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Osborne, Brian Stuart 

 

 Dr. Brian Osborne
 Professor Emeritus
 B.A., Ph.D. (Southampton, 1967)
 Office: Mackintosh-Corry Hall, Room D312
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Papers Read

1964. “Pre Nineteenth Century Agriculture in Great Britain.” Rocky Mountain Social Science Association. Laramie, Wyoming.

1966. “The Commonlands of Great Britain: A Neglected Commodity.” Rocky Mountain Social Science Association. Colorado Springs.

1970. “The Kansas Colorado Project: A Multi Functional Place for the Development of the Arkansas Valley.” Rocky Mountain Social Science Association. Fort Collins.

1973. “The Application of Content Analysis to Historical Geography: A Critique.” I.B.G. Annual Conference, January.

1973. I.B.G. “Industrial Pressures on Manorial Wasteland in Glamorgan, 1750-1900.” I.B.G. Historical Geography Research Group: Conference on Historical Aspects of Land, Settlement and Society in Wales.

1976. “The Frontier of Settlement in Ontario in the Nineteenth Century: A Study in Changing Perceptions of Land and Opportunity.” Symposium on Comparative Frontiers. University of Oklahoma.

1976. “Commonland, Mineral Rights and Industry, Changing Evaluations of Manorial Society.” I.B.G. Historical Geography Research Group. Conference on Early Affects of Industry on Rural Areas.

1977. “Itinerant Peddlers, Markets and Fairs: Trade on the Frontier of Nineteenth Century Ontario.” Symposium on Comparative Frontiers. University of Oklahoma.

1982. [with R.M. Pike] “Lowering the ‘Walls of Oblivion’: The Revolution in Postal Communications in Central Canada, 1851-1911.” Canadian Communications Association. Ottawa, May.

1983. [with P.G. Goheen] “Postal Communications in C19 Canada: Colonial Mirror and Mode for National Development.” CUKANZUS, Conference on “Mirrors of the Old World: Europe and its reproduction overseas.” Oxford, June.

1983. “Landscapes and Inscapes: The Artist and the Cultural Geography of Canada.” German Canadian Symposium. Trent University, August.

1984. “Lies Breathed Through Silver: Some Thoughts on Oral History.” Canadian Association of Geographers, Ontario. Hamilton, January.

1984. “Putting People in their Places: Some Comments on a Regional Archives.” 2nd Annual Archives Lecture. Queen’s University, April.

1984. The Canadian National Postal System. Australian and New Zealand Association for Canadian Studies, “Regionalism and National Identity.” Christchurch, New Zealand, May.

1984. “Images of People, Place and Nation in Canadian Art.” Institute of British Geographers, Historical Geography Group, “Iconography of the Past.” University of Nottingham, July.

1984. “The Hinterland.” Ontario Bicentennial Local History Workshop. McMaster University, September.

1984. “A Spatial Hierarchy of Archives.” Meeting of the Eastern Ontario Archivists’ Association. Ottawa, October.

1985. “Postal Communications and Canadian Development, 1850 1920.” British Association of Canadian Studies. Edinburgh, April.

1985. “People and Places.” Kingston Genealogical Society. Kingston, May.

1986. “People, Lands and Society: A ‘Factional’ Approach.” Ontario Genealogical Society. Kingston, April.

1986. “Knowing through Experience: Oral History in Historical Geography.” Canadian Association of Geographers. Calgary, June.

1986. “Landscapes and Waterscapes: Organizing the Lake Fisheries.” Eastern Historical Geography Association. Savannah, October.

1986. “Occupying the Watershed: Settlement and Development of the Great Lakes Basin.” Decision for the Great Lakes Course. Queen’s, September.

1987. “Literary Landscapes: Fact, Message, or Symbol Workshop on Geography and Literature.” Trent University, March.

1987. “Images of Place: A Humanistic Approach to Canada’s Regions.” Brandon University, March.

1987. [with R.M. Pike] “From ‘a cornerstone of Canada’s social structure’ to ‘financial self sufficiency’: The Transformation of the Canadian Postal Service, 1852 1987.” Canadian Communications Association. Montreal, May.

1987. [with Donald Swainson] “Kingston and the Great Lakes Navigation.” Kingston Later Life Learning Series, 5 lectures, November.

1988. “Fact, Message, or Symbol: Three Approaches to Artistic Landscapes in Geography.” Critical Theory Seminars, Queen’s, February.

1988. [with R.M. Pike] “Re evaluating Postal Service in a Changing Communications Environment.” SCIT Seminars, February.

1988. “Analyzing Russian Frontiers.” A.A.G. Phoenix, April.

1988. Discussant of J.C. Teale’s “The Weimar Sensibility: A comparison of South African Art and Die Neue Sachlichkeit.” Canadian Association of African Studies. Kingston, May.

1988. “The Geography of Politics: Israel and Palestine in the 1980s.” Kingston Later Life Learning Series, May.

1988. [with Donald Swainson] “The Rideau Canal: Its History and Development.” Kingston Later Life Learning Series, 2 lectures, May.

1988. “Salterton and Salem: The Literary Landscape of Kingston’s Region.” C.A.G. Halifax, June.

1988. [with Donald Swainson] “The History of Kingston: Putting People in Place.” Marine Museum of the Great Lakes at Kingston, October.

1988. [with Donald Swainson] “Writing Local History: People and Context.” Gananoque Historical Society, October.

1988. “The Context of Kingston’s Built Environment.” The Humanities Association of Canada, October.

1989. “Organizing the East Lake Ontario Fishery.” Kingston Historical Society, February.

1989. “Evolution, Migration, and Diffusion: Prehistoric Cultures of the American S.W.” Kingston Later Life Learning Series, February.

1989. “Everyone has a Story to Tell: Oral History and Literacy.” Eastern Ontario Literacy Workshop, February.

1989. “Public Service or Fiscal Responsibility?: The Impact of a Dynamic Communications Environment on Rural Canada.” Annual Meetings, Canadian Association of Geographers. Chicoutimi, May.

1989. “Recording a Nation’s Heritage: C.W. Jeffre’s kindling touch of imagination.” British Association of Canadian Studies. Edinburgh, May.

1989. [with R.M. Pike] “Public Opinion and the Post Office. Newspaper Coverage of Canada Post, 1960-87.” Annual Meetings, Canadian Communication Association. Laval, June.

