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DESCRIPTION:Note: Any updates to this event, such as changes to the date o
 r location,  will NOT be reflected in this calendar appointment. For the 
 most current  event information for the 2014 Congress of the Humanities an
 d Social  Sciences, please visit www.congress2014.ca/calendar.\n\nSeries:
  Big Thinking\n\nAssociation: Federation for the Humanities and Social Sci
 ences\n\nAccess Level: General public\n\nDescription: Death-dealing weapon
 s ruled No Man’s Land and the trenches on  the Western Front during the Gr
 eat War.  This borderland space created a  dislocated environment for the 
 soldiers who fought at the front and it  spawned stories of ghosts and hau
 nting.  Within this space, some Canadian  soldiers also embraced the magi
 cal, the uncanny, and the supernatural to make  meaning of their war exp
 eriences and to cope with the stress of combat.  Tim  Cook’s Big Thinking 
 lecture will explore how these “grave beliefs”  redefine and reconfigure t
 he cultural history of Canada’s soldiers during  the Great War. Tim Cook i
 s the First World War historian at the Canadian War Museum, an  Adjunct R
 esearch Professor at Carleton University, and a former director for  Cana
 da’s History Society.  He has published six books, including the  two-vol
 ume history of Canadians fighting in the Great War, At the Sharp End,  w
 hich won the 2007 J.W. Dafoe Prize and 2008 Ottawa Book Award, and Shock 
  Troops, which won the 2009 Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction
 .   The Madman and the Butcher: The Sensational Wars of Sam Hughes and Gen
 eral  Arthur Currie, was a finalist for several writing awards, includin
 g the  Shaunessy-Cohen prize for political writing, the J.W Dafoe Prize,
  and the  Ottawa Book Award.  His most recent book, Warlords: Borden, Ma
 ckenzie King  and the Canada’s World Wars, was a finalist for the 2013 Ch
 arles Taylor  prize.  In 2012, he was awarded a Queen's Diamond Jubilee m
 edal for his  contributions to Canadian history and, in 2013 he was award
 ed the Pierre  Berton medal.  He lives in Ottawa and is a frequent comment
 ator in the  media. See here for additional information about Tim Cook, c
 ompiled by Brock  University Library. Breakfast is served. In English. Sim
 ultaneous interpretation available via cell phone. The video of the Big Th
 inking lecture is now available below:\n\nBig Thinking supporting sponsors
 :\n\n\n\n	Big Thinking The Big Thinking lecture series is held throughout C
 ongress and is open to  all attendees and members of the public. This seri
 es brings together leading  scholars and public figures who can present fo
 rward-thinking research, ideas  and solutions to the critical questions a
 nd issues of our time. The 2014 Big  Thinking lecture series is organized 
 by the Federation for the Humanities and  Social Sciences and Brock Univer
 sity. See the complete list of Big Thinking lectures...
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LOCATION:Welch Hall - David S. Howes Theatre
SUMMARY:The borders between life and death: Stories of the supernatural and
  uncanny  among Canada’s Great War soldiers (Tim Cook)
URL;TYPE=URI:http://congress2014.ca/program/events/borders-between-life-and
 -death-stories-supernatural-and-uncanny-among-canadas-great
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