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脷xwumixw (Squamish), s蓹l虛ilw虛蓹ta蕯涩 (Tsleil-Waututh), q虛铆c虛蓹y虛 (Katzie), k史ik史蓹茮虛蓹m (Kwikwetlem), Qayqayt, Kwantlen, Semiahmoo and Tsawwassen Nations. Unceded means that these lands have never been surrendered and thus Indigenous claims of sovereignty and title continue to apply to them, as is recognized by the Royal Proclamation of 1763 and sections 25 and 35 of the Canadian Constitution. As scholars who benefit from being on this land, we believe it is our duty to amplify Indigenous voices in our department.</p> </div></div> <div class="image-gallery section"><style type="text/css"> .image-gallery .flex-control-nav { display: none !important;}</style> <div class="flexslider " id="lightbox-a2c370ce-b8db-41fa-b1d5-9eabaa843b83/main_content/image_gallery"> <ul class="slides"> <li ><img src="/content/dam/sfu/history/homepage-carousel-images/DrawingChange1.PNG/_jcr_content/renditions/original"/></li> <li ><img src="/content/dam/sfu/history/homepage-carousel-images/DrawingChange2.PNG/_jcr_content/renditions/large.jpg"/></li> </ul> <script type="text/javascript"> $(document).ready(function() { $('#lightbox-a2c370ce-b8db-41fa-b1d5-9eabaa843b83\\/main_content\\/image_gallery').flexslider({ animation: "slide", controlNav: "false", directionNav: true, slideshowSpeed: 14000, animationSpeed: 600, randomize: true, slideshow: true, smoothHeight: true }); }); </script> </div></div> <div class="parsys_column cq-colctrl-lt5 "><div class="parsys_column cq-colctrl-lt5-c0"><div class="text parbase section"> <div class="deptNews marginTop intro"> <p>Welcome to the Department of History at Simon Fraser University.  We are a community of faculty, staff, sessional instructors, graduate students, and undergraduates dedicated to understanding and explaining how and why things change. We study the history of places from British Columbia to Africa, China, and beyond; we analyze events from thousands of years ago through the present day. <a href="http://www.sfu.ca/history/message-from-the-chair.html">(More...)</a></p> </div></div> </div><div class="parsys_column cq-colctrl-lt5-c1"><div class="text parbase section"> <div class=""> <h4>Quick Links<br> </h4> </div></div> <div class="text parbase section"> <div class="relatedTopics"> <ul> <li><a href="http://www.sfu.ca/history/employment.html" target="_blank">Employment Opportunities<br> </a></li> <li><a href="https://www.sfu.ca/history/undergrad/courses/currentcourses/spring-2025.html">Current & Upcoming Courses</a></li> <li><a href="/history/graduate/defences.html">Upcoming Thesis Defences</a></li> <li><a href="/history/undergrad/courses/coursearchive.html">Course Archive</a></li> <li><a href="http://hist-pres.wixsite.com/sfu-hsu" target="_blank">History Student Union</a></li> <li><a href="http://sfugradsociety.ca/">History Graduate Student Association</a><br> </li> </ul> </div></div> </div></div><div style="clear:both"></div><div class="text parbase section"> <div class=""> <div class="addthis_toolbox addthis_default_style addthis_32x32_style"><a class="addthis_button_facebook"></a> <a class="addthis_button_twitter"></a></div> </div></div> <div class="parsys_column cq-colctrl-lt2 col-clear"><div class="parsys_column cq-colctrl-lt2-c0"><div class="text parbase section"> <div class="section-heading"> <h2>UPCOMING EVENTS<br> </h2> </div></div> <div class="textimage section"> <div class=""> <div class="image"> <div data-picture data-alt='' data-style='' data-title=''> <div data-src="/content/sfu/history/jcr:content/main_content/textimage/image.img.96.low.png/1709336871995.png" data-media="(min-width: 1px)"></div> <div data-src="/content/sfu/history/jcr:content/main_content/textimage/image.img.320.medium.png/1709336871995.png" data-media="(min-width: 320px)"></div> <div data-src="/content/sfu/history/jcr:content/main_content/textimage/image.img.640.medium.png/1709336871995.png" data-media="(min-width: 321px)"></div> <div data-src="/content/sfu/history/jcr:content/main_content/textimage/image.img.1280.high.png/1709336871995.png" data-media="(min-width: 481px)"></div> <div data-src="/content/sfu/history/jcr:content/main_content/textimage/image.img.1280.high.png/1709336871995.png" data-media="(min-width: 769px)"></div> <div data-src="/content/sfu/history/jcr:content/main_content/textimage/image.img.2000.high.png/1709336871995.png" data-media="(min-width: 1025px)"></div> <noscript> <img src='/content/sfu/history/_jcr_content/main_content/textimage/image.img.original.low.png/1709336871995.png' alt=''> </noscript> </div> </div> <div class="text"><p>2024 Mirhady Lecture | April 4<br> <i><a href="https://www.sfu.ca/history/events/2024-mirhady-lecture.html">Find out more</a></i><br> </p> </div> <div class="clear"></div></div> </div> <div class="text parbase section"> <div class=""> <p><a href="/history/events.html"><i><b>View more events 禄</b></i></a></p> </div></div> </div><div class="parsys_column cq-colctrl-lt2-c1"><div class="text parbase section"> <div class="section-heading"> <h2>RECENT PUBLICATIONS<br> </h2> </div></div> <div class="list parbase section"> <ul class="newsList" > <li> <img src="/content/dam/sfu/history/publications/2024-Leier_RolesofResistanceCover.JPG/_jcr_content/renditions/medium.jpg"> <p> <a href="/history/publications/2024-leier.html">Roles of Resistance: Game Plans for Teachers and Troublemakers</a> Mark Leier and John-Henry Harter </p> </li> <li> <img src="/content/dam/sfu/history/publications/Clossey - 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