1989. “Creating a Nation’s Heritage: Illustrations or Fabrications of Canadian Identity?” 7th I.C.H.G. Israel, July.

1989. “The Settlement of the Kingston Region.” The Parker Society, Queen’s, August.

1989. “Danube: Frontier or Corridor.” Intrav. 5 lectures, Istanbul Vienna, October.

1989. “Oral History and Literacy: Workshop on Philosophy and Practice.” Ministry of Skills Development. Toronto, December.

1989. “Some Thoughts on Canada’s Postal System.” Queen’s Saturday Club, December.

1990. “Our Towns: Some Thoughts on How We See Where We Live.” Kingston, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, February.

1990. “Illustrating Nationalism.” Conference on “No Vacant Eden.” York University, February.

1990. “The Changing Face of Central Europe.” 5 lectures, Kingston Later Life Learning Series, March.

1990. “What Colour is the Danube Anyway?” Intrav, 5 lectures, Istanbul Vienna, April.

1990. “Canada’s Changing Countryside.” Annual Meetings, C.A.G., Edmonton, June.

1990. “Kingston: The Study of a Nineteenth Century City.” Queen’s Elderhostel, 5 lectures, July.

1990. “We Can Do It”! Kingston’s Women at War.” Literacy Link Eastern Ontario AGM, November.

1990. “The Department of Colonization and Agriculture: An investigation of C.N.R.’s role in settlement and development.” C.N.R. History Conference. Montreal, October.

1991. “Artists and the Development of National Consciousness.” Queen’s Department of History, “The Public Uses of History in Contemporary Society,” January.

1991. “C.W. Jeffreys: Creating an Image of Canada.” Kingston Historical Society, March.

1991. “Kingston: An Outpost of Empires,” (Field Trip). Conference on “Geography and Empire.” Queen’s University, April.

1991. “Persisters or Movers?: Tracking Migrants in Canadian History.” Ontario Genealogical Society, May.

1991. “Oral History and Literacy: New Initiatives for the International Literacy Year.” Canadian Oral History Association, May.

1991. [with S. Wurtele] “Bowman, Mackintosh, and Canada: The ‘Pioneer Fringe’ Project and the Scientific Settlement of Canada.” C.A.G., Kingston, June.

1991. [with S. Wurtele]le] “Defining the Canadian Mosaic: The Inter War Immigration Debate.” C.A.G., Kingston, June.

1991. “Old Wine in New Bottles: New Initiatives in the Provision of Postal Services in Rural Areas.” C.A.G., Kingston, June.

1991. “Postal Services and the Needs of Rural Communities: An Assessment of Public Response to Canada Post’s Rural Conversion Program.” Innovative Rural Communities, Charlottetown, P.E.I., June.

1991. “Canadian Migration, 1918 1960.” Universities of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Brandon, Regina and Saskatoon, September.

1991. “Space into Place: Images of Canadian Identity.” Banquet Address, Annual Meeting of Prairies Division, Canadian Association of Geographers, September.

1991. “Canadian Immigration Theory, Policy, and Practice, 1910 67.” Canadian Ethnic Studies Association, Winnipeg, October.

1991. “Landscapes, Inscapes, Mythologies.” Queen’s Saturday Club, Kingston, November.

1991. “What Colour is the Danube Anyway.” 4th Annual Geography/Social Science Dinner, Kingston, November.

1991. “Kingston: Building on the Past.” Meeting of Joint Societies, Kingston, November.

1991. “Kingstonians in the World Wars: Different Faces of War.” Pittsburgh Historical Society, November.

1991. “Vision for the Future.” Queen’s University Town Hall Series, December.

1992. “New Identities, New Myths, New Icons: Thoughts on Canada in 1992.” Institute of British Geographers, Swansea, January.

1992. “Images of Nationalism.” Trent University, February.

1992. “CNR’s Department of Colonization and Agriculture: Immigration, Assimilation, and Nation Building.” Symposium on Comparative Frontiers, University of Oklahoma, March.

1992. [with M. Williams] “The Idea of Wales.” Annual Meeting of the Ontario Welsh Society, Kingston, April.

1993. “Ethnogenesis and Nationalism.” Canadian Studies, Trent University, February.

1993. “Transitions, Transformations, Adjustments: An Historical Perspective.” Public Forum on the Regional Economy, Napanee, March.

1993. “Isaiah Bowman and the Search for a Science of Settlement.” 12th Oklahoma Symposium on Comparative Frontier Studies, Norman, Oklahoma, March.

1993. “‘The Moving Finger Having Writ....’: Public Art, Popular Impressions.” Annual Meetings, C.A.G., Carleton, June.

1993. “The Eldon House Diaries: Five Women’s Views of the 19th Century.” Champlain Society, Toronto, June.

1993. “Living on the Edge: Life in Kingston’s Back Country.” Ontario Genealogical Society, Kingston, October.

1993. “The Champlain Society and the Eldon House Diaries: A Social Memory of People and Place.” London and Middlesex Historical Society, London, November.

1994. “Material Landscapes, Symbolic Places: Building Identities.” Trent University, February.

1994. “Living on the Edge of Manorial Society.” 13th Oklahoma Symposium of Frontier Studies, Norman, March.

1994. “Landscapes, Waterscapes, Inscapes: Putting the People Back into Pukaskwa Wilderness Park.” Parks Conference, Trent University, April.

1994. “Creating Symbolic Spaces: The Grounding of National Cultures.” Canadian Studies in Ireland, Galway, May.

1994. “Reading Cultural Landscapes.” Ontario Institute of Professional Planners, Kingston, August.

1994. “The Rideau Corridor.” Society for the History of Cartography, Ottawa, August.

1994. “Symbolic Spaces and Symbolic Time: Creating a Terrain of Nationalism.” Coloque Éspace et Culture, Laval, September.

1994. “Images of Canada.” Department of Geography Seminar, University of Western Ontario, October.

1994. “The Other Paddy Doolan.” Queen’s Department of Chemistry, October.

1994. “The Royal Canadian Geographical Society: A National Institution.” Cataraqui Rotary Club, November.

1995. “Figuring Landscapes.” Trent University, February.

1995. “Corporate and State Images of Immigration: The Canadian National Railways in Western Canada.” Annual Meetings, A.A.G., Chicago, March.

