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History Students Patricia Roussel and Marissa Little Present at the Wolfe Island Historical Society's 2024 Speaker Series

As the first speakers of the Wolfe Island Historical Society's 2024 Speaker Series, History BAH students Patricia Roussel and Marissa Little presented "Tracing Wolfe Island Social History Through Archived Dia

PhD Candidates Alex Martinborough, Amelia Rosch, and Joe Borsato Awarded for their Presentations at the 2023 Northeast Conference of British Studies

PhD candidates Alex Martinborough and Amelia Rosch have each received the David Underdown Prize for the best graduate student paper delivered at the 2023 Northeast Conference on British Studies, and PhD candidate Joe Borsato was awarded an honorable mention. 

Black Histories and Futures Month Student Work Showcase: "From Battlefields to Courtrooms: The Transformative Role of World War II in U.S. Race Relations" by Camden Tait

Our fifth student work feature for Black Histories and Futures Month is "From Battlefields to Courtrooms: The  Transformative Role of World War II in U.S.

Black Histories and Futures Month Student Work Showcase: "Prison of Slavery" by Alysia Reid and Kaitlyn Berlettano

The fourth student work feature for Black Histories and Futures Month is a short documentary film titled "Prison of Slavery" that was created by Alysia Reid and Kaitlyn Berlettano in HIST 402: Thinking While Black: Black Inte

Black Histories and Futures Month Student Work Showcase: "The First World War and the New Negro" by Andrea Douglas

Our third student work feature for Black Histories and Futures Month is "The First World War and the New Negro," written by Andrea Douglas in HIST 275: The African American Experience, taught by

Black Histories and Futures Month Student Work Showcase: Ida B. Wells on Pinterest by Kaitlyn Berlettano

Our second student work feature for Black Histories and Futures Month is a project by Kaitlyn Berlettano created in her course HIST 402-005: Thinking While Black: Black Intellectual History taught by

Black Histories and Futures Month Student Work Showcase: "Picturing the Pre-Confederation Past"

First-year undergraduate students were asked to reflect on the use of graphic history as a critical approach to Canadian History in HIST 104: Pre-Confederation Canada: A History of the Present, taught by

Don Akenson speaks with Common Threads (NPR) about his latest book, The Americanization of the Apocalypse

Last week, Don Akenson did two half-hour programs on “Common Threads,” a co-production of WGVU Radio (NPR) and The Interfaith Dialogue Association, discussing his latest book, The Americanization of the Apocalypse (Oxford University Press, 2023).

Scott Berthelette and Alexander Peacock (PhD Candidate) publish an article in The New American Antiquarian

Ph.D. candidate Alexander Peacock and Scott Berthelette have published an article in the latest issue of The New American Antiquarian journal entitled, "Joseph Smith’s Journal of a Journey Inland from York Factory, 1756–57."

Queen's University Library Launches the 'Ol Medical Colouring Book with Design by HIST 212 Student, Carolyn Kane

The WD Jordan Rare Books Library and the Bracken Health Sciences Library have announced the launch of the 'Ol Medical Colouring Book. Using images from their collections as colouring book content, this initiative is intended to provide a stress relief activity to support students' m

BHM Student Work Feature: "The Legacy of Slavery: The Law's Role in Entrenching Anti-Black Racism in Canada" by James Goodyear

In honour of Black History Month, the Department of History is featuring undergraduate student research that addresses Black histories, Black cultures, and Black experiences.

BHM Student Work Feature: "Of Segregation, Surveillance and Suppression: The Power of the Press in 18th Century Canada" by Madeleine Ronan

In honour of Black History Month, the Department of History is featuring undergraduate student research that addresses Black histories, Black cultures, and Black experiences.

BHM Student Work Feature: "Cold Case: The Forgotten Story of how Black People Lost Their Identity to the Judicial System" by Jennifer MacAdam

In honour of Black History Month, the Department of History is featuring undergraduate student research that addresses Black histories, Black cultures, and Black experiences.

BHM Student Work Feature: "The Reclamation of Dignity: The History of Dance for Black Women in the United States" by Amy Abraham

In honour of Black History Month, the Department of History is featuring undergraduate student research that addresses Black histories, Black cultures, and Black experiences.

BHM Student Work Feature: "The Role of Law in Shaping the Lives of Black People in Eighteenth-Century Canada," by Wennie Chen

In honour of Black History Month, the Department of History is featuring undergraduate student research that addresses Black histories, Black cultures, and Black experiences.

HIST 212 students create virtual exhibition: "A Primer for the Use of the Mohawk Children"

This week, the W.D. Jordan Rare Books and Special Collections Library launched a virtual exhibit that was researched and written by Queen's History students, Camille Prevost and Sam Russell, as a part of their projects for HIST 212: Experiential Learning in Historical Practice.

PhD Candidate Shannon Brown wins CSN Best Article Published in the Journal of Canadian Studies

A warm congratulations to Shannon Brown, PhD Candidate, on winning the Canadian Studies Network Best Article Published in the Journal of Canadian Studies Prize! Shannon's article, "Molly Wood's Bush: Settler Colonialism, Queer Activism, and Commemoration in Toronto," can be found in Vol.

Steven Maynard publishes op-ed reflecting on the third anniversary of the Expungement Act

Dr. Steven Maynard's "Pride and prejudice: With only nine LGBTQ criminal record expungements, what's to celebrate?" reflects on the History of the Expungement Act in Canada and outlines what more needs to be done.

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Rivard-Prendergast Studentship Recipient, Prishni Seyone, to Study Child Marriage in India

The Undergraduate Committee awarded this year’s Rivard-Prendergast Studentship to Prishni Seyone on the merits of her HIST515-thesis proposal, “The Indian Girl-Wife: Not Even a Woman, But Already a Wife.” Prishni tells us that she’s researching “the way this institution of early marriage stripped young, innocent girls of their education.”

Congratulations to Amitava Chowdhury and Donald Akenson, Vassili Schedrin, and Awet Weldemichael for their recent publications

  • Between Dispersion and Belonging: Global Approaches to Diaspora in Practice - edited by Amitava Chowdhury and Donald Harmon Akenson.
  • Jewish Souls, Bureaucratic Minds Jewish Bureaucracy and Policymaking in Late Imperial Russia, 1850-1917 by Vassili Schedrin
  • Changing Horizons of African History edited by Awet T. Weldemichael, Anthony A. Lee, and Edward A. Alpers

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