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One of Canada's leading scholarly journals, Acadiensis is devoted to studying the history of the Atlantic region and remains the essential source for reading and research in this area.
CFP: Acadiensis is seeking contributions for our Present and Past series. Take a look ...
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November 12, 2025 at 4:30 PM
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CFP: Rebellion, Resistance, and Refuge: Slavery and Border-Crossing during the American Revolution, July 9-July 12, 2026, UMass-Amherst
Deadline for Abstracts: Friday, December 19, 2025
Deadline for Abstracts: Friday, December 19, 2025
Call for Abstracts: Academic Conference - Black Maple
Rebellion, Resistance, and Refuge: Slavery and Border-Crossing during the American Revolution Call for Abstracts: Academic Conference Dates: Thursday, July 9 to Sunday, July 12, 2026 Location: University of Massachusetts, Amherst,...
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November 3, 2025 at 1:00 PM
CFP: Rebellion, Resistance, and Refuge: Slavery and Border-Crossing during the American Revolution, July 9-July 12, 2026, UMass-Amherst
Deadline for Abstracts: Friday, December 19, 2025
Deadline for Abstracts: Friday, December 19, 2025
The CFP for the 2026 Atlantic Canada Studies Conference, hosted by UPEI, has been issued. For more information:
CFP: The 2026 Atlantic Canada Studies Conference at UPEI
The 2026 Atlantic Canada Studies ConferenceCharlottetown, Prince Edward Island, 3-5 June, 2026 From Harbour to Horizon: Recharting Atlantic Canada Studies The Faculty of Arts at the University of P…
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October 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
The CFP for the 2026 Atlantic Canada Studies Conference, hosted by UPEI, has been issued. For more information:
Everyone at Acadiensis was saddened to hear about the passing of Tim Cook. Our condolences to Tim's family, friends and colleagues on their loss.
October 27, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Everyone at Acadiensis was saddened to hear about the passing of Tim Cook. Our condolences to Tim's family, friends and colleagues on their loss.
The Annual Meeting of the Canadian Historical Association will be in our neck of the woods this year, hosted by UPEI. Please note that the deadline for paper proposals is November 15.
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CHA Annual Meeting 2026
Fourwaves - CHA Annual Meeting 2026
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October 24, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The Annual Meeting of the Canadian Historical Association will be in our neck of the woods this year, hosted by UPEI. Please note that the deadline for paper proposals is November 15.
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A new issue of the Journal of New Brunswick Studies/Revue d’études sur le Nouveau-Brunswick has launched:
New Issue of the Journal of New Brunswick Studies/Revue d’études sur le Nouveau-Brunswick
The Editorial Board of the Journal of New Brunswick Studies/Revue d’études sur le Nouveau-Brunswick (JNBS/RÉNB) is pleased to announce the release of its latest issue: Vol. 17, No. 1, 2025. Th…
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October 24, 2025 at 11:29 AM
A new issue of the Journal of New Brunswick Studies/Revue d’études sur le Nouveau-Brunswick has launched:
The latest issue of Acadiensis is now available.
Acadiensis Vol. 54 No. 1 is now available
We are pleased to announce the release of Acadiensis, Vol. 54, No. 1! This issue features collaborative research articles, as well as critical reviews examining award-winning texts on the Atlantic …
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October 6, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The latest issue of Acadiensis is now available.
Acadiensis is proud to announce a special forum on The Marshall Decision @ 25: Honouring the Future of Peace and Friendship Treaties.
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September 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Acadiensis is proud to announce a special forum on The Marshall Decision @ 25: Honouring the Future of Peace and Friendship Treaties.
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We're Baaa-aack!!
On the blog ... Michael Boudreau welcomes us to the 2025-2026 academic year with "'one of the wickedest crimes ever committed in this part of the country': The Execution of John Oliver, Saint John, New Brunswick, 1942":
On the blog ... Michael Boudreau welcomes us to the 2025-2026 academic year with "'one of the wickedest crimes ever committed in this part of the country': The Execution of John Oliver, Saint John, New Brunswick, 1942":
“one of the wickedest crimes ever committed in this part of the country”: The Execution of John Oliver, Saint John, New Brunswick, 1942
By Michael Boudreau[1] John Arthur Oliver, age sixty-three, was charged with the murder of Sgt. Herbert Lobb, a member of the Royal Canadian Ordnance Corps. on the afternoon of Saturday, December 2…
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September 15, 2025 at 12:05 PM
We're Baaa-aack!!