1995. “Ontario Probate Records,” “Welsh Probate Records,” and “Welsh Land Records.” National Genealogical Society of America, San Diego, May.

1995. [with Geraint B. Osborne] “Canada Post’s Retail Conversion Programme: Harrowsmith, One Community’s Experience.” Annual Meetings, C.A.G., Montreal, June.

1995. “Punctuating Time, Focussing Space, Figuring the Landscape.” Annual Meetings, C.A.G., Montreal, 1995.

1995. “Canadian Nation Building: A Monumental Approach to Landscapes of Power.” I.C.H.G., Singapore, June.

1995. “From Brock to Captain Canuck: New Heroes, New Media.” I.C.H.G., Perth, Australia, July.

1995. “The ‘Nature’ of the Frontenac Axis: An Evolving Concept in a Dynamic World.” Parks Canada Frontenac Axis Symposium, Kingston, October.

1995. “Symbolic Space, Real Places: Some Thoughts on the Geography of Identity.” Wilfrid Laurier/Waterloo Graduate Seminar, October.

1995. “Landscape and Meaning.” Trent University, October.

1995. “Icons of Nationalism.” Royal Military College, Kingston, October.

1995. “Changing Images of Canadian Identity.” York University, October.

1995. “Ar y Mynydd Gyda Diawl: Escaping Surveillance in Welsh Society.” Eastern Historical Geography Association, Alexandria, Virginia, October.

1995. “Presbyterianism in Canada: The Other ‘Established Church’.” Comparative Frontiers Conference, San Antonio, Texas, November.

1995. “The ‘Nature’ of Canadian Environment: An Evolving Concept in a Dynamic World.” Canada and Japan: Managing the Environment, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, November.

1995. “Imagining Canada: Questions of Identity.” Department of Geography Seminar, Kwansei Gakuin University, Nishinomiya, November.

1995. “Canadian Nation Building: A Monumental Approach to Landscapes of Power.” Toronto Historical Geography Group, November.

1996. “Figuring Landscapes of Power: The George Etienne Cartier Monument, Montreal.” London Conference for Canadian Studies, “Landscape, Culture & Identity in Quebec.” London Conference of Canadian Studies, University College London, February.

1996. “Constructions of Nature in Canada,” and “Landscapes of Power.” Mount Allison University, Sackville, April.

1996. “Marking Time, Figuring Space: Some Thoughts on Landscapes of Power.” Conference on Space and Identity, University of Southampton, April.

1996. “The Sault Ste. Marie Canal: The Last Link in the All-Canadian-Water Route.” Canadian Historical Association, Annual Meeting, Brock, May (with Donald Swainson).

1996. “Figuring Landscapes of Power: The George Etienne Cartier Monument, Montreal.” Cambridge University Seminars in Historical Geography, Cambridge, May.

1996. “Figuring Landscapes of Power: The George Etienne Cartier Monument, Montreal.” Loughborough Interdisciplinary Seminar Series on Social Memory, May.

1996. “Imagining Canada: Some Thoughts on National Identity.” Bellagio, Rockefeller Study Center Seminar Series, September.

1996. “The Future of Historical Geography.” E.H.G.A., Erindale College, University of Toronto, October.

1996. “Putting Kingston in Context.” Kingston, Laval-Queen’s Exchange in Historical-Cultural Geography: People in Time and Place, October.

1997. “The Nature of Canada.” Kingston, Queen’s School of Environmental Studies Symposium: Recreational Impacts on the Environment, January.

1997. “Landscapes of Commemoration and Remembering.” Social Memory and National Identity Workshop, Queen’s I.S.C., Herstmonceux, February.

1997. “Performing in Place.” Trent University, February.

1997. “Imperial Kingston: Contested: Landscapes of Loyalty.” Space, Landscape and Performance, University of London Royal Holloway College, May.

1997. “The Native Peoples of the Rideau Corridor: Conflict and Continuity.” Leeds and Grenville Historical Society, August.

1997. “Cores, Edges, and Friction: Performing Identity in Nineteenth Century Kingston.” Two Days of Canada: Borders and Margins, Brock University, November.

1998. “Establishing the Centre, Integrating the Margins: An Historical Geographic Approach to Canadian National Identity.” Presented at the Universities of Kiel, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Freiburg, and Berlin, May.

1998. “Constructing England in 1901: An Investigation of Monumentalism, Commemoration and National Identity.” Presented at the 10th I.C.H.G., Queen’s Belfast, July.

1998. “Canadian Artistic Representations of France: Reflections on an Evolving National Identity.” Presented at “Explorations in Historical Geography.” Emmanuel College, Cambridge, September.

1998. “Landscape, Memory, Commemoration.” History and Philosophy of Architecture, Algonquin College, Perth, September.

1999. “Landscapes, Warscapes, Inscapes: Constructions of Canadian Identity.” The W.L. Morton Memorial Lecture, Trent University, 20 January.

1999. “From Herchmer’s Nose to Lemoine’s Point: Looking for Ghosts, Establishing a History.” Exploratory Workshop on Lemoine Point Conservation Area, 30 January.

1999. “Planning the Rideau: Past, Present, and Future.” Later Life Learning Series, Kingston, 5 March.

1999. “Organizing the East Ontario Fishery: Main Duck Island.” St. Lawrence Islands National Park, Mallorytown, 8 April.

1999. “The Cast[e]ing of Heroic Landscapes: Constructing Canada’s Outdoor Pantheon.” Annual Meetings, C.A.G., Lethbridge, 3 June.

1999. “‘Progress, Commercial Prosperity, and Social Advancement’ of the Nation: The functional and Iconic Role of Postal Communications in the Development of Canada, 1851-1914.” Annual Meetings, C.H.A., Sherbrooke, 6 June.

1999. “Barter, Bible, or Bush: Strategies of Survival and Resistance among the Mississaugas of the Kingston area in the Nineteenth Century.” Fifth Native Studies Colloquium, Trent University, Camp Wanapitei, 28 August.

1999. “Tribes, Nations, States.” Later Life Learning Series, Kingston, 17 September.

1999. “Constructing National Identity.” Trent University, 14 October.

1999. “Planning the Rideau: Past, Present, and Future.” Lennox and Addington Historical Society, Napanee, 4 November.

1999. “Constructing a Landscape of Sovereignty: Parliament Hill as Mythic Place.” Mount Allison University, “Conference on Nationalism and Sovereignty,” 13 November.

