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Douglas M. Peers FRHS is a Canadian historian who specializes in the history of the British Empire. He is a fellow of the Royal Historical Society since 1993 and Dean of Arts at the University of Waterloo, 2011-2018. .. more

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Robert W Park 🇬🇱 @rwmp.bsky.social · 8d
So proud
Dr Susan Elliott being inducted into the Royal Society of Canada

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Douglas Peers @dpeers.bsky.social · 21d
One of the many blue jays on the trails in the Hendrie Valley this morning - hoping it is good omen

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Emmett Macfarlane 🇨🇦 @emmettmacfarlane.com · 24d
In explaining why to be a truly separate country, Alberta must abolish Aboriginal rights, Bruce Pardy accidentally explains why Alberta can never become its own country. Indigenous rights precede Alberta's existence as a province.

Real genius, that one.

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Robert Saunders @robertsaunders.bsky.social · 25d
If the model here is that you let a private company conquer a country, co-opt local elites to exploit it for profit and govern it by force, while providing no public services and never worrying about elections, then, yes - this is a really good analogy, Mr Kruger.
"Britain used to administer an empire from a company building around Downing Street in the 1820s,” the Reform MP for East Wiltshire said during a press conference, arguing that in the past the number of staff needed to run departments was far fewer than today."

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historianmemory.bsky.social @historianmemory.bsky.social · 25d
www.reuters.com/world/us/nig...
Nigerian Nobel laureate Wole Soyinka says US revokes his visa
Nigeria's Nobel Prize-winning author Wole Soyinka said on Tuesday the United States had revoked his non-immigrant visa issued last year and he was told to re-apply if he wished to try again to visit the U.S.
www.reuters.com

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Douglas Peers @dpeers.bsky.social · 26d
figure it is about time for this!

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Kristen Jeanveau @kjeanveau.bsky.social · 27d
Well this is a gut punch.
I was just extolling the virtues of his books to my tutorial students this week. What a loss for the field and his family.

www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Tim Cook, chief historian at Canadian War Museum, dies | CBC News
Tim Cook, the chief historian at the Canadian War Museum and the country’s “pre-eminent military historian,” has died, the museum announced Sunday.
www.cbc.ca

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Robert W Park 🇬🇱 @rwmp.bsky.social · Oct 22
As a Canadian I resent that when someone was needed to demolish a building at the US White House, our unique 211 year old record of expertise in that was ignored. I trust that in 3 years when it’s time to demolish the Epstein ballroom, Canada’s experience and willingness will be taken into account!

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Douglas Peers @dpeers.bsky.social · Oct 8
Balfour to Blair www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/oc...
Anne Irfan | Balfour to Blair
By endorsing the Trump plan, Keir Starmer continues the long-standing British position of denying the Palestinian people...
www.lrb.co.uk

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Rick Herrera @herreramilhist.bsky.social · Sep 27
"Warrior ethos." What bullshit. We don't have, nor do we want warriors. We have & want soldiers, members of disciplined teams, not individuals who do their own thing. I have a five paragraph vivisection of this in the forthcoming OUP Handbook of American Military History.

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Alan Lester @alanlester.bsky.social · Sep 15
Stuart Hall Essay Prize. Please disseminate:

www.stuarthallfoundation.org/foundation/s...
Stuart Hall Essay Prize reopens to submissions - Stuart Hall Foundation
The second Stuart Hall Essay Prize is reopening to submissions. The new submission window is open from now until Monday 3 November. Open to submissions from UK-based entrants aged 18 to 30 inclusive, ...
www.stuarthallfoundation.org

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Douglas Peers @dpeers.bsky.social · Sep 4
Great piece by an old friend and colleague.
Donald Trump’s penchant for bullshit explains MAGA anger about the Epstein files theconversation.com/donald-trump...
Donald Trump’s penchant for bullshit explains MAGA anger about the Epstein files
Donald Trump’s supporters perceive, perhaps for the first time, that they are now targets of his political bullshit about Jeffrey Epstein rather than amused witnesses to it. And they don’t like it
theconversation.com

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Stephen Guy-Bray @stephengb.bsky.social · Aug 29
Hello everyone. Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax has a tenure-track job in Enlightenment rhetoric and / or 18th-century literature. Tell everyone.

www.msvu.ca/about-msvu/c...
Full-time Academic positions
Inspired by a strong tradition of social responsibility and an enduring commitment to the advancement of women, Mount Saint Vincent University promotes academic excellence and the pursuit of knowledge...
www.msvu.ca

