Pauley Symposium

Friday, September 22, 2006
2:30pm

About the presenter

John Lutz, of the University of Victoria, has published extensively on the history of British Columbia and is co-originator and project co-director of a non-profit internet-based teaching project based at the University of Victoria, "Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History." Other digital projects under Lutz's direction or co-direction include the award-winning "Who Killed William Robinson?," "We Do Not Know His Name: Klatsassin and The Chilcotin War," and "Victoria's Victoria." Dr. Lutz's book, Makuk: Work and Welfare in Aboriginal Non-Aboriginal Relations, reflects his ongoing interest in the lives of Native people in the Pacific Northwest.

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Video segment 1
History is not boring, but we can make it boring.

Video segment 2
The advent of new technology

Video segment 3
Microhistoria, the Internet, and Pedagogy

Video segment 4
Introduction to Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History, and history as an unnatural act

Video segment 5
Connecting technology and the classroom

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Links

This presentation included material from:

Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History

Who Killed William Robinson?

Victoria's Victoria

Essay

An essay based upon ideas presented in this lecture and separately edited for print publication, is available.

Interview

This presenter participated in our ongoing series of Digital History interviews.