Department of History, Saint Mary’s University
@historysmu.bsky.social
Department of History at Saint Mary's University in Halifax / K'jipuktuk. Offering BA & MA degrees as well as minors in Applied History and British Studies. For info: history@smu.ca
Dr. Michael Vance will present at the next SMU History Seminar series: "Irish Soldier Settlers in Atlantic Canada, c. 1818-1838." Details: Friday, Nov 7, 1pm in Loyola 173. All are welcome! #cdnhist
November 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Dr. Michael Vance will present at the next SMU History Seminar series: "Irish Soldier Settlers in Atlantic Canada, c. 1818-1838." Details: Friday, Nov 7, 1pm in Loyola 173. All are welcome! #cdnhist
Please join us this Friday at 1:00 for this talk by Dr Rosana Barbosa
Hold the date for the History Seminar Series talk on October 31 at 1:00pm. Dr. Rosana Barbosa will present "Chiquinha Gonzaga: Music as an Instrument of Liberation." Location: SMU Campus, McNally North 219.
October 30, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Please join us this Friday at 1:00 for this talk by Dr Rosana Barbosa
The 2026 Atlantic Canada Studies Conference will take place in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, from 3-5 June, 2026. Theme: From Harbour to Horizon: Recharting Atlantic Canada Studies. See the call for papers: journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Ac...
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October 29, 2025 at 3:58 PM
The 2026 Atlantic Canada Studies Conference will take place in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, from 3-5 June, 2026. Theme: From Harbour to Horizon: Recharting Atlantic Canada Studies. See the call for papers: journals.lib.unb.ca/index.php/Ac...
Hold the date! Dr. Mark Kuhlberg of @laurentianu.bsky.social
will present at the SMU History Seminar on Friday, Nov 28 at 1:00 in McNally North 219. "Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty: Canada's Aerial War Against Forest Pests, 1913-1930." All are welcome!
will present at the SMU History Seminar on Friday, Nov 28 at 1:00 in McNally North 219. "Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty: Canada's Aerial War Against Forest Pests, 1913-1930." All are welcome!
October 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Hold the date! Dr. Mark Kuhlberg of @laurentianu.bsky.social
will present at the SMU History Seminar on Friday, Nov 28 at 1:00 in McNally North 219. "Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty: Canada's Aerial War Against Forest Pests, 1913-1930." All are welcome!
will present at the SMU History Seminar on Friday, Nov 28 at 1:00 in McNally North 219. "Killing Bugs for Business and Beauty: Canada's Aerial War Against Forest Pests, 1913-1930." All are welcome!
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Apply by Nov. 30: The Edna and Velma Thomas Kane Writers Award supports SMU students of African Nova Scotian and Black/African descent in the next steps toward their #writing aspirations. Graduating with a BA or BES in 2026? Learn more: loom.ly/lo5R-k0 #KaneWritersAward #SMUAlumni #artswithimpact
Kane Writers Award: Apply by November 30 | SMU News and Events
The Edna and Velma Thomas Kane Writers Award supports aspiring writers of African Nova Scotian and Black/African descent. Valued at $30,000, the award will be pres...
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October 27, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Apply by Nov. 30: The Edna and Velma Thomas Kane Writers Award supports SMU students of African Nova Scotian and Black/African descent in the next steps toward their #writing aspirations. Graduating with a BA or BES in 2026? Learn more: loom.ly/lo5R-k0 #KaneWritersAward #SMUAlumni #artswithimpact
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Who’s up for a PEI barn dance? We know we are!
Join us in Charlottetown on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, for an unforgettable Cliopalooza! It’s going to be a night full of live music, laughter, and community spirit, and we can’t wait to see you there!
#CHASHC2026 #cdnhist #PEI
Join us in Charlottetown on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, for an unforgettable Cliopalooza! It’s going to be a night full of live music, laughter, and community spirit, and we can’t wait to see you there!
#CHASHC2026 #cdnhist #PEI
October 22, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Who’s up for a PEI barn dance? We know we are!