2000. “Kingston Building ‘with’ the Past: Some Thoughts on Heritage and Development.” Queen’s University Institute of Lifelong Learning, 23 January.

2000. “Everyone Has a Story to Tell.” Welborne Public School Programme of Writers in the Community, 25 January.

2000. “Landscapes of Sovereignty: Monumentalising Canada’s National Capital.” Queen’s, Department of History, 27 January.

2000. “The St. Lawrence in the Canadian Imagination: Gateway, Frontier, Corridor, Icon.” Later Life Series: “The Upper St. Lawrence: River, Islands, People, Place,” Kingston, 3 March.

2000. “The Context of Kingston.” International Geological Symposium, Kingston, 14 March.

2000. “Imag[e]ining Canada.” Visiting Speaker, Brock University, 28 March.

2000. “Constructing Canada’s Pantheon.” Visiting Speaker, Laval University, 6 April.

2000. “Parliament Hill as a Site/Sight of Memory and Commemoration.” Keynote Speech: 33rd Annual History Teachers’ Conference: “History and Memory.” Wilfrid Laurier University, 28 April.

2000. “Erasing Memories of War: Reconstructing France after the Great War.” Canada and War from 1000 to 2000: Canadian Military History Conference, Ottawa, 5-9 May.

2000. “Barter, Bible, Bush: Strategies of Survival and Resistance among the Kingston-Bay of Quinte Mississauga, 1783-1836.” Annual Conference, Canadian Association of Geographers, Brock University, 2 June.

2000. “Discovering the Rideau.” Pittsburgh Historical Society, Field Trip, 3 June.

2000. “Sites/Sights of Kingston.” R.C.G.S., Council of Canadian Geographic Education, Field Trip, 5 July.

2000. “The St. Lawrence in the Canadian National Imagination.” XXVIII Colloque International de l’AFEC, “Fleuve et Identités en France et au Canada,” Angers, 21 September.

2000. “Sites/Sights of Kingston.” University of Utrecht, Field Trip, 28 September.

2000. “Landscapes of Power.” Department of Geography, Trent University, 12 October.

2000. “From Animism to Artifice: Constructing the Nature of A2A.” Planning the Algonquin-Adirondacks Corridor, Queen’s University Biology Centre, 21 October.

2001. “Re-presenting National Memory: Louis Riel, Traitor or Founder of Canada.” Annual Conference, Institute of British Geographers, Plymouth, 5 January.

2001. “The Power of Symbolic Landscape.” Invited Presentation, Heritage Canada Workshop, Ottawa, 26 January.

2001. “Setting the Scene: Balancing Continuity and Change.” Later Life Learning Series, “Kingston’s Past, Present, Future: Quo Vadis?” (Organized by Osborne), 9 March.

2001. Chair: Round Table, “Future of Historical Geography.” Laval University, 30 March.

2001. “Corporeal Politics and the Body Politic: The Re-Presentation of Louis Riel in Canadian National Identity.” Meeting of Irish Geographers, Cork, May.

2001. [with W. Fitsell] “Major General Charles Francis Constantine: Soldier and Athlete.” Kingston Historical Society, 16 May.

2001. “Tunnels, Ghosts, and them ‘Muriels on the Wall’: History and Heritage, Fantasy and Entertainment.” Annual Meetings, C.A.G., Montreal, 30 May.

2001. “Highlights of the Rideau Waterway.” Ottawa Historical Society Field Trip, 7 June.

2001. “Riverscape, Inscape: The St. Lawrence in the Canadian National Imagination.” 11th I.C.H.G., Laval University, 18 August.

2001. “The Great Escape: Constructing Tunnels, Deconstructing Heritage.” Prairie Division, C.A.G., Moose Jaw, 29 September.

2001. “Landscapes, Memory, Monuments, and Commemoration: Putting Identity in its Place.” Department of Canadian Heritage, Ethnocultural, Racial, Religious, and Linguistic Diversity Seminar, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1 November.

2001. “Landscape, Memory, and Commemoration: The Place of Identity.” Canadian Ethnic Studies Association, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2 November.

2001. [with M. Ripmeester] “Homeplace, Memory, and Identity: The Landscapes of the Alderville Mississaugas.” Canadian Ethnic Studies Association, Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2 November.

2001. “Contested Ground, Meaningful Landscapes, and Cultural Conflicts in the Past.” Conference on Contested Ground, Weissman Center for Leadership, Mount Holyoke College, Massachusetts, 14 November.

2002. “Canada in the C21st: What’s the Problem?.” Later Life Learning Series, Kingston, 12 January.

2002. “Populating the Kingston Region.” Kingston Genealogical Society, Kingston, 19 January.

2002. “Deconstructing Identities: Batoche, Moose Jaw, Manhattan.” Trent University, 7 February.

2002. “History, Heritage, Fantasy.” Merrickville Historical Society, 17 February.

2002. “History, Heritage, Fantasy: ‘Constructing’ New Urban Places.” The Tourist Historic City, Bruges, 18 March.

2002. “Wild Wales: The Role of the Mountain in Welsh Imagination.” Playing the Wild Card: Un/Disciplined Thoughts on Wild(er)ness, Banff, 11 May.

2002. Discussant: “Nature and Technology in the North American West.” Canadian Historical Association, Toronto, 27 May.

2002. “‘Within the Borders of History not Myth’: Re-Imagining the Past, Manipulating the Present, Constructing the Future in an Emerging Wales.” North American Association for the Study of Welsh Culture and History, Syracuse, 21 June.

2002. “Development Strategies for Historic Cities.” University of Waterloo, 11 October.

2002. “The Location of National Identity in a Globalizing World: The Case of Wales.” Social History, St. Louis, 25 October.

2002. “Myths.” Later Life Series, Kingston, 1 November.

2002. “Visiting Scholar: Various Lectures on National Identity.” Mount Allison, Sackville, 5-11 November.

2003. “Deconstructing Louis Riel.” Probus Club of Kingston, 8 January.

2003. “Kingston: Building on the Past.” Kingston Newcomers Club, 14 January.

2003. “The First Nations in Kingston’s Hinterland.” Later Life Learning, Portland, 3 February.

2003. “Art at War: Representing Canada in World War II.” Canadian Studies in Wales Group: Engaging the Enemy, Canada in the 1940s,” 15 March.

