Dr. Pamela Swett
@deanhummac.bsky.social
Dean, Faculty of Humanities, McMaster University
Professor of history, specializing in 20th-century German and European social and cultural history
Professor of history, specializing in 20th-century German and European social and cultural history
Well done, McMaster scholars Melinda Gough and Peter Cockett!
Exciting to be among this rich collection just published, edited by Peter Cockett & @melindajgough.bsky.social . It brings together some lively thinking and conversations between actors, scholars, & makers arising from a residency at Stratford Festival: utppublishing.com/doi/book/10....
Engendering the Stage in the Age of Shakespeare and Beyond - University of Toronto Press
Engendering the Stage in the Age of Shakespeare and Beyond steps beyond the myth of the all-male stage, centring feminist, queer, and trans scholars and artists to reveal the deeper complexities of gendered performance on stage today and within the records of theatre history.
utppublishing.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Well done, McMaster scholars Melinda Gough and Peter Cockett!
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Call for Application: Full Professor of Modern and Contemporary History @unibayreuth.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 12:14 PM
Call for Application: Full Professor of Modern and Contemporary History @unibayreuth.bsky.social
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Professor Bonny Ibhawoh will share recommendations at the upcoming at COP30 Climate Change Conference from a study conducted with the support of McMaster students and researchers.
https://news.mcmaster.ca/bonny-ibhawoh-climate-justice-cop30/
https://news.mcmaster.ca/bonny-ibhawoh-climate-justice-cop30/
McMaster expert unveils blueprint for climate justice at COP30
Professor Bonny Ibhawoh, chair of the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Right to Development, will share recommendations from a study conducted with the support of McMaster students and researchers at the global climate summit in Brazil.
news.mcmaster.ca
November 7, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Professor Bonny Ibhawoh will share recommendations at the upcoming at COP30 Climate Change Conference from a study conducted with the support of McMaster students and researchers.
https://news.mcmaster.ca/bonny-ibhawoh-climate-justice-cop30/
https://news.mcmaster.ca/bonny-ibhawoh-climate-justice-cop30/
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Tenure track philosophy job in Canada
Western University’s Department of Philosophy seeks to hire a Asst Professor with an area of specialization in one or more of metaphysics,
epistemology, and logic, broadly construed). The anticipated start date is July 1,
2026
www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...
Western University’s Department of Philosophy seeks to hire a Asst Professor with an area of specialization in one or more of metaphysics,
epistemology, and logic, broadly construed). The anticipated start date is July 1,
2026
www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...
www.uwo.ca
September 19, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Tenure track philosophy job in Canada
Western University’s Department of Philosophy seeks to hire a Asst Professor with an area of specialization in one or more of metaphysics,
epistemology, and logic, broadly construed). The anticipated start date is July 1,
2026
www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...
Western University’s Department of Philosophy seeks to hire a Asst Professor with an area of specialization in one or more of metaphysics,
epistemology, and logic, broadly construed). The anticipated start date is July 1,
2026
www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...
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TOMORROW: LBI London Summer Lecture 2025
Hitler’s Mein Kampf: Reflections 100 Years On
Dr Lisa Pine
Tomorrow, Thursday 10 July 2025, 5:30pm–7:00pm
Senate House, London
Free admission
Sign up: lbilondon.ac.uk/pine
@ghilondon.bsky.social @lisapine.bsky.social
Hitler’s Mein Kampf: Reflections 100 Years On
Dr Lisa Pine
Tomorrow, Thursday 10 July 2025, 5:30pm–7:00pm
Senate House, London
Free admission
Sign up: lbilondon.ac.uk/pine
@ghilondon.bsky.social @lisapine.bsky.social
July 9, 2025 at 1:20 PM
TOMORROW: LBI London Summer Lecture 2025
Hitler’s Mein Kampf: Reflections 100 Years On
Dr Lisa Pine
Tomorrow, Thursday 10 July 2025, 5:30pm–7:00pm
Senate House, London
Free admission
Sign up: lbilondon.ac.uk/pine
@ghilondon.bsky.social @lisapine.bsky.social
Hitler’s Mein Kampf: Reflections 100 Years On
Dr Lisa Pine
Tomorrow, Thursday 10 July 2025, 5:30pm–7:00pm
Senate House, London
Free admission
Sign up: lbilondon.ac.uk/pine
@ghilondon.bsky.social @lisapine.bsky.social
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Impending and Exciting News! Job Opportunity as a Research Fellow for my Wellcome Trust Research Project in Medical Humanities and HPSM at the University of Leeds soon to be posted!