On the blog ... Michael Boudreau welcomes us to the 2025-2026 academic year with "'one of the wickedest crimes ever committed in this part of the country': The Execution of John Oliver, Saint John, New Brunswick, 1942":
On the blog ... Michael Boudreau welcomes us to the 2025-2026 academic year with "'one of the wickedest crimes ever committed in this part of the country': The Execution of John Oliver, Saint John, New Brunswick, 1942":
The 2025 New Brunswick Scholarly Book Award Winner has been announced. Click through for the details...
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September 12, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The 2025 New Brunswick Scholarly Book Award Winner has been announced. Click through for the details...
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Please check out the following Call for Contributors for The Oar: New Brunswick's Popular History Magazine.
Call for Contributions for The Oar: New Brunswick’s Popular History Magazine
Since 1985, when it began as a quarterly newsletter for the Fredericton Region Museum, The Officer’s Quarters has been an important part of the work of the York-Sunbury Historical Society in docume…
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August 28, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Please check out the following Call for Contributors for The Oar: New Brunswick's Popular History Magazine.
CFP: Atlantic Medieval and Early Modern Conference at Crandall University, 24-25 October.
Please Note: Proposals are due by 25 August.
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Please Note: Proposals are due by 25 August.
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CFP: Atlantic Medieval and Early Modern Conference
Please join us in Moncton (NB) for this year’s conference, co-hosted by the Université de Moncton and Crandall University. A reception and keynote lecture will be held on the evening of October 24 …
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August 1, 2025 at 12:03 AM
CFP: Atlantic Medieval and Early Modern Conference at Crandall University, 24-25 October.
Please Note: Proposals are due by 25 August.
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Please Note: Proposals are due by 25 August.
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Just a reminder that the July 15 deadline to submit a paper to be considered for the David Alexander Prize for best undergrad paper in Atlantic Canadian history is fast approaching. 1/
July 5, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Just a reminder that the July 15 deadline to submit a paper to be considered for the David Alexander Prize for best undergrad paper in Atlantic Canadian history is fast approaching. 1/
Acadiensis would like to send a hearty congratulations to Greg Kennedy, who won the Clio-Atlantic Region prize for his book Lost in the Crowd: Acadian Soldiers of Canada's First World War.
June 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM
Acadiensis would like to send a hearty congratulations to Greg Kennedy, who won the Clio-Atlantic Region prize for his book Lost in the Crowd: Acadian Soldiers of Canada's First World War.
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Bienvenue à la dernière édition d’Acadiensis, vol. 53, no 2! / Welcome to the latest edition of Acadiensis, Vol. 53, No. 2!
English Follows Ce numéro comprend un forum commémorant le 25e anniversaire de la décision Marshall, dont des passages en langue mi’kmaq dans le cadre de notre engagement continu à refléter la dive…
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June 13, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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Acadiensis is looking for submissions to the journal, and we have a newly updated website. Check out the announcement's in:
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May 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Acadiensis is looking for submissions to the journal, and we have a newly updated website. Check out the announcement's in:
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Join Sara Wilmshurst as she continues her conversation with historians from @acadiensis.bsky.social, @activehist.bsky.social, @histoireengagee.ca, and @nichecanada.bsky.social, discussing the challenges and impacts of online history projects.
Make sure to check out part 1!
Make sure to check out part 1!
Online History Projects: Challenges and Impact
Sara Wilmshurst This post continues my conversation with Corey Slumkoski (Acadiensis Blog), Tom Peace (Active History), Samia Dumais (Histoire Engagée), and Jessica DeWitt (NiCHE’s The Otter …
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April 22, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Join Sara Wilmshurst as she continues her conversation with historians from @acadiensis.bsky.social, @activehist.bsky.social, @histoireengagee.ca, and @nichecanada.bsky.social, discussing the challenges and impacts of online history projects.
Make sure to check out part 1!
Make sure to check out part 1!
On the blog ... a CFP for the Ecologies, Knowledge, and Power in the Gulf of St. Lawrence Region, c. 1500-present - acadiensis.wordpress...