2003. “Constructing Canada Outdoors: An Iconographic Analysis of Landscape and Nature.” Keynote Address, Third Algonquin Research Symposium, “Social Science in Protected Areas, Algonquin Park, 26-27 March.

2003. “Wilderness, Landscape, Garden.” Later Life Learning, Kingston, 11 April.

2003. “Frontier or Heartland: Niagara as Chronotope.” Keynote address, Canadian Studies, Niagara, 26 April.

2003. (with Mike Ripmeester). “Flexible Accommodation: Missisaugan Responses to Environmental Management Issues.” C.A.G. Annual Conference, Victoria B.C., 28 May.
2003. “Participant: Panel Discussion: Historical geographies of the Environment.” C.A.G. Annual Conference, Victoria B.C., 29 May.

2003. “The ‘Washington of the North’ and the ‘Broadway of Canada’: Parliament Hill and Sparks Street, Ottawa, 1816-2003.” C.A.G. Annual Conference, Victoria B.C., 31 May.

2003. “Nature, Empire, and Nation in the Writings of Agnes Maule Machar.” C.A.G. Annual Conference, Victoria B.C., 31 May.

2003. “Constructing Canada: Landscapes, Inscapes, Chronotopes.” Humanities Seminar Series, Curtin University, Perth, Australia, 22 August.

2003. Organizer of Series: “Kissing Cousins or Foreign Relations?: Canadian-United States Relations in C21st,” and Introduction “Setting the Scene, Grounding the Issues.” Kingston Later Life Learning, 19 September.

2003. Invited Panelist, “Commemoration.” Association of Canadian Studies, Halifax, 26 October.

2003. Organizer of Series: “Bugs and Drugs, Bacteria and Hysteria: Living with Disease in the Past, Present, and Future,” and Introduction “Rats, Lice, and History: The Historical Ecology of Disease.” Later Life Learning, 31 October.

2003. “The Sacred and Profane in a National Capital: Planning Ottawa’s Symbolic Spaces, 1857-2003.” Social Science History Association, Baltimore, 13 November.

2004. Series Organiser: “A Dutch Treat: A Canadian Perspective on the Netherlands.” Introduction, “When, Where, What is Holland.” Later Life Learning, 16 January.

2004. “Commemoration and Co-Memorizing: Constructing Identity and Cohesion.” State Records of Western Australia 175th Anniversary Seminar Series, Perth, 9 February.

2004. “Living Between the Lines: Negotiating Canada’s Symbolic Edges.” Conference: “On the Beach: Interdisciplinary Encounters,” Freemantle, 11 February.

2004. “Holy Grail, Plastic Cup, or Glass of Wine? The Quest for Cultural Tourism.” Conference: “Journey Further: Australian Cultural Tourism,” Perth, 13 February.

2004. “Louis Riel: Traitor, Hero, National Eidolon?” Queen’s Institute of Later Learning, 21 March.

2004. “Geographies of Identity: Heartlands, Hybrid Edges, Ambiguous Places.” Canadianation: Negotiating New Spaces, Politics, and Identities in and through Global Cultural Flows.” Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, Cambridge, 27-29 May.

2004. “‘Constructing’ Kingston’s Harbours: Fundamental Constraints and Shifting Priorities.” Canadian Nautical Research Society, Ottawa, 26-29 May.

2004. “Kingston: Past, Present, Prospect.” Elderhostel, Kingston, 21 June.

2004. “Louis Riel: Traitor, Hero, Father of Confederation.” Napanee Rotary, 23 June.

2004. “Commemorating King Alfred and Constructing Global Anglo-Saxonism: The Alfred Millenary of 1901.” The British World, Melbourne, 2-4 July.

2004. “Looking for New Connections: IFACCA/ISSEC Research Workshop,” Montreal, 24-25 August.

2004. [with Doug Petty] “Thomas Clarence Cummings, 1904-1996: “T.C.’s” Kingston-Pittsburgh Connection,” Kingston Historical Society, 20 October.

2004. Organizer of Series: “The Writers Among Us: The Place of Imagination in the Real World,” and Introduction, “Texts of Place: Setting the Scene.” Later Life Learning, 22 October.

2004. “Kingston Mississauga, 1700-1840: Arts of Resistance or Cultural Dynamics,” Trent University, 9 November.

2004. “Kingston: Building on the Past for the Future,” Verona Historical Society, 18 November.

2005. “The Rock and the Sword: On Writing a Church History,” Kingston Genealogical Society, 15 January.

2005. “Kingston: Building on the Past for the Future,” Queen’s University Institute for Later Life Learning. 13 March.

2005. (With Michael Ripmeester) “Gathering Rice, Managing Tourists, and Emplacing Heritage: Mississaugan Auto-ethnography and Landscape Management Strategies,” Annual Meetings, A.A.A.G, Denver, 8 April.

2005. “The View from Kingston: Looking up to Peterborough,” Edwardian Peterborough: A Peterborough Centennial Celebration, 14 May.

2005. “GeoRegions and the Rideau Canal Corridor,” Rideau Canal Cultural Heritage Network Conference, Chaffeys Lock, 28 May.

2005. “The Kingston Geo-region,” Canadian Association of Geographers, University of Western Ontario, 2 June.

2005. “The Upper St. Lawrence Corridor and Rideau Georegion: Kingston’s Three Worlds,” Canadian Association of Geographers, University of Western Ontario, 2 June.

2005. “Welcoming Strangers, Remembering the Past, Possessing the Future,” United Empire Loyalists Memorial Service, 221st Anniversary, St. Alban’s Church, Adolphustown, 19 June.

2005. “T.C. Cummings: The Gananoque-North Bay Connection,” The Kennedy Gallery, North Bay, 7 July.

2005. (with R. Widdis) “Reflections on Landscapes, Inscapes, Proscapes: An Historical geographical Perspective.” Saskatchewan Centennial History Conference, Regina, 10 September.

2005. “Kingston’s Three Worlds,” Hastings Historical Society, Belleville, 20 September.

2005. “Introducing Kingston.” Elderhostel, Fort Henry, 26 September.

2005. Later Life Learning, Organizer of Series: “Dissent, Protest, and Human Rights in a Liberal Democracy” 10 September - 15 October

2005. Later Life Learning, Series Organizer, “Mind Games: Thinking, Forgetting, Remembering,” 16 September-21 October, Presented, “The Place of Memory in our Lives.”