June 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Impending and Exciting News! Job Opportunity as a Research Fellow for my Wellcome Trust Research Project in Medical Humanities and HPSM at the University of Leeds soon to be posted!
Reposted by Dr. Pamela Swett
Among the thousands of groups affected by the sudden cessation of funds are state arts councils, museums, historic sites, archives, libraries, educators and media outlets in all 50 states.
Cultural groups across U.S. told that federal humanities grants are terminated
Among the thousands of groups affected by the sudden cessation of funds are state arts councils, museums, historic sites, archives, libraries, educators and media outlets in all 50 states.
www.npr.org
April 3, 2025 at 8:40 PM
Among the thousands of groups affected by the sudden cessation of funds are state arts councils, museums, historic sites, archives, libraries, educators and media outlets in all 50 states.
Reposted by Dr. Pamela Swett
📣 Reminder for Canadian university students! Applications due Monday, March 31st! More details below. ⬇️
🚨 We’re hiring!
✨ Are you a university student interested in participatory democracy? Passionate about research and social justice? We’re looking for an RA to support our open-access database.
🗺 Check out the poster below for more details!
📝 Those interested should apply by March 31, 2025.
✨ Are you a university student interested in participatory democracy? Passionate about research and social justice? We’re looking for an RA to support our open-access database.
🗺 Check out the poster below for more details!
📝 Those interested should apply by March 31, 2025.
March 28, 2025 at 2:23 PM
📣 Reminder for Canadian university students! Applications due Monday, March 31st! More details below. ⬇️
Congratulations to English and Cultural Studies postdoctoral fellow @stacya.bsky.social, whose course, "Black Latin America: Belonging, Refusal, Resistance" was featured on the CBC Hamilton website last week.
Ontario university course aims to fight the erasure of Black history in Latin America | CBC News
As part of a class on Black Latin American and Caribbean history, a roundtable at McMaster University in Hamilton hears from Afro-Latinx scholars about race, culture, migration and diasporic identitie...
www.cbc.ca
March 3, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Congratulations to English and Cultural Studies postdoctoral fellow @stacya.bsky.social, whose course, "Black Latin America: Belonging, Refusal, Resistance" was featured on the CBC Hamilton website last week.
Reposted by Dr. Pamela Swett
Philosophy at Lethbridge is also hiring
Faculty of Arts & Science - Assistant Professor Philosophy Department
uleth.peopleadmin.ca/postings/810...
Faculty of Arts & Science - Assistant Professor Philosophy Department
uleth.peopleadmin.ca/postings/810...
Faculty of Arts & Science - Assistant Professor (Philosophy Department)
The Department of Philosophy invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin as early as July 1, 2025, subject to budgetary approval. Hiring salary will ra...
uleth.peopleadmin.ca
February 15, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Philosophy at Lethbridge is also hiring
Faculty of Arts & Science - Assistant Professor Philosophy Department
uleth.peopleadmin.ca/postings/810...
Faculty of Arts & Science - Assistant Professor Philosophy Department
uleth.peopleadmin.ca/postings/810...
Reposted by Dr. Pamela Swett
I'm really appreciative of @thespec1846.bsky.social and JP Antonacci covering the recent measles outbreaks. Local news gets to the heart of local concerns in aa very personal way that I think has the power to change hearts and minds www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...
February 14, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I'm really appreciative of @thespec1846.bsky.social and JP Antonacci covering the recent measles outbreaks. Local news gets to the heart of local concerns in aa very personal way that I think has the power to change hearts and minds www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...
Reposted by Dr. Pamela Swett
Philosophy at Guelph is hiring in Ethics/ Applied Ethics.
Please share widely.
careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
Please share widely.
careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
careers.uoguelph.ca
February 10, 2025 at 5:46 AM
Philosophy at Guelph is hiring in Ethics/ Applied Ethics.
Please share widely.
careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
Please share widely.
careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
Why should humanities education persist in an AI age? Self-development, to start
theconversation.com/why-should-h...
theconversation.com/why-should-h...
Why should humanities education persist in an AI age? Self-development, to start
Through self-development, or ‘Bildung’ in German thought, salon culture sought to resist absolutism and foster democratic discourse. This shaped the modern Western university.
theconversation.com
February 4, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Why should humanities education persist in an AI age? Self-development, to start
theconversation.com/why-should-h...
theconversation.com/why-should-h...
