UGuelph History Department
@uguelphhist.bsky.social
The first History department on Bluesky!
Stay tuned for Department news and events, and check our homepage too: https://www.uoguelph.ca/arts/history/
Corrections & suggestions to ben.bradley @ uoguelph.ca
Stay tuned for Department news and events, and check our homepage too: https://www.uoguelph.ca/arts/history/
Corrections & suggestions to ben.bradley @ uoguelph.ca
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We are hiring! The Department of History at the University of Guelph seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in History of the Middle East.
careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
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December 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
We are hiring! The Department of History at the University of Guelph seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in History of the Middle East.
careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
Wishing you all...
December 31, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Wishing you all...
This week, Alan McDougall was interviewed on The Anfield Wrap (@theanfieldwrap.bsky.social), a popular Liverpool FC fan media collective, about his new book Dreams and Songs to Sing.
Check it out! ⚽
youtu.be/b34_W1iaeg8?...
Check it out! ⚽
youtu.be/b34_W1iaeg8?...
December 19, 2025 at 5:51 PM
This week, Alan McDougall was interviewed on The Anfield Wrap (@theanfieldwrap.bsky.social), a popular Liverpool FC fan media collective, about his new book Dreams and Songs to Sing.
Check it out! ⚽
youtu.be/b34_W1iaeg8?...
Check it out! ⚽
youtu.be/b34_W1iaeg8?...
We are hiring! The Department of History at the University of Guelph seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in History of the Middle East.
careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
December 17, 2025 at 7:21 PM
We are hiring! The Department of History at the University of Guelph seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor in History of the Middle East.
careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
Late last week, with the World Cup draw coming up, Dr. Alan McDougall discussed the history of politics, sports, and the World Cup with CTV's Your Morning program, hosted by Anne-Marie Mediwake. ⚽🏆
For more: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/history...
For more: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/history...
December 10, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Late last week, with the World Cup draw coming up, Dr. Alan McDougall discussed the history of politics, sports, and the World Cup with CTV's Your Morning program, hosted by Anne-Marie Mediwake. ⚽🏆
For more: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/history...
For more: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/history...
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Students in Prof. Kevin James's 'Invitation to History' class officially launched a new exhibit: 'Caledonian Correspondence: Scottish Hotels in Postcards', now installed at the @uofglibrary.bsky.social!
Congratulations on a successful launch to everyone involved!
@uguelphhist.bsky.social
Congratulations on a successful launch to everyone involved!
@uguelphhist.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Students in Prof. Kevin James's 'Invitation to History' class officially launched a new exhibit: 'Caledonian Correspondence: Scottish Hotels in Postcards', now installed at the @uofglibrary.bsky.social!
Congratulations on a successful launch to everyone involved!
@uguelphhist.bsky.social
Congratulations on a successful launch to everyone involved!
@uguelphhist.bsky.social
Alan McDougall's new book "Dreams and Songs to Sing" has been selected as one of the Sports Books of the Year by the Financial Times!
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www.uoguelph.ca/arts/history...
November 21, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Alan McDougall's new book "Dreams and Songs to Sing" has been selected as one of the Sports Books of the Year by the Financial Times!
www.uoguelph.ca/arts/history...
www.uoguelph.ca/arts/history...
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Tri-U Graduate History Conference 2026: Local Meets Global - Call for Proposals uwaterloo.ca/tri-universi... Due January 16, 2026.
November 21, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Tri-U Graduate History Conference 2026: Local Meets Global - Call for Proposals uwaterloo.ca/tri-universi... Due January 16, 2026.
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Join Rural History Roundtable on Weds Nov 19 from 330-5pm EST for a double-billing of new research. Bram Fookes and Lydia Kinasewich examine military and public health projects in 20th-century Canada.
For info on how to attend in person and via Zoom: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r...
#cdnhist #aghist
For info on how to attend in person and via Zoom: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r...
#cdnhist #aghist
November 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Join Rural History Roundtable on Weds Nov 19 from 330-5pm EST for a double-billing of new research. Bram Fookes and Lydia Kinasewich examine military and public health projects in 20th-century Canada.
For info on how to attend in person and via Zoom: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r...
#cdnhist #aghist
For info on how to attend in person and via Zoom: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r...
#cdnhist #aghist
This Saturday (Nov 15), Dr. Alex Souchen will be presenting his research as part of the day-long Liberation and Remembrance Symposium being hosted by Guelph Museums.
For information on the event:
www.uoguelph.ca/arts/history...
#cdnhist
For information on the event:
www.uoguelph.ca/arts/history...
#cdnhist
Underwater Munitions: Dr. Alex Souchen speaks at Guelph Museum for Liberation and Remembrance Symposium
On Saturday, Nov. 15, at 3pm Dr. Alex Souchen will speak at the Liberation and Remembrance Symposium at the Guelph Museum “Underwater Munitions and the Environmental Legacies of the Second World War” ...
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November 13, 2025 at 7:03 PM
This Saturday (Nov 15), Dr. Alex Souchen will be presenting his research as part of the day-long Liberation and Remembrance Symposium being hosted by Guelph Museums.