2005. “T.C. Cummings: The Pittsburgh-Gananoque-North Bay Connection,” Pittsburgh Historical Society, 27 September.

2005. Later Life Learning, Series Organizer, “Kingston: Thinking about this Place,”1 October- 9 December, Presented, “Kingston: Past, Present, Prospects” and “Visualising Kingston: Images of Place.”

2005. “T.C. Cummings: The Pittsburgh-Gananoque-North Bay Connection,” Gananoque Art Gallery, 21 October.

2005. “Co-memorising, Co-memoration, Heritage,” Pickering, Port Hope, and Oshawa Historical
Societies, 8 November.

2005. “Planning the Rideau: Past, Present, and Future” Elderwood Estate Owners, 15 November.

2005. Guest Speaker, Kingston St. Andrew’s Society, “Scots, There’s Naen Like Us!: Or, What Gillie John Brown Told Queen Victoria!”, 25 November

2006. Later Life Learning, Series Organizer, “The New Europe: Old Problems, Expanding Edges, New Ideologies,”13 January - 10 February, Presented, “Setting the Scene for Europa: Where’s the Bull Taking Her?”

2006. St. Lawrence University, New York, Department of Global Studies, “Holy Grail, Paper Cup, Glass of Wine: Trends in Tourism in the C21st Century,” 7 March.

2006. St. Lawrence University, New York, Department of Canadian Studies, “From Patriotic Pines to Diasporic Geese: Placing Culture, Setting Our Sites, Locating Identity in a Trans-National World,” 7 March.

2006. Carleton University, Canadian Studies, “From Patriotic Pines to Diasporic Geese: Placing Culture, Setting Our Sites, Locating Identity in a Trans-National World,” 14 March.

2006. Kingston, The Clan Gordon Society, "The Scots in Kingston," 22 April.

2006. Smiths Falls, A.G.M. The Friends of the Rideau, guest-speaker, "Planning the Rideau: Past, Present, and Future," 13 May.

2006. Kingston, Queen's University, Emotional Geographies Conference, "Encountering Edges in Geographies of Identity in Trans-National Worlds," 27 May.

2006. Chaffeys Hotel, A.G.M. Community Heritage Organization of Ontario, key-note speaker, "Landscapes, Inscapes, Proscapes: Layers of Meaning throughout the Rideau," 2 June.

2006. Kingston, KEDCO speaker, Assurante Conference, "Celebrating Kingston's Past, Planning its Future," 5 June.

2006. Kingston, Elderhostel, “Kingston’s Past, Present, and Future,” 19 June.

2006. Shirley Gibson-Langille Exhibition, “If only walls could speak,” Introduction, “Walls of Kingston,” 19 August

2006. Daniel Fowler Exhibition. “An Artist after All,” Introduction, Agnes Etherington Art Gallery, Queen’s, 10 September.

2006. Harvard School of Business, “Kingston: Building on the Past,” Kingston, 18 September.

2006. Elderhostel, “Kingston: Building on the Past,” Kingston, 18 September.

2006. CN Pensioners Association, “Kingston’s Seven Harbours,” Kingston, 19 September.

2006. Later Life Learning, Series Organizer, “China in the C21st: An Ancient Culture, A Modern Society,” Kingston, 15 Sept.-13 Oct.

2006. Queen’s Uiversity Facult Women’s Association, “The New Europe: Old Problems, Expanding Edges, New Ideologies,” Kingston, 5 October.

2006. Later Life Learning, Series Organizer, “Cutting Edges, New Inroads, New Horizons,” Kingston, 23 Oct.-1 Dec.

2006. KEDCO, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency-Best Practice Mission,
“Kingston: Building on the Past for the Future,” Kingston, 2 October.

2006. Queen’s University Faculty Womens’ Club, “The New Europe,” Kingston, 11 October.

2006. Township of North Crosby, “The Power of Local Histories,”8 November.

2006. Later Life Learning, “In quest of W[h]ales,” Kingston 10 November.

2006. School of Urban and Regional Planning, “Planning the Rideau: Past, Present, and Future,” Queen’s University, 16 November.

2006. School of Planning, “The New Tourism,” University of Waterloo, 17 November.

2007. Later Life Learning, “Global Perspectives,” 12 January – 16 February.

2007. “Settling Upper Canada: Developing a Region, Marketing a History,” Trent University, Department of Geography, 31 January.

2007. “Constructing Identity in a Trans-national Canada.” Invited Public Lecture, Nipissing University, North Bay, 13 February.

2007. “A Geographer’s View of Art.” Dept. Art, Nipissing University, North Bay, 13 February.

2007. “T.C. Cummings: A Local Artist, Cosmopolitan Imagination.” Invited Public Lecture, Nipissing University, North Bay, 13 February.

2007. “Kingston: A Capital Question.” Invited Lecture, City Hall Guides, Kingston, 22 February.

2007.”Kingston’s Writers of Place.” Pittsburgh Historical Society, Barriefield, 27 February.

2007. “Space, Time, and Modernity: Invited Conference Overview.” 9 March, CEIQ, Laval University.

2007.“Planning the Rideau: Past, Present, Future Priorities,” Merrickville Historcal Society, 18 March, Merrickville.

2007. “Constructing Identities in a Post-National Canada,” Carleton University, 20 March, Ottawa.

2007. “Looking into Kingston: Framing the Seen, Focussing the Gaze,” Kingston Historical Society/Kingston Arts Council, 21 March, Kingston City Hall.

2007. “Planning the Rideau: Past, Present, Future Priorities,” Kingston Whig Standard Seminar, 22 March, Kingston.

2007. “The Rideau as World Heritage Site,” Pickering Historical Society,” 10 April, Pickering.

2007. Ontario Welsh Society, Cymanfa Ganu, “Constructing Welsh Identities,” 28 April, Kingston.

2007, Later Life Series, “Constructing Canadian Identity in a Post-National World,” 2 May, Belleville.

2007. After-Dinner Speaker, Simcoe County Historical Society A.G.M., “The Power of the Local in Canadian History,” 15 May, Barrie.

2007 (with M.J. Ripmeester), “Conserving Place: Exploring Mississauga Environmental Management Strategies,” Canadian Association of Geographers,” Saskatoon, June.

