Robert Englebert
@engleberthistorian.bsky.social
Historian of French Colonial, Early America/Canada, French-Indigenous relations, long 18th century.
Basking in the joy of not changing the clock today. That’s right Saskatchewan does not have daylight savings. There has to be some benefit to having 6 months of winter.
March 10, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Basking in the joy of not changing the clock today. That’s right Saskatchewan does not have daylight savings. There has to be some benefit to having 6 months of winter.
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Trudeau was made for this
Reporter:
"Your Foreign Affairs Minister yesterday called all of this a psychodrama. How do you characterize it?"
The PM:
"Thursday."
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"Your Foreign Affairs Minister yesterday called all of this a psychodrama. How do you characterize it?"
The PM:
"Thursday."
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March 6, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Trudeau was made for this
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Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.
February 26, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Word of the Day is ‘ingordigiousness’ (18th century): extreme greed at the expense of principles.
So many border and tariff cartoons.
February 19, 2025 at 10:41 PM
So many border and tariff cartoons.
i.cbc.ca/1.3222777.14...
Not the first time…
Not the first time…
February 19, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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Not the first time…
Not the first time…
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In other news, almost 30 years after I rode high speed trains in Europe, Canada decides they make sense. Good project to help spur on a potentially tariff ravaged economy though!
In other news, almost 30 years after I rode high speed trains in Europe, Canada decides they make sense. Good project to help spur on a potentially tariff ravaged economy though!
High-speed rail line with 300 km/h trains will run between Toronto and Quebec City, Trudeau announces | CBC News
The Liberal government launched a six-year, $3.9-billion design and development plan Wednesday that Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says will eventually connect Quebec City and Toronto with a high-speed...
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February 19, 2025 at 9:26 PM
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In other news, almost 30 years after I rode high speed trains in Europe, Canada decides they make sense. Good project to help spur on a potentially tariff ravaged economy though!
In other news, almost 30 years after I rode high speed trains in Europe, Canada decides they make sense. Good project to help spur on a potentially tariff ravaged economy though!
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On July 9, 1776 the Sons of Liberty in NYC tore down a statue of the King because they refused to obey unjust dictates from an unaccountable ruler. Just sayin.
February 19, 2025 at 7:15 PM
On July 9, 1776 the Sons of Liberty in NYC tore down a statue of the King because they refused to obey unjust dictates from an unaccountable ruler. Just sayin.
Events in the United States and concerns for borders - Civil War, Fenian Raids, end of the Reciprocity Treaty - served as major impetus for the creation of the Dominion of Canada. The context is obviously different, but lots of parallels. Current Canadian response is hardly surprising.
February 8, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Events in the United States and concerns for borders - Civil War, Fenian Raids, end of the Reciprocity Treaty - served as major impetus for the creation of the Dominion of Canada. The context is obviously different, but lots of parallels. Current Canadian response is hardly surprising.
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Historians occasionally make fun of Jefferson for alleging that some Americans wanted a king, or something like a king. That strain of thinking was real and, apparently, never went away.
February 5, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Historians occasionally make fun of Jefferson for alleging that some Americans wanted a king, or something like a king. That strain of thinking was real and, apparently, never went away.
Canadians are coming together over the threats of tariffs, using “non-consumption” of American goods as a tool of resistance and proclamation of nationhood and sovereignty. This 250 years after a failed military campaign to try to make Quebec an American state. Lots to unpack here. History matters!
February 5, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Canadians are coming together over the threats of tariffs, using “non-consumption” of American goods as a tool of resistance and proclamation of nationhood and sovereignty. This 250 years after a failed military campaign to try to make Quebec an American state. Lots to unpack here. History matters!
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Hey, we're going to start looking at applications in a few weeks! Check out the fellow/ Senior fellow positions (yep there will be 2) at Brown Univ for #Brown2026. apply.interfolio.com/159128
February 4, 2025 at 7:40 PM
Hey, we're going to start looking at applications in a few weeks! Check out the fellow/ Senior fellow positions (yep there will be 2) at Brown Univ for #Brown2026. apply.interfolio.com/159128
Getting to end a lecture with « Vive la France! » was definitely one of the highlights of the week.
January 18, 2025 at 7:37 PM
Getting to end a lecture with « Vive la France! » was definitely one of the highlights of the week.
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You can appreciate me exploiting the current zeitgeist & distorting facts in the service of my career* for a mere 99p this month, because #OnSavageShores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe is a Kindle Monthly Deal! amzn.eu/d/7PyqTK8
*get a decade of historical work for a bargain price
*get a decade of historical work for a bargain price
January 1, 2025 at 1:12 PM
You can appreciate me exploiting the current zeitgeist & distorting facts in the service of my career* for a mere 99p this month, because #OnSavageShores: How Indigenous Americans Discovered Europe is a Kindle Monthly Deal! amzn.eu/d/7PyqTK8
*get a decade of historical work for a bargain price
*get a decade of historical work for a bargain price
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Mon pays c’est l’hiver
December 23, 2024 at 10:54 PM
Mon pays c’est l’hiver
Last year as grad director. Looking forward to a full year sabbatical starting in July.
December 18, 2024 at 2:27 AM
Last year as grad director. Looking forward to a full year sabbatical starting in July.
This will likely increase my productivity.
November 19, 2024 at 10:19 PM
This will likely increase my productivity.
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CFP: WMQ-EMSI Workshop "Small Nations, Big Histories," convened by Elizabeth Ellis and Eliga Gould
Deadline Nov. 15
oieahc.wm.edu/events-overv...
Deadline Nov. 15
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CFP: WMQ-EMSI Workshop - OIEAHC
2025 WMQ-EMSI Workshop Call for Proposals “Small Nations, Big Histories” Convened by Elizabeth N. Ellis and Eliga H. Gould June 20–21, 2025 Huntington Library, San Marino, California In early […]
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November 12, 2024 at 8:05 PM
CFP: WMQ-EMSI Workshop "Small Nations, Big Histories," convened by Elizabeth Ellis and Eliga Gould
Deadline Nov. 15
oieahc.wm.edu/events-overv...
Deadline Nov. 15
oieahc.wm.edu/events-overv...
Reading week means rest and research!
November 12, 2024 at 4:36 PM
Reading week means rest and research!
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Hello, new followers! Reposting this recent announcement for those who missed it: New era for the HLQ. Please share widely! If you study the #earlymodern period (c. 1400-1800) in any discipline, we'd love to see what you're working on. www.pennpress.org/journals/jou...
November 11, 2024 at 9:18 PM
Hello, new followers! Reposting this recent announcement for those who missed it: New era for the HLQ. Please share widely! If you study the #earlymodern period (c. 1400-1800) in any discipline, we'd love to see what you're working on. www.pennpress.org/journals/jou...