For information on the event:
www.uoguelph.ca/arts/history...
#cdnhist
For information on the event:
www.uoguelph.ca/arts/history...
#cdnhist
PhD candidate Bharathan Chandrasekaran has a new publication that brings sports history into conversation with media history. "The Invisible Michael Jordan: Why Sports Films Eschew Sports" appears in the online film magazine Animus.
Use this link: animus-magazine.ghost.io/the-invisibl...
Use this link: animus-magazine.ghost.io/the-invisibl...
November 12, 2025 at 8:40 PM
PhD candidate Bharathan Chandrasekaran has a new publication that brings sports history into conversation with media history. "The Invisible Michael Jordan: Why Sports Films Eschew Sports" appears in the online film magazine Animus.
Use this link: animus-magazine.ghost.io/the-invisibl...
Use this link: animus-magazine.ghost.io/the-invisibl...
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I'm cited in this piece in the Toronto Star today about the spread of generative AI, the challenges it poses for historians & history education, and the need for digital literacy.
www.thestar.com/news/how-fak...
www.thestar.com/news/how-fak...
How fake AI history is threatening Remembrance Day — with endless YouTube videos glamorizing Nazis
A search for any historical topic is sure to be met with a torrent of fake AI-generated garbage — at real cost to our history.
www.thestar.com
November 11, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I'm cited in this piece in the Toronto Star today about the spread of generative AI, the challenges it poses for historians & history education, and the need for digital literacy.
www.thestar.com/news/how-fak...
www.thestar.com/news/how-fak...
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The 2025 Cassidy-Reid Lecture will be held on Fri Nov 14. Dr. Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey (History, McGill) will give a talk titled "The African World and North America: Sisyphean Struggles and Pyrrhic Pleasures."
The talk is free and all are welcome. Register here:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/cassidy-re...
The talk is free and all are welcome. Register here:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/cassidy-re...
October 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The 2025 Cassidy-Reid Lecture will be held on Fri Nov 14. Dr. Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey (History, McGill) will give a talk titled "The African World and North America: Sisyphean Struggles and Pyrrhic Pleasures."
The talk is free and all are welcome. Register here:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/cassidy-re...
The talk is free and all are welcome. Register here:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/cassidy-re...
In advance of Remembrance Day, check Guelph-Humber Liberal Arts instructor Gregory Klages' interview with Alec Graham, a 103-year old Canadian Air Force veteran who served in Belgium. Graham reflects on his life and service, and provides advice on longevity.
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St. Paul’s United Church | Dessert Club — Dr. Gregory Klages and Alec Graham
YouTube video by Saint Paul's Brampton
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November 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
In advance of Remembrance Day, check Guelph-Humber Liberal Arts instructor Gregory Klages' interview with Alec Graham, a 103-year old Canadian Air Force veteran who served in Belgium. Graham reflects on his life and service, and provides advice on longevity.
#cdnhist
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddaj...
#cdnhist
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddaj...
Join Rural History Roundtable on Weds Nov 19 from 330-5pm EST for a double-billing of new research. Bram Fookes and Lydia Kinasewich examine military and public health projects in 20th-century Canada.
For info on how to attend in person and via Zoom: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r...
#cdnhist #aghist
For info on how to attend in person and via Zoom: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r...
#cdnhist #aghist
November 10, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Join Rural History Roundtable on Weds Nov 19 from 330-5pm EST for a double-billing of new research. Bram Fookes and Lydia Kinasewich examine military and public health projects in 20th-century Canada.
For info on how to attend in person and via Zoom: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r...
#cdnhist #aghist
For info on how to attend in person and via Zoom: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r...
#cdnhist #aghist
On Tuesday Nov 11, History graduate program coordinator Alan McDougall hosts an information session from 530-630pm for current and incoming graduate students, about how to apply for external funding from sources such as OGS and SSHRC.
www.uoguelph.ca/arts/history...
www.uoguelph.ca/arts/history...
November 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
On Tuesday Nov 11, History graduate program coordinator Alan McDougall hosts an information session from 530-630pm for current and incoming graduate students, about how to apply for external funding from sources such as OGS and SSHRC.
www.uoguelph.ca/arts/history...
www.uoguelph.ca/arts/history...
Jacqueline Murray has a new web article at Religion News Service about the history of defiant and disobedient nuns:
religionnews.com/2025/10/23/n...
religionnews.com/2025/10/23/n...
November 3, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Jacqueline Murray has a new web article at Religion News Service about the history of defiant and disobedient nuns:
religionnews.com/2025/10/23/n...
religionnews.com/2025/10/23/n...
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Join us on Weds Oct 29 from 330-5pm for the second Rural History Roundtable presentation of Fall 2025. Marcel Martel and Alex Gagné will give a talk titled "Drinking Ontario Wine: A Dream?"
All are welcome, both in-person and via Zoom.
For more info:
www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r...
#aghist #cdnhist
All are welcome, both in-person and via Zoom.
For more info:
www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r...