Join us in Charlottetown on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, for an unforgettable Cliopalooza! It’s going to be a night full of live music, laughter, and community spirit, and we can’t wait to see you there!
#CHASHC2026 #cdnhist #PEI
Join us in Charlottetown on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, for an unforgettable Cliopalooza! It’s going to be a night full of live music, laughter, and community spirit, and we can’t wait to see you there!
#CHASHC2026 #cdnhist #PEI
Looking for a Winter 2026 History course at SMU? Consider HIST 2397 Imperial Britain, 1870-present! Students in this course explore the important changes that affected British society from the height of imperial power to the present.
October 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Looking for a Winter 2026 History course at SMU? Consider HIST 2397 Imperial Britain, 1870-present! Students in this course explore the important changes that affected British society from the height of imperial power to the present.
Please join us for our next History Seminar Series: Irish Soldier Settlers in Atlantic Canada, c. 1818-1838 with Dr. Michael Vance, November 7, 1-2 pm, in L173
October 20, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Please join us for our next History Seminar Series: Irish Soldier Settlers in Atlantic Canada, c. 1818-1838 with Dr. Michael Vance, November 7, 1-2 pm, in L173
Please join us TODAY at noon!
Hold the date: Dr. Christian McWhirter will present "Grappling with the Ages: The Lincoln Descendants and the Weight of Lincoln's Legacy" at the SMU History seminar series. Details: Friday, Oct 17, 12:00-1:00, **Loyola 281 (**new location). All are welcome!
October 17, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Please join us TODAY at noon!
New Winter 2026 History course @smuhalifax!: HIST 1826 Moments That Made Canada. Students consider twelve pivotal moments that altered the course of Canadian history!
October 16, 2025 at 4:01 PM
New Winter 2026 History course @smuhalifax!: HIST 1826 Moments That Made Canada. Students consider twelve pivotal moments that altered the course of Canadian history!
New publication by Dr. Michael Vance: “‘Red Haggis’: A Depression-Era Comic Strip in the Young Worker” in Labour/ Le Travail! #cdnhist #cdnhistory #labourhistory See: lltjournal.ca/index.php/ll...
October 15, 2025 at 2:16 PM
New publication by Dr. Michael Vance: “‘Red Haggis’: A Depression-Era Comic Strip in the Young Worker” in Labour/ Le Travail! #cdnhist #cdnhistory #labourhistory See: lltjournal.ca/index.php/ll...
Saint Mary's history professor @rblakebrown.bsky.social quoted in @CBCNews story: “50 years later, an Ottawa high schooler’s violent unravelling still leaves deep scars." @smuarts.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
50 years later, an Ottawa high schooler’s violent unravelling still leaves deep scars | CBC News
Fifty years ago, two Ottawa high schools were rocked by the murders committed by a troubled student who then took his own life. As the anniversary approaches, CBC is looking back at the changes, both ...
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October 14, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Saint Mary's history professor @rblakebrown.bsky.social quoted in @CBCNews story: “50 years later, an Ottawa high schooler’s violent unravelling still leaves deep scars." @smuarts.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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Join us next Friday, Oct. 17 for this talk by @clmcwhirter.bsky.social of @lincolnpresfdn.bsky.social. All are welcome, noon to 1 pm in Loyola 281 at Saint Mary's University: loom.ly/R5LdLtk #SMUHistory #Lincoln #uspoli #ushist #history #artswithimpact
Hold the date: Dr. Christian McWhirter will present "Grappling with the Ages: The Lincoln Descendants and the Weight of Lincoln's Legacy" at the SMU History seminar series. Details: Friday, Oct 17, 12:00-1:00, **Loyola 281 (**new location). All are welcome!
