(News Release)
Prof. Jonathan F. Vance
1914 – 2014: What Do We
Remember?
2
PM, Wednesday April 9, 2014
Elgin
County Museum, 450 Sunset Drive
Prof. Vance will illustrate the challenges
of encouraging us to remember a century-old event, as well as the opportunities
provided by different ways of connecting with the past.
Jonathan F. Vance is a writer, historian,
and holder of the J.B. Smallman Chair in the Department of History at The University
of Western Ontario, where he teaches military history, Canadian history, and
social memory.
He previously held the Canada Research Chair in Conflict and
Culture and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2008.
He is the author of many books and
articles, including Death So Noble:
Memory, Meaning, and the First World War (1997), High Flight: Aviation and the Canadian Imagination (2002), A Gallant Company: The True Story of “The
Great Escape” (2003), and Building
Canada: People and Projects that Shaped the Nation (2006). His most recent
books are Unlikely Soldiers: How Two
Canadians Fought the Secret War Against Nazi Occupation (2008), A History of Canadian Culture (2009), Bamboo Cage: The P.O.W. Diary of Flight
Lieutenant Robert Wyse, 1942-1943 (2009), and Maple Leaf Empire (2011).
He is the recipient of the 1997 Charles P.
Stacey Prize from the Canadian Committee for the History of the Second World
War for the best book in Canadian military history, the 1997 Sir John A.
Macdonald Prize from the Canadian Historical Association for the best book in
Canadian history, and the 1997 J.W. Dafoe Foundation Book Prize for
‘distinguished writing that contributes to the understanding of Canada’ (for Death So Noble: Memory, Meaning, and the First
World War).
The Museum’s Vimy Lecture is held annually
on or near the anniversary of the first day of the Battle of Vimy Ridge. On
that day, Wallacetown native Ellis Sifton single-handedly eliminated a German
machine gun emplacement at the cost of his own life. He was posthumously
awarded a Victoria Cross, one of 4 presented to Canadians that day. His VC will
be on display during the lecture.
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