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Thursday, October 28, 2021

Canadian Labour International Film Festival (CLiFF 2021) – Includes Screening of Michael Ostroff’s Documentary

As part of The Canadian Labour International Film Festival in November, the Institute of Political Economy will be screening a selection of this year’s films. After this content becomes available on November 25th at 7:00 pm, you will have 2 hours to start watching. Once you begin, you’ll have 24 hours to finish watching.... More

Friday, September 17, 2021

Jennifer Evans receives funding from Department of Canadian Heritage

Jennifer Evans has received a major grant from the Department of Canadian Heritage's Digital Citizen Contribution Program in support of her research on social media, memory, and misinformation. Her project, "Triangular Hate: digital memory, disinformation, and transnational traffic between Germany, the US, and Canada," engages one aspect of... More

Monday, September 13, 2021

Michael Petrou Interviewed for Article on the History of Sept 11, 2001

Adjunct Research Professor Michael Petrou was interviewed by Erica Alini as part of her article describing what the events of September 11, 2001 mean to today's young adults. A short excerpt is provided below with the full article, "For generation Z, 9/11 is history. How do they relate to it?" available online. The fact... More

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

Shawn Graham Publishes Op-Ed in Hyperallergic

History professor Shawn Graham and adjunct research professor Damien Huffer have published an op-ed in the arts magazine Hyperallergic drawing on their research into the online human remains trade. "We shouldn’t need a law explicitly declaring “No one can own dead people,” though perhaps that would help. We need enforcement of the laws that... More

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Jeff Blackadar Publishes New Article

History alumnus current MA in History with Data Science student Jeff H. Blackadar and colleagues Benjamin P. Carter and Weston L. A. Conner have just published a new article in the Advances in Archaeological Practice journal. The full article, "When Computers Dream of Charcoal: Using Deep Learning, Open Tools, and Open Data to Identify... More

Friday, August 27, 2021

Tonight: We Still Demand: The Past, Present, and Future of 2SLGBTQIA+ Activism Event

The Canadian Centre for Gender and Sexual Diversity (CCGSD) is hosting an amazing event Friday August 27th at 1pm ET titled “WE STILL DEMAND: THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF 2SLGBTQIA+ ACTIVISM” with support of the Anti-69 Network, Fredericton Pride, and activist scholars Tom Hooper, Gary Kinsman, and IIS faculty member Patrizia Gentile. The... More

Monday, August 16, 2021

History Department – Return to Campus Details

As of August 23, 2021, the Department of History will be open from Monday – Friday, 8:30am -12:00pm & 1:00-4:30pm, closed for lunch, 12:00 – 1:00pm. At this time, administrative staff will only deal with general walk-in inquiries. All appointments will continue to be held virtually. There will be no person-to-person appointments... More

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Shawn Graham and Jaime Simmons Write Article for Internet Archaeology

Professor Shawn Graham has co-authored a new publication with grad student Jaime Simmons. The piece, "Listening to Dura Europos: An Experiment in Archaeological Image Sonification", has just been published in Internet Archaeology (a leading open access journal for digital archaeology, computational archaeology). The work that led to this... More

Tuesday, July 27, 2021

Rod Phillips awarded grant to study the French Revolution and wine

Professor Rod Phillips has been awarded a four-year SSHRC Insight Grant to study the impact of the French Revolution on France’s wine industry and culture. He has written several books on the history of wine and while writing his history of French wine (published in 2016) he realized how important the Revolutionary period (1789-99)... More

Friday, July 16, 2021

Jennifer Evans Joins International Network to Conduct Research on Queer History and Sexualities in German-Speaking Europe

Jennifer Evans joins an international network based at the Free University of Berlin. The network, consisting of 20 scholars from the US, Canada, Germany, and the UK, will conduct research queer history and sexualities in German-speaking Europe, funded by a three-year grant from the German Research Foundation. The network will enhance the... More

Thursday, July 8, 2021

Rod Phillips interviewed on the New Books Network

Professor Rod Phillips was interviewed on the New Books Network, a podcast that interviews authors of recently published books. The book he discussed is French Wine: A History, which was published by the University of California Press in 2016, with the paperback edition appearing in 2020. The 60-minute interview ranged widely and you can... More