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
“For authoritarian regimes, internet blackouts are a powerful political tool of repression that conceal state violence,” says Communication Studies and Media Arts PhD candidate Niloofar Hooman. Read her timely analysis in @ca.theconversation.com: theconversation.com/why-iran-kee...
Why Iran keeps turning off the internet during mass protests
By cutting internet access during uprisings, the Iranian regime turns connectivity itself into a mechanism of control.
theconversation.com
February 6, 2026 at 8:00 PM
“For authoritarian regimes, internet blackouts are a powerful political tool of repression that conceal state violence,” says Communication Studies and Media Arts PhD candidate Niloofar Hooman. Read her timely analysis in @ca.theconversation.com: theconversation.com/why-iran-kee...
Alexis-Carlota Cochrane, PhD candidate in Communication Studies and Media Arts, calls for an “enforceable, survivor-centred, AI-aware online safety framework” in response to new digital tools harming women and gender diverse people: news.mcmaster.ca/ai-generated...
news.mcmaster.ca
February 4, 2026 at 4:55 PM
Alexis-Carlota Cochrane, PhD candidate in Communication Studies and Media Arts, calls for an “enforceable, survivor-centred, AI-aware online safety framework” in response to new digital tools harming women and gender diverse people: news.mcmaster.ca/ai-generated...
Episode 1 of Generations Ahead, a new podcast series produced by the Wilson College of Leadership & Civic Engagement and The Walrus Lab, is out. Sam Reusch (Apathy is Boring) and my colleague Sara Wolfe discuss youth civic engagement during a critical time for democracy.
What does it take to spark real change? Generations Ahead is a new podcast series exploring imaginative approaches shaping the future of Canada and beyond. Produced by The Walrus Lab for the Wilson College of Leadership and Civic Engagement at McMaster University. 🎧 Listen: lnk.to/generations-...
February 3, 2026 at 5:07 PM
Episode 1 of Generations Ahead, a new podcast series produced by the Wilson College of Leadership & Civic Engagement and The Walrus Lab, is out. Sam Reusch (Apathy is Boring) and my colleague Sara Wolfe discuss youth civic engagement during a critical time for democracy.
David Brooks’ last opinion piece for the NYT directs Americans to re-embrace their humanity, and he calls on universities to lead in this work. At Mac, the Faculty of Humanities and Wilson College, co-led by the Faculty of Social Sciences, do this every day. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
Opinion | Time to Say Goodbye
www.nytimes.com
February 2, 2026 at 8:32 PM
David Brooks’ last opinion piece for the NYT directs Americans to re-embrace their humanity, and he calls on universities to lead in this work. At Mac, the Faculty of Humanities and Wilson College, co-led by the Faculty of Social Sciences, do this every day. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...
A key point in this editorial, by Mount Allison president Ian Sutherland and student Lucas Orfanides, is that, along with possessing relevant (and essential) job skills, liberal arts grads are uniquely well positioned to deal with AI's ethical shortcomings.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
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Opinion: An AI future demands liberal arts agility
Graduates have the ethical and creative thinking skills that the AI-driven jobs of tomorrow will demand
www.theglobeandmail.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:53 PM
A key point in this editorial, by Mount Allison president Ian Sutherland and student Lucas Orfanides, is that, along with possessing relevant (and essential) job skills, liberal arts grads are uniquely well positioned to deal with AI's ethical shortcomings.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...
Excited to announce that McMaster Humanities is looking to recruit established international researchers to our institution. Please see the following link for details of the government of Canada’s Impact+ program and reach out to me if you are interested. www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/2025/12/22/m...
McMaster seeking international academics for new Canada Impact+ Research Chairs program – Faculty of Humanities | McMaster University
www.humanities.mcmaster.ca
December 22, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Excited to announce that McMaster Humanities is looking to recruit established international researchers to our institution. Please see the following link for details of the government of Canada’s Impact+ program and reach out to me if you are interested. www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/2025/12/22/m...
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Excited to share my acting debut with Ontario's public broadcaster TVO (@tvodocs.bsky.social @therundowntvo.bsky.social & more). I was in an episode on fever for the TVO Kids series 'Burps, Butts, and Bones' (do they know their audience or what?). I learned about acting from the +++talented Ryan.
Hot to Trot 🥵🤒 | 💀 BURPS, BUTTS AND BONES 🧪 | Answer Questions About The Human Body | TVOkids
YouTube video by TVOkids
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November 24, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Excited to share my acting debut with Ontario's public broadcaster TVO (@tvodocs.bsky.social @therundowntvo.bsky.social & more). I was in an episode on fever for the TVO Kids series 'Burps, Butts, and Bones' (do they know their audience or what?). I learned about acting from the +++talented Ryan.
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!
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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.
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📣 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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...