Talks
The Betty Behrens Seminar on Classics of Historiography
Paul Seaward on "The History of the Rebellion" by Edward Hyde, Earl of Clarendon
How and why New York's wlite made Robert Peary a national icon
Wed 9 October 2013
The Polar Museum
Canadian historian, Lyle Dick will be giving a talk on Arctic explorer, Robert Peary who claimed to be the first person to reach the North Pole in 1909.
He is the author of many publications in Canadian, American and Arctic history, including the books Muskox Land (winner, Harold Adams Innis Prize, 2003) and Farmers "Making Good" (co-winner, Clio Prize, 1990). Between 2011-2013 he served as President of the Canadian Historical Association.
Cost: free