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It’s good to see a well worn #envhist #cdnhist book at the Hamilton Public Library. Join us in Hamilton Ontario for the sequel/epilogue at 2025 Canadian History and Environment Summer Symposium - "Contamination and Rebirth"
Friday, May 30 – Sunday, June 1, 2025
niche-canada.org/2025/01/17/c...
Friday, May 30 – Sunday, June 1, 2025
niche-canada.org/2025/01/17/c...
February 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
It’s good to see a well worn #envhist #cdnhist book at the Hamilton Public Library. Join us in Hamilton Ontario for the sequel/epilogue at 2025 Canadian History and Environment Summer Symposium - "Contamination and Rebirth"
Friday, May 30 – Sunday, June 1, 2025
niche-canada.org/2025/01/17/c...
Friday, May 30 – Sunday, June 1, 2025
niche-canada.org/2025/01/17/c...
Our Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) recipients all completed fascinating independent research projects this past summer — everything from an analysis of health disparities in Black and Indigenous communities to unravelling an art forgery. www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/2025/01/10/u...
Undergraduate Student Research Award winners share Humanities research – Faculty of Humanities | McMaster University
www.humanities.mcmaster.ca
January 17, 2025 at 9:45 PM
Our Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) recipients all completed fascinating independent research projects this past summer — everything from an analysis of health disparities in Black and Indigenous communities to unravelling an art forgery. www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/2025/01/10/u...
Reposted by Dr. Pamela Swett
Firaxis—the studio behind the Civilization series—is hiring a historian. An *actual* historian.
And note, when they ask for "4+ years as a Writer, Narrative Designer, or other position with commensurate duties," that includes teaching, writing, and research—i.e. your Ph.D. in History.
And note, when they ask for "4+ years as a Writer, Narrative Designer, or other position with commensurate duties," that includes teaching, writing, and research—i.e. your Ph.D. in History.
Historian
Sparks Glencoe, Maryland, United States
boards.greenhouse.io
January 2, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Firaxis—the studio behind the Civilization series—is hiring a historian. An *actual* historian.
And note, when they ask for "4+ years as a Writer, Narrative Designer, or other position with commensurate duties," that includes teaching, writing, and research—i.e. your Ph.D. in History.
And note, when they ask for "4+ years as a Writer, Narrative Designer, or other position with commensurate duties," that includes teaching, writing, and research—i.e. your Ph.D. in History.
Studying philosophy (and other humanities subjects) is an ideal preparation for a world of work that's increasingly defined by AI. As this piece points out, "...we should invest in developing the cognitive tools that will always stand apart from automated routines." Indeed!
AI Isn't the Next Big Thing, Thinking Is
Why Human Intellect Still Reigns Supreme This week's edition includes the feature story. If you want to read the whole edition of the newsletter.
www.linkedin.com
December 18, 2024 at 4:25 PM
Studying philosophy (and other humanities subjects) is an ideal preparation for a world of work that's increasingly defined by AI. As this piece points out, "...we should invest in developing the cognitive tools that will always stand apart from automated routines." Indeed!
Humanities researchers are working at the intersection of people and technology. Check out this latest article by Sara Bannerman, a professor in communication studies and media arts here at McMaster.
brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/ana...
brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/ana...
Analysis: 10 privacy violations in the federal government’s proposed changes to the Canada Elections Act
Bill C-65 would help political parties exploit Canadians’ data without real limits, transparency or consent, undermining privacy, engagement and public confidence, writes Sara Bannerman.
brighterworld.mcmaster.ca
November 25, 2024 at 7:18 PM
Humanities researchers are working at the intersection of people and technology. Check out this latest article by Sara Bannerman, a professor in communication studies and media arts here at McMaster.
brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/ana...
brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/ana...
My first Bluesky post, and it's a nice one: I was thrilled to "hood" my now-former PhD student Ryan Heyden at today's convocation ceremony. You can read a little more about Ryan and his research in this Q and A. Congratulations to all our graduates! dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articles/goo...
‘Good historical research offers an opportunity to understand the present’
New PhD Ryan Heyden’s interest in Germany, migration and humanitarianism has both personal and intellectual significance
dailynews.mcmaster.ca
November 21, 2024 at 2:52 PM
My first Bluesky post, and it's a nice one: I was thrilled to "hood" my now-former PhD student Ryan Heyden at today's convocation ceremony. You can read a little more about Ryan and his research in this Q and A. Congratulations to all our graduates! dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articles/goo...