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Douglas Peers @dpeers.bsky.social · Aug 27
History is the Front Line in the Struggle for Democracy www.commondreams.org/opinion/trum...
History is the Front Line in the Struggle for Democracy | Common Dreams
As the accumulation of executive orders since Trump’s inauguration manifestly shows, the fate of history in America is a bellwether for the future of democracy itself.
www.commondreams.org

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Douglas Peers @dpeers.bsky.social · Aug 19
It is only Monday and already I am identifying with this great blue heron having a bad hair day surrounded by turkey vultures

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Douglas Peers @dpeers.bsky.social · Aug 10
www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘Can you tell us how he died?’: Mohamed Salah criticises Uefa over tribute to ‘Palestinian Pelé’
Footballer Suleiman al-Obeid was killed in an Israeli attack in southern Gaza last week, according to Palestine Football Association
www.theguardian.com

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Zito @zeets.bsky.social · Aug 9
Mo Salah is asking the right questions

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David Desi Pubs Dason @davidjesudason.bsky.social · Aug 6
This is not good and, sadly, resonates with my experiences as a non-white person attending at the past too. I don't do large beer festivals and I don't think that's going to change anytime soon

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It’s a nice day for a beer festival (if you’re a man)
Yesterday, I attended The Great British Beer Festival for the first time in a few years. Mainly because it was in Birmingham and I wanted to show up and support my community – it’s the first …
craftbeerpinup.com

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Ian Petrie @icpetrie.bsky.social · Aug 6
JOB: Associate or Full Professor, Palestinian Literature & Culture, University of Toronto
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Douglas Peers @dpeers.bsky.social · Jul 31
Kicked off our annual #Stratfest season with Macbeth. Absolutely amazing performance - original, visually stunning, and powerfully acted. Ranks among my favourites over the past 15 years. Looking forward to what other treats lie ahead

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · Dec 3
Congratulations to our Fellow, Professor Joya Chatterji, for winning this year’s Wolfson History Prize with her book, Shadows at Noon!

Fantastic to see Nandini Das, the 2023 winner of our Book Prize for Courting India, shortlisted for the Prize also!
www.wolfsonhistoryprize.org.uk
Book cover of 'Shadows at Noon' by Joya Chatterji featuring a child in a market setting.

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Clare Clarke @clareclarke.bsky.social · Feb 25
As would “thusly”.
jasonhaslam.ca Jason Haslam @jasonhaslam.ca · Feb 25
If English professors really had the power to indoctrinate their students, the word “utilize” would have long ago been banished to the most circumlocutory ring of hell.

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Olivia Wyatt @oliviawyatt1999.bsky.social · Feb 16
RIP to Dr. Marika Sherwood: a huge inspiration among historians and activists, and a founder of the Black and Asian Studies Association. Without her tireless contributions over the past few decades, the field of Black British History would look very different today. We owe her so much 🖤✊🏽
Marika Sherwood with Hakim Adi

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Douglas Peers @dpeers.bsky.social · Jul 25
Observed a Spotted sandpiper, an Eastern Kingbird, and a Red-Eyed Vireo on our evening walks this week

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Douglas Peers @dpeers.bsky.social · Jul 25
Our resident ospreys look like they have two juveniles under wing

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Michael Spicer @michaelspicer.bsky.social · Jul 14
People think money has ruined football but the sight of a rapist dictator standing next to a corrupt football official in front of a big gold trophy at a competition bankrolled by Saudi Arabia reminds me the game still belongs to us.

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Douglas Peers @dpeers.bsky.social · Jul 2
I wonder whether Biggar, Ferguson and Co can fully appreciate the irony of what has become of this one-time symbol of empire

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Aaron Fritschner @fritschner.bsky.social · Jun 23
The Pentagon ordered a diversionary flight of B-2 bombers as misdirection, per NYT, because they were afraid Trump was giving the attack away to Iran via his social media posts
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/23/b...

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Douglas Peers @dpeers.bsky.social · Jun 19
Misogyny has become a political strategy — here’s how the pandemic helped make it happen
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Misogyny has become a political strategy — here’s how the pandemic helped make it happen
Online misogyny isn’t just fringe — it’s baked into the architecture of the internet itself and, increasingly, serves as a powerful political tool.
theconversation.com