#aghist #cdnhist
October 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Join us on Weds Oct 29 from 330-5pm for the second Rural History Roundtable presentation of Fall 2025. Marcel Martel and Alex Gagné will give a talk titled "Drinking Ontario Wine: A Dream?"
All are welcome, both in-person and via Zoom.
For more info:
www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r...
#aghist #cdnhist
All are welcome, both in-person and via Zoom.
For more info:
www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r...
#aghist #cdnhist
Last week, History students Katie and Oz conducted research for HIST3560 and Dr. McCorkindale’s project on Chatham's Black community -- specifically Nelson Hackett and his redcoat defenders. To learn how 1840s Black militia soldiers dressed, they studied records at Chatham Public Library. #cdnhist
October 23, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Last week, History students Katie and Oz conducted research for HIST3560 and Dr. McCorkindale’s project on Chatham's Black community -- specifically Nelson Hackett and his redcoat defenders. To learn how 1840s Black militia soldiers dressed, they studied records at Chatham Public Library. #cdnhist
The 2025 Cassidy-Reid Lecture will be held on Fri Nov 14. Dr. Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey (History, McGill) will give a talk titled "The African World and North America: Sisyphean Struggles and Pyrrhic Pleasures."
The talk is free and all are welcome. Register here:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/cassidy-re...
The talk is free and all are welcome. Register here:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/cassidy-re...
October 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The 2025 Cassidy-Reid Lecture will be held on Fri Nov 14. Dr. Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey (History, McGill) will give a talk titled "The African World and North America: Sisyphean Struggles and Pyrrhic Pleasures."
The talk is free and all are welcome. Register here:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/cassidy-re...
The talk is free and all are welcome. Register here:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/cassidy-re...
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Next Wednesday (Oct 22), @uofgpolisci.bsky.social is hosting a discussion about the first six months of the new Mark Carney-led federal government, and History department chair @mhayday.bsky.social is one of the panelists.
All are welcome to attend. For more info: csahs.uoguelph.ca/events/2025/...
All are welcome to attend. For more info: csahs.uoguelph.ca/events/2025/...
October 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Next Wednesday (Oct 22), @uofgpolisci.bsky.social is hosting a discussion about the first six months of the new Mark Carney-led federal government, and History department chair @mhayday.bsky.social is one of the panelists.
All are welcome to attend. For more info: csahs.uoguelph.ca/events/2025/...
All are welcome to attend. For more info: csahs.uoguelph.ca/events/2025/...
Join us on Weds Oct 29 from 330-5pm for the second Rural History Roundtable presentation of Fall 2025. Marcel Martel and Alex Gagné will give a talk titled "Drinking Ontario Wine: A Dream?"
All are welcome, both in-person and via Zoom.
For more info:
www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r...
#aghist #cdnhist
All are welcome, both in-person and via Zoom.
For more info:
www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r...
#aghist #cdnhist
October 16, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Join us on Weds Oct 29 from 330-5pm for the second Rural History Roundtable presentation of Fall 2025. Marcel Martel and Alex Gagné will give a talk titled "Drinking Ontario Wine: A Dream?"
All are welcome, both in-person and via Zoom.
For more info:
www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r...
#aghist #cdnhist
All are welcome, both in-person and via Zoom.
For more info:
www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r...
#aghist #cdnhist
Next Wednesday (Oct 22), @uofgpolisci.bsky.social is hosting a discussion about the first six months of the new Mark Carney-led federal government, and History department chair @mhayday.bsky.social is one of the panelists.
All are welcome to attend. For more info: csahs.uoguelph.ca/events/2025/...
All are welcome to attend. For more info: csahs.uoguelph.ca/events/2025/...
October 15, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Next Wednesday (Oct 22), @uofgpolisci.bsky.social is hosting a discussion about the first six months of the new Mark Carney-led federal government, and History department chair @mhayday.bsky.social is one of the panelists.
All are welcome to attend. For more info: csahs.uoguelph.ca/events/2025/...
All are welcome to attend. For more info: csahs.uoguelph.ca/events/2025/...
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Congratulations to Dr. @hodginsj.bsky.social!
Her project grant examines how the widespread use of antibiotics in livestock resulted in the transmission of drug-resistant bacteria from animals to humans.
More here:
buff.ly/9vErsjK
#HoH2025 @uguelphhist.bsky.social
Her project grant examines how the widespread use of antibiotics in livestock resulted in the transmission of drug-resistant bacteria from animals to humans.
More here:
buff.ly/9vErsjK
#HoH2025 @uguelphhist.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Congratulations to Dr. @hodginsj.bsky.social!
Her project grant examines how the widespread use of antibiotics in livestock resulted in the transmission of drug-resistant bacteria from animals to humans.
More here:
buff.ly/9vErsjK
#HoH2025 @uguelphhist.bsky.social
Her project grant examines how the widespread use of antibiotics in livestock resulted in the transmission of drug-resistant bacteria from animals to humans.
More here:
buff.ly/9vErsjK
#HoH2025 @uguelphhist.bsky.social