Steven Maynard
@stevenmaynard.bsky.social
Historian of sexuality. Queer writer. Foucault freak.
Excellent use of history about egregious decisions made by the Canadian government, then and now, written by friend and colleague Ishita Pande: www.theglobeandmail.com/life/first-p...
When my parents were denied a tourist visa for a family vacation in Canada, it felt like history repeating itself
I convinced my parents to travel from India to spend time with my family, but even though I have made a home here, it feels like I do not belong
www.theglobeandmail.com
July 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Excellent use of history about egregious decisions made by the Canadian government, then and now, written by friend and colleague Ishita Pande: www.theglobeandmail.com/life/first-p...
Excellent news. I met Desiree a year or so ago when she was in Kingston to help launch *Statesman of the Piano.* She gave me some suggestions for work on Black archives, which turned out to be crucial for my archives seminar. A real educator. Congrats Desiree -- Concordia is lucky to have you!
June 23, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Excellent news. I met Desiree a year or so ago when she was in Kingston to help launch *Statesman of the Piano.* She gave me some suggestions for work on Black archives, which turned out to be crucial for my archives seminar. A real educator. Congrats Desiree -- Concordia is lucky to have you!
Friends who are attending the CHA: the Canadian Committee on the History of Sexuality will be holding a meeting to discuss ongoing attempts to erase trans/queer history from public history venues in the U.S. and Canada. June 3, 12pm-1:30, room WFL-401. Spread the word and hope to see your there!
June 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Friends who are attending the CHA: the Canadian Committee on the History of Sexuality will be holding a meeting to discuss ongoing attempts to erase trans/queer history from public history venues in the U.S. and Canada. June 3, 12pm-1:30, room WFL-401. Spread the word and hope to see your there!
Reposted by Steven Maynard
The Association of Canadian Archivists has published a statement on the attacks on US archives.
#archives #library 📚
archivists.ca/Latest-News-...
#archives #library 📚
archivists.ca/Latest-News-...
Association of Canadian Archivists - ACA Support of U.S. Archives, Libraries, Museums, & Cultural Institutions
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archivists.ca
May 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The Association of Canadian Archivists has published a statement on the attacks on US archives.
#archives #library 📚
archivists.ca/Latest-News-...
#archives #library 📚
archivists.ca/Latest-News-...
"A university that is not fully free is nothing more than a business of servility. You can't teach under boot heels; you can't speak in the face of the walls of prisons; you can't study when arms threaten." Foucault speaking at a rally of 600 university students, Brazil, October 1975.
April 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"A university that is not fully free is nothing more than a business of servility. You can't teach under boot heels; you can't speak in the face of the walls of prisons; you can't study when arms threaten." Foucault speaking at a rally of 600 university students, Brazil, October 1975.
It was truly a wonderful experience ... so great to meet McMaster history people, all doing such interesting, vital work. And now with a soundtrack!
Still processing the amazing lecture @stevenmaynard.bsky.social gave here at McMaster last week on Foucault and his generous contributions to our graduate students’ research plans. It was a full day of all the intensities of academia & we must celebrate through song! open.spotify.com/track/32UM21...
Our Retired Explorer (Dines With Michel Foucault In Paris, 1961)
The Weakerthans · Reconstruction Site · Song · 2003
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March 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM
It was truly a wonderful experience ... so great to meet McMaster history people, all doing such interesting, vital work. And now with a soundtrack!
Reposted by Steven Maynard
So excited to welcome @stevenmaynard.bsky.social to McMaster this Thursday as our Messecar lecturer! His talk, In the Archives of Infamy with Michel Foucault, is going to be fascinating!
March 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
So excited to welcome @stevenmaynard.bsky.social to McMaster this Thursday as our Messecar lecturer! His talk, In the Archives of Infamy with Michel Foucault, is going to be fascinating!
Getting excited ... @historiamagoria.bsky.social
March 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Getting excited ... @historiamagoria.bsky.social
Excellent round-up by @lanrickbennett.bsky.social of resources on Jackie Shane for #BlackHistoryMonth. Jackie's decision in the 1950s to leave a transphobic and racist U.S. behind is really resonating today. Not that things were so much better on this side of the border, but ...
February 21st of #BlackHistoryMonth in #TorontoDanforth Who was Jackie Shane?
Jackie Shane was born in Nashville on May 15, 1940, and grew up as a Black transgender child in the Jim Crow South. But she made her name after she moved to Toronto around 1959, becoming a force in our music scene.
Jackie Shane was born in Nashville on May 15, 1940, and grew up as a Black transgender child in the Jim Crow South. But she made her name after she moved to Toronto around 1959, becoming a force in our music scene.
February 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Excellent round-up by @lanrickbennett.bsky.social of resources on Jackie Shane for #BlackHistoryMonth. Jackie's decision in the 1950s to leave a transphobic and racist U.S. behind is really resonating today. Not that things were so much better on this side of the border, but ...