2007. “Approaching the Rideau,” Queen’s University Biology Station Lectures, Chaffeys Locks, 27 June.

2007. “Kingston: Building on the Past for the Future,” Queen’s University Archives Public Lecture Series, 24 September.

2007. “Changing Perspectives on the Rideau,” AGM Kingston Canoe and Outdoor Club, 26 September.

2007. “Planning the Rideau for the Future,” Elderhostel, Jones Falls, 27 September.

2007. Series Organizer, “Facing up to Ethics,” Later Life Learning, Kingston, 28 September-26 October.

2007. “The Rideau: Past, Present and Future,” Marine Museum of the Great Lakes, 30 September.

2007. “Changing Perceptions of the Rideau: Landscapes, Palimpsests, Inscapes, Proscapes,” Key-note address, National Historic Sites Meeting, Chaffey’s Lock, 2 October.

2007. “The Paradox of Heritage: The Case of the Rideau World Heritage Site, The Annual Archives Lecture, Queen’s University, 4 October.

2007. “The Future of Kingston,” Canadian Club, Kingston, 11 October.

2007. “The View from the Hill: Different Perspectives on the Rideau,” Ottawa Womens’ Canadian Club,” Ottawa, 16 October.

2007. “Planning the Rideau: Past, Present, and Future,” Gananoque Historical Society, 16 October.

2007. “Planning the Rideau,” Probus Club of Kingston, Kingston, 17 October.

2007. “A View from Another Hill: The Rideau,” Pittsburgh Historical Society, 30 October.

2007. Series organizer, “Placing Politics in a Geopolitical Perspective,” opening address “The future ain’t what it used to be!: The New Geopolitics,” Later Life Learning, Kingston, 3 November-14 December.

2007. “Digging Up the Dirt on Kingston,” Guest Speaker, Ontario Archaeological Association, Kingston, 3 November.

2007. “Sustaining World Heritage: The Case of the Rideau Canal, Canada,” University of Western Australia, Perth, 15 November.

2007. “Introduction: Book Launch,” Roy Jones and Brian Shaw (eds.), Geographies of Australian Heritages: Loving a Sunburnt Country? Padstow, UK: Ashgate, 2007. University of Western Australia, Perth, 15 November.

2007. “Constructing National Identities in a Trans-National World,” Department of Sustainable Tourism, Curtin University, Perth, 16 November.

2007. “Rideau 2007 Symposium”: Presentation and Round Table Chair, Kingston, 26 November.

2008. Series organizer, “Cities of the Future,” Later Life Learning, Kingston, 11 January-15 February.

2008. “Kingston: Past, Present, Future,” The Invisible College, Queen’s, 21 January.

2008. “Landscapes, Inscapes, Proscapes: Thinking about Place,” Canadian Studies, Carleton, 13 February.

2008. “So What Does the Future Have in Store for Kingston: Will it be Smart and Creative?”, Later Life Learning, Kingston, 15 February.

2008. “The Rideau Canal: A C19th Concept, a C20th Problem, a C21st Opportunity,” Fort Henry, Kingston, 19 February.

2008. “Local History, World Heritage, Glocal Reactions: The Case of the Rideau Canal,” Geography 101, Queen’s University, 25 February.

2008. “The Distaff side of he Canadian Imagination: Women’s [Art]work,” in Canadian Studies Symposium: Landscape, Women, and Identity,” Queen’s University, 15 March.

2008. “Place, Story, Nation,” Guest lecture, Gphy. 327, Queen’s University, 18 March.

2008. Series Organizer “Placing Politics in a Geopolitical Perspective: Looking at the Globe Politically, Looking at Politics Globally”; Opening lecture, “’The Future Ain’t What it Used to Be’, or ‘It’s Deja Vu All Over Again!’: Old/New Geopolitics,” Belleville Later Life Learning, 26 March.

2008. “Shifting Constructs of the Kingston Environment,” Symposium: National Security and the Environment in the C21st.”, R.M.C., 27 March.

2008. “Digging up the Dirt on Kingston: A Midden Approach to History,” Queen’s University Women’s Association, Queen’s university, 15 April.

2008. “Changing Perceptions of the Rideau Canal,” Probus Club, Belleville, 21 April.

2008. “The paradox of heritage in a globalizing world: The case of the Rideau Canal-Kingston Fortifications UNESCO/WHO designation,” World Heritage and Sustainable Development, Vila Nova de Foz Coa, Portugal, 8 May.

2008. “Putting the Mississauga in their Place,” Alderville, 20 May.

2008. “The Rideau: Past, Present, and Future,” Dog Lake Cottagers’ Association, 24 May.

2008. “The genius loci of McBurney Park: From urban edge to the centre of a community,” McBurney Park Plaque Dedication, 25 May.

2008. “Convocation Address: Diverse Responsibilities for the Future,” Queen’s University, 5 June.

2008. “The Paradox of World Heritage Sites”, Symposium on Culture and Heritage Tourism: Preserving Built Heritage, Centennial College, Toronto, 9 June.

2008. “Shifting Perceptions of the Rideau Corridor: From Geopolitics, through Regional Economics, to Global Heritage,” Ontario Historical Society Conference, "Celebrating Ontario's Environmental Heritage”, Guelph, 14 June.

2008. “Kingston’s Market Square,” Unveiling of Plaque, First Capital Day, 15 June.

2008. “Introduction: Celebrating our Heritage: Kingston Roots,” Opening of “T.C.” Cummings Exhibition, The Robert Macklin Gallery, 11 July.

2008. “T.C. Cummings: Communicator of Places and People,” The Robert Macklin Gallery, 23 July.

2008: “Planning Networks, Respecting the Venue: Golden Geese, Eggs, and Omelettes,” World Canal Conference, Kingston, 17 September.

2008. “Sir John A. Macdonald’s Kingston: A Tour,” School of Democracy,” Queen’s University, 18 September.

2008. Organizer: “A Braver New World in the C21st,” Later Life Learning, Kingston, 19 September-17 October.

2008. “Molly Brant: The Kingston Years,” Dolgeville-Manheim Historical Society New York, 23 September.

2008. “Planning the Rideau: Past, Present and Future,” Elderhostel, Jones Falls, 25 September.

2008. “Kingston’s St. Paul’s Graveyard: 221 years of a Loyalist Connection,” United Empire Loyalists AGM, 27 September.