CFP: Ecologies, knowledge, and power in the Gulf of St. Lawrence region, c.1500-present
Ecologies, knowledge, and power in the Gulf of St. Lawrence region, c.1500-present[1] 2025 Call for Papers “Ecologies, knowledge, and power in the Gulf of St. Lawrence region, c.1500-present” is a …
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April 22, 2025 at 12:57 PM
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On the blog, Nicole Gilhuis revisits two 1726 piracy trials:
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Colonial Ghosts in Indigenous-British Conflict: A Revisiting of Two 1726 Piracy Trials
NICOLE GILHUIS En 1726, cinq hommes qui faisaient partie de la communauté mi’kmaq depuis longtemps furent pendus pour piraterie à Boston. En effectuant l’analyse de sources telles que des bulletins…
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April 15, 2025 at 12:15 PM
On the blog, Nicole Gilhuis revisits two 1726 piracy trials:
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On the blog, an excerpt from Anthony Dickinson and Chesley Sanger's piece about whaling, mink farming, and rural economic development in Newfoundland:
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Rural Economic Development: Whaling and Mink Farming in Newfoundland,1935-1971
ANTHONY DICKINSON AND CHESLEY SANGER L’élevage de visons à petite échelle fit ses débuts à Terre-Neuve en 1935, mais prit de l’expansion après la Seconde Guerre mondiale en appui au développement é…
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April 8, 2025 at 12:15 PM
On the blog, an excerpt from Anthony Dickinson and Chesley Sanger's piece about whaling, mink farming, and rural economic development in Newfoundland:
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Please note, this event is postponed. Due to inclement weather in central Canada, our guest speaker Dr. Gregory Kennedy is unable to travel to Halifax today. The Gorsebrook Research Institute hopes to announce a new fall date for Dr. Kennedy's presentation - stay tuned!
April 3, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Please note, this event is postponed. Due to inclement weather in central Canada, our guest speaker Dr. Gregory Kennedy is unable to travel to Halifax today. The Gorsebrook Research Institute hopes to announce a new fall date for Dr. Kennedy's presentation - stay tuned!
The Gorsebrook Research Institute (GRI) for Atlantic Canada Studies is pleased to welcome Dr. Gregory Kennedy for a public talk at SMU:
“Lost in the Crowd: Acadian Solders of Canada’s First World War”
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“Lost in the Crowd: Acadian Solders of Canada’s First World War”
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The Role of Acadian Soldiers in the First World War: A public presentation
Media are welcome to attend this free lecture and cover any part of it. Dr. Kennedy is available for advance interviews in English and French. The Gorsebrook Research Institute (GRI) for Atla…
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March 31, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The Gorsebrook Research Institute (GRI) for Atlantic Canada Studies is pleased to welcome Dr. Gregory Kennedy for a public talk at SMU:
“Lost in the Crowd: Acadian Solders of Canada’s First World War”
For more info on how to attend, click the link: acadiensis.wordpress...
“Lost in the Crowd: Acadian Solders of Canada’s First World War”
For more info on how to attend, click the link: acadiensis.wordpress...
The CFP for the 12th annual workshop of the Northeast and Atlantic Region Environmental History Forum has been posted. Click the link for more details: acadiensis.wordpress...
Call for Papers: Twelfth Annual Workshop of the Northeast and Atlantic Region Environmental History Forum
Friday, July 25, 2025 Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick Deadline: May 2, 2025 The Northeast and Atlantic Region Environmental History Forum (NEAR-EH) brings together a group of sch…
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March 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The CFP for the 12th annual workshop of the Northeast and Atlantic Region Environmental History Forum has been posted. Click the link for more details: acadiensis.wordpress...
Happy World Down Syndrome Day!!!
While you're rocking your funky socks in celebration of difference and inclusion, please take a look at Martha Walls' examination of Prenatal Testing, Genetic Advocacy, and the "Burden of Down Syndrome" in 1970s NS:
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While you're rocking your funky socks in celebration of difference and inclusion, please take a look at Martha Walls' examination of Prenatal Testing, Genetic Advocacy, and the "Burden of Down Syndrome" in 1970s NS:
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Prenatal Testing, Genetic Advocacy and the “Burden of Down Syndrome” in 1970s Nova Scotia
By Martha Walls March 21 is World Down Syndrome Day, held symbolically on the 21st day of the third month (3/21), to celebrate of the contributions of people with Trisomy 21, better known as Down s…
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March 21, 2025 at 12:00 PM
Happy World Down Syndrome Day!!!
While you're rocking your funky socks in celebration of difference and inclusion, please take a look at Martha Walls' examination of Prenatal Testing, Genetic Advocacy, and the "Burden of Down Syndrome" in 1970s NS:
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While you're rocking your funky socks in celebration of difference and inclusion, please take a look at Martha Walls' examination of Prenatal Testing, Genetic Advocacy, and the "Burden of Down Syndrome" in 1970s NS:
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