and Master of Trinity Hall at the University of Cambridge. |
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March 5, 2009 6:30 pm Building 355, Room 203 Nanaimo Campus |
Maria Tippett: Canadian Art and National Identity Maria Tippett is a Senior Research Fellow in History at the University of Cambridge, and a biographer of Bill Reid, F.H. Varley and Emily Carr. |
March 12, 2009 6:30 pm Building 355, Room 203 Nanaimo Campus |
Sheila Rankin Zerr and Glennis Zilm: Nursing Costumes and Professional Identity Sheila Rankin Zerr and Glennis Zilm are in the Faculty of Nursing at the University of British Columbia. This evening will include, as well as their lecture, a fashion show of historical nursing uniforms. |
The Malaspina Lecture |
Charlotte Coté: Makah and Nuu-chah-nulth: Whaling and Cultural Identity Charlotte Coté is in the American Indian Studies Department at the University of Washington. Co-sponsored by the First Nations Studies Department and Aboriginal Education |
| Free Public Lecture March 13, 2008, 7:00 pm Building 355, Room 203 Nanaimo Campus |
Kevin Neary: Historical Records, Aboriginal Rights and Aboriginal Title Researcher Kevin Neary worked with the Mowachaht-Muchalaht and other First Nations on the relevance of the historical record to aboriginal rights and title |
| Free Public Lecture March 10, 2008, 6:30 pm Building 355, Room 203 Nanaimo Campus |
Michael Bliss: Failed and Changing Dreams of Canada Historian Michael Bliss is University Professor-Emeritus at the University of Toronto |
Free Public Lecture |
Barry Gough: Fortune's a River Professor Emeritus of History from Wilfrid Laurier University, Barry Gough will discuss his latest book on the clash of European empires in the Pacific Northwest in the late 18th and early 19th centuries |
Book Launch |
The Meditations of Marcus Aurelius Research Associate Russell McNeil reads from his recent selected and annotated edition of this work of the second-century Roman emperor and Stoic philosopher |
| Biosphere Conversation Series: Second Symposium October 12-14, 2007 Clayoquot Field Station Tofino, BC |
Understanding Nature, Changing the World:
Politics and the Environment A gathering, by invitation only, sponsored by AMRC, the Institute for Practical Philosophy, the Institute for Coastal Research and the Tofino Botanical Gardens Foundation |
| Biosphere Conversation Series: First Symposium April 13-15, 2007 Clayoquot Field Station Tofino, BC |
Understanding Nature, Changing the World: Philosophy and the Environment A gathering, by invitation only, sponsored by AMRC, the Institute for Practical Philosophy, the Institute for Coastal Research and the Tofino Botanical Gardens Foundation Audio Record |
Free Public Lecture |
Dee Longenbaugh: Russian and Spanish Encounters in 18th century Alaska Dee Longenbaugh is an expert on the history and cartography of the Alaska coast |
| Symposium April 21, 2006 Maritime |
WHAT’S NEW TO SAY ABOUT CAPTAIN GEORGE VANCOUVER |
Symposium |
The first symposium of the Institute for Coastal Research (ICR): Charting a Course |
Free Public Lecture |
Dr. Juan Pimentel, of the Spanish Interministerial Commission for Science and Technology, History Institute, History of Science Department: Alexandro Malaspina: in Search of the Nature of Empire |
| Conference on Dionisio Alcalá Galiano, Cabra, October 2005 |
| Free Public Lecture January 18/05, 7 pm Building 355, Room 203 All Welcome! |
Barry Gough, Professor of History (retd), Wilfrid Laurier University: By Sea, By Land: Captain George Vancouver and Sir Alexander Mackenzie, British Imperial Ascendancy on the North West Coast as of 1793 |
| The Life and Times of Alexandro Malaspina, a six-week Continuing Studies course offered by Professors John Black and Russell McNeil: Wednesdays, 7-9 pm, October 6 - November 10, 2004, at the Nanaimo campus of Malaspina University College. Participants read and discussed the biography of Malaspina by Dario Manfredi. An introduction to the life, work and surroundings of the navigator, suitable for those without specialist knowledge of the field. |
| Public Lecture March 4/04 |
Glyndwr Williams, Professor Emeritus of History, Queen Mary, University of London: Malaspina and the Search for the Strait of Ferrer Maldonado |
| Public Lecture November 21/02 |
Christon Archer, University of Calgary: Banishing the Black legend: Spain's Enlightened Offensive on the NW Coast, 1774-1795 |
| Public Lecture Series - "Contact: First Voyages, First Peoples" | |
| October 3/01 | Ron Hamilton, Huupachasaht First Nation |
| October 17/01 | Richard Atleo, Hereditary Chief of the Ahousaht First Nation, and Chair of the First Nations Studies Department, Malaspina University College |
| October 31/01 | Robin Fisher, History Department, University of Northern British Columbia |
| November 14/01 | Charlotte Coté, American Indian Studies Department, University of Washington |
| Public Lecture September 19/01 |
G. Douglas Inglis, Director and Research Professor of History, The Texas Tech University Center in Sevilla: Post-Colonial Intervention: Imperial Reform of the Trans-Atlantic Mails |
| Public Lectures November 16/00 |
Robin
Inglis, Vancouver Spanish Pacific Historical Society:
Dionisio Alcalá Galiano: The Canadian Adventure of a Spanish Naval
Hero Nick Doe, Editor, SHALE Magazine: Alcalá Galiano's Sketchmaps of Gabriola |
Public Lecture |
Virginia Gonzalez Claveran, El Colegio de Mexico: The Visit of the Malaspina Expedition to Mexico |
| Public Lecture September 14/00 |
John Gascoigne, University of New South Wales: Motives for European Exploration of the Pacific in the Late Eighteenth Century |
Inaugural
Symposium AMRC Planning Meeting October 23/99 |
Alexandro Malaspina:
Enlightenment Thinker? [Report on Symposium] |
| Inaugural
Symposium Scholars' Seminar October 23/99 |
Alexandro Malaspina: Enlightenment Thinker? |
Photography Exhibit October 22-30/99 |
Return to a Forgotten History |
Author's Talk: |
Alejandro Malaspina:
Portrait of a Visionary |
Updated: November 30, 2018