First Presentation Session

Historical Perspectives on the Secular and Sacred 

Kim Campbell, TRU

Amy Townsend, TRU

Jane Philpott, TRU

"God-Fearing or a Fear of God?: The Secularization Debate in Late 19th and Early 0th Century Canadian Society"

Challenging the Mould for Women, Medieval to Modern

Jessica Hill, TRU


Amber Fundytus, U of A


Meagan Dillabough, RDC

"Fostering Faith: Women's Roles in the Growth and Development of Christianity"

"Opposing Views of Fallen Women in Late-Victorian Society: Artistically Inspiring, Socially Disturbing"

Second Presentation Session

Natural V. Supernatural

Duncan McPhedran, UBC

Luke Kernan, TRU

"The Epitaphium Arsenii: Arsenius as Architect of the City of God"

"'Donum Dei': Derrida’s Reciprocity Scholarship and Milton’s Paradise Lost and Paradise Regained"

Issues in American Identity

Justin Morris, RDC

Samantha Smith, TRU

Spencer Calhoun, TRU

""Tell Me, Who's That Writing?": Harry Smith's Vision of a Surrealistic America in 'Heaven and Earth Magic' and the Anthology of American Folk Music"
"Survival of the Fittest: How Social Darwinism Created the Gilded Age"

"A Hangman’s Noose to a Hometown Hero: The Evolution of the Ku Klux Klan’s Public Image"

Race, Ethnicity, and Identity

LaVina Boyd, TRU

Kristiana Henderson, PLU

"Canada's Residential Schools"

"Confused Identities: China and its Theories and Practices Related to Ethnic Minorities"

Third Presentation Session

Samantha Elliott, TRU

Nicolas Karpluk, TRU

"Seeking Escape through Entertainment: The Entertainment Districts During the Great Depression"

"Superhero Ethics"

Isabel Montoya Villegas, UBC

Stephen Griffith, U of A

"Love letters from Puebla"

"Radical Turns: Doing Post Post-History"

Tyler Waldo, RDC

"The Industrial Pint

All Your Bodies Belong to Us: Middle Class Morality, Anatomists, and the Art of Body Snatching"

Fourth Presentation Session

Kenneth Mauro, GU

Cory Willard, RDC

"Renaissance Philosophies through Italian Artistic Mediums"

"Matthew Hopkins and Witchcraft in 17th Century England"

Ashlynn Harris, TRU

"The Ku Klux Klan in British Columbia"

"Toil and Peaceful Life or Toil and Discrimination: The Doukhobors of Canada"

History on Film

Catrina Duckworth, TRU


Megan Walker, TRU

"Horton Hears A Who: How Dr. Seuss Taught Children to Love the Communist Horton"

"Perspectives on the Vietnam War"

"Anarchy and Everyday Life"

With references to various historical events and figures, popular culture, and contemporary political problems, this presentation examines the relevance of anarchist thinking and practices to issues in the 21^st century.

Dr.Terry Kading has been a Political Science professor at Thompson Rivers University for ten years, during which he has become a valued member of the Philosophy, History, and Politics Department. Dr. Kading’s research interests include trade, investment, and development issues in Latin America, Canadian political issues, as well as CURA-supported research on small cites and social planning. His many publications include Negotiating the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA): From Liberal Idealism to Realist Power Politics (2005), Canada and the Hemisphere: The Summit of the Americas Process and the Free Trade Area of the Americas (2003), and The Guatemalan Military and the Economics of La Violencia (1999). As chair of the Philosophy, History, and Politics Department at TRU, Dr. Kading has been an integral part of the 2010 TRU Northwestern Conference and the committee would like to thank him for all of his contributions.