2008. “Planning the Rideau: About Geese and Golden Eggs,” Elderhostel, Fort Henry, 8 October.

2008. “The Promise of Failure: Planning a Creative City,” Queen’s School of Business Executive Programme, 23 October.

2008. Organizer: “Nothing is Easy in Politics: But How Do We Get Things Done?” Later Life Learning, Kingston, 24 October- 28 November.

2008. “Digging up the Dirt on Kingston: A Midden Approach to History,” Ontario Librarians Association, Fort Henry, 24 October.

2008. “Marketing the County: A Matter of Land and Water, Sun and Wind, Time and Place,” Environmental Sciences 801, Queen’s, 14 November.

2008. “Digging up the Dirt on Kingston: A Midden Approach to History,” Sydenham Ratepayers Association, AGM, Kingston, 18 November.

2008. “The Arrival of the Mississauga, the Return of the Mohawk, the Exclusion of the Algonquin: Truth and Consequences,” Development Studies, Queen’s, 26 November.

2008. “The Arrival of the Mississauga, the Return of the Mohawk, the Exclusion of the Algonquin: Truth and Consequences,” St. Lawrence College, 2 December.

2009. Series organizer, “Northern Approaches: Shifting Perceptions of the Canadian North. Opening address, “The “North,” “Nordicity,” “Norditude!” Later Life Learning, Kingston, 9 January-13 April.

2009. “Landscapes, Inscapes, Proscapes,” Trent University, 2 February.

2009. “Patriotic Pines and Diasporic Geese: Constructing Canadian Identity in a Post-Nationalist World,” Carleton University, 25 February.

2009. “Geese and Golden Eggs: Planning the Rideau WHS,” Probus, 10 March.

2009. “Kingston’s Place in History,” St. Margaret’s United Church/Know Your Kingston, 3 April.

2009. 22 April-6 May, Series Organizer, Belleville Later Life Learning, 3

2009. “Layered Landscapes,” in series “Our Hills and Heritage: Five views of Northumberland County,” presented by Northumberland Learning Connection, sponsored by Architectural Conservancy of Ontario, Cobourg, 23 April.

2009. “Remembering and constructing intangible heritage along Canada’s Upper St. Lawrence,” Heritage 2009: Sharing Cultures, Azores, 31 May.

2009. “Kingston’s historic waterfront: A tour,” Marine Museum Great Lakes Celebration, Kingston, 15 August.”

2009. Series organizer, “Canada-U.S. relations in a post-Bush/post-Harper (?) World.” Later Life Learning, Kingston, 18 September-16 October.

2009. “Planning the Rideau,” Elderhostel, Fort Henry, Kingston, 22 September.

2009. “Kingston in the C21st: A Tour,” Queen’s School of Business Executive Programme, Kingston, 2 October.

2009. “Planning the Rideau,” Elderhostel, Fort Henry, Kingston, 6 October.

2009. “A canal, a wall, and a river: Planning Heritage Trails,” Centennial College Culture and Heritage Symposium, Fort York, Toronto, 8 October.

2009. Series organizer, “Nit-Picking the New Information Technologies: Problems, Challenges, Opportunities” Later Life Learning, Kingston, 23 October- 27 November.

2009. Series organizer, “Northern Approaches: Shifting Perceptions of the Canadian North” Later Life Learning, Belleville, 4-25 November.

2009. “Heritage Trails: The Case of a Wall, A Valley, and a Canal,” Waterloo University Seminar, 12 November.

2010. “From A2A to XYZ: Shifting Peceptions of Nature in Landscapes, Inscapes, and Proscapes,” Mississippi Valley Naturalist Society, Almonte, 21 January.

2010. “Sustaining Kingston: Walking Talk,” School of Business Executive Programme, 18 February.

2010. “People as Part of Planning the Landscape of AtoA,” Portland A2A Committee, 27 March.

2010. “Sustaining Kingston: Old Paths, New Directions,” RAQonteurs, Kingston Memorial Hall, 30 March.

2010.Series organizer, “Nit-Picking the New Information Technologies: Problems, Challenges, Opportunities” Later Life Learning, Belleville, 7-28 April.

2010. “Planning the Rideau: Three Years Later,” Friends of the Rideau AGM, Merrickville, 8 May.

2010. “Golden ages and green/black valleys: A patrimony of landscapes, memories, and testimonies for a modern Wales,” “Heritage and Sustainable Development,” Evora, Portugal, 14 May.

2010. “Sustaining Kingston: Walking Talk,” School of Business Executive Programme, 11 June.

2010. “Introduced “Constructing Intangible Heritage,” in 2010. Conference, Heritage and Sustainable Development, Evora, Portugal, 23 June.

2010. “Golden ages and green/black valleys: A patrimony of landscapes, memories, and testimonies for a modern Wales,” Conference, Heritage and Sustainable Development, Evora, Portugal, 25 June.

2011: Kingston Newcomers, “Kingston: Old Paths, New Directions,” 8 February.

2011. “Sustaining Kingston: A Peripatetic Seminar,” School of Business Executive Programme, 18 February.

2011. “New Challenges, Fresh Perspectives, Carleton University, “Does Heritage Work?,” 26 March.

2011. “Kingston: Past, Present, and Future,” Kingston Ladies’ Probus, 21 April.

2011. “Gateways,” Brockville Ladies’ Probus, 21 April.

2011. “Local history, world heritage, “glocal” reactions,” Queen’s University Biological Station, 3 August.

2011. “Lest we forget,” What should we remember? Commemorating the Great War 1914-19, sustaining memories, seeking universal values,” Workshop: Landscapes and sites of memory of the Great War, 16 -18 September, Ieper  Flanders.

2011. “Kingston: Old Paths, New Directions,” Kingston Probus, 20 September.

2011. “Kingston: Old Paths, New Directions: An Ecological Perspective,” Queen’s, Environmental Studies,  28 September.

2011: “Lest we forget,” What should we remember? Commemorating the Great War 1914-19, sustaining memories, seeking universal values,” Kingston, Later Life Learning, 30 September.

2011: “In the beginning was the word…but Oh how it’s changed!” Kingston Later Life Learning, 28 October  (with R, Pike).

2011:  “Deep mapping waterscapes,” NICHE workshop, Kingston, 30 October.

2011:  “Our local food system: Past, present, and prospects,” National Farmers Union, Harrowsmith, 10 December.