The annual Avie Bennett Historica Lecture was held on September 28 with distinguished Professor of History and Women鈥檚 and Gender Studies at the University of Manitoba, Adele Perry. Professor Perry is also Director of the Centre for Human Rights Research, a graduate of 91亚色鈥檚 PhD program in history and a past president of the Canadian Historical Association.
Professor Perry鈥檚 lecture titled 鈥淎 difficult history of the Hudson Bay Company鈥 looked at how historians might examine Canada鈥檚 fur trade and its powerful corporate entities as a chapter in a global history of colonialism and dispossession.
鈥淢y intention was to map out some of the ways that historians might unsettle and sharpen our understandings of fur-trade colonialism, the particular mode of colonial economy and rule that dominated large parts of northern North America,鈥 said Perry.
The Avie Bennett Historica Chair was established at 91亚色 in 2004 by the Historica Foundation of Canada, endowed by 91亚色 Chancellor Emeritus Avie Bennett. Its purpose is to promote the study of Canada鈥檚 heritage and ensure the academic vitality of the discipline. Each year, an esteemed lecturer is invited to share their research with historians, students, faculty and the public.