October 10, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Join us next Friday, Oct. 17 for this talk by @clmcwhirter.bsky.social of @lincolnpresfdn.bsky.social. All are welcome, noon to 1 pm in Loyola 281 at Saint Mary's University: loom.ly/R5LdLtk #SMUHistory #Lincoln #uspoli #ushist #history #artswithimpact
Hold the date for the History Seminar Series talk on October 31 at 1:00pm. Dr. Rosana Barbosa will present "Chiquinha Gonzaga: Music as an Instrument of Liberation." Location: SMU Campus, McNally North 219.
October 10, 2025 at 12:46 PM
Hold the date for the History Seminar Series talk on October 31 at 1:00pm. Dr. Rosana Barbosa will present "Chiquinha Gonzaga: Music as an Instrument of Liberation." Location: SMU Campus, McNally North 219.
Alum update! Congratulations to Alex Myrick (MA, 2020) who has received an AMS Healthcare Doctoral Research Grant for his project "Infrastructures of Canadian psychiatry under the Meyerian diaspora." See: ams-inc.on.ca/project/infr...
Infrastructures of Canadian psychiatry under the Meyerian diaspora - AMS Healthcare
Alex’s project examines the proliferation and impact of new reform ideas in psychiatry developed by the Johns Hopkins psychiatrist Adolf Meyer, and the spread of his ideas by trainees who adapted his ...
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October 8, 2025 at 5:43 PM
Alum update! Congratulations to Alex Myrick (MA, 2020) who has received an AMS Healthcare Doctoral Research Grant for his project "Infrastructures of Canadian psychiatry under the Meyerian diaspora." See: ams-inc.on.ca/project/infr...
New publication by Dr. @shiralurie.bsky.social in the Journal of the Early Republic!: “William Bonham’s Republic: Defining Politics in the Whiskey Rebellion” muse.jhu.edu/article/969331
October 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
New publication by Dr. @shiralurie.bsky.social in the Journal of the Early Republic!: “William Bonham’s Republic: Defining Politics in the Whiskey Rebellion” muse.jhu.edu/article/969331
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New publication for reading lists! "Displacement and Resilience: Scottish Highland Communities in Nova Scotia" with @jich.bsky.social. if you don't have institutional access - please let me know and I'll share another link. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Displacement and Resilience: Scottish Highland Communities in Nova Scotia, 1810–1850
This article is a historical intervention in understanding the roots of socio-economic exclusion by interrogating the links between people’s displacement from three of Scotland’s Western Isles – Ba...
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September 29, 2025 at 11:41 AM
New publication for reading lists! "Displacement and Resilience: Scottish Highland Communities in Nova Scotia" with @jich.bsky.social. if you don't have institutional access - please let me know and I'll share another link. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Coming January 2026!
September 24, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Coming January 2026!
Hold the date: Dr. Christian McWhirter will present "Grappling with the Ages: The Lincoln Descendants and the Weight of Lincoln's Legacy" at the SMU History seminar series. Details: Friday, Oct 17, 12:00-1:00, **Loyola 281 (**new location). All are welcome!
September 22, 2025 at 1:50 PM
Hold the date: Dr. Christian McWhirter will present "Grappling with the Ages: The Lincoln Descendants and the Weight of Lincoln's Legacy" at the SMU History seminar series. Details: Friday, Oct 17, 12:00-1:00, **Loyola 281 (**new location). All are welcome!
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Acadiensis is proud to announce a special forum on The Marshall Decision @ 25: Honouring the Future of Peace and Friendship Treaties.
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September 19, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Acadiensis is proud to announce a special forum on The Marshall Decision @ 25: Honouring the Future of Peace and Friendship Treaties.
For more information click: acadiensis.wordpress...
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ICYMI: "Workers and Safety Culture: A Microhistory of the Public Service Commission of Halifax, 1945-1955" by Daniel Englehutt and Dr. @ptwohig.bsky.social for the Acadiensis blog: acadiensis.wordpress.com/2025/03/12/w...
Workers and Safety Culture: A Microhistory of the Public Service Commission of Halifax, 1945-1955
Daniel Englehutt and Peter L. Twohig[1] Introduction Westray. Ocean Ranger. Springhill. The names will resonate with many, important reminders of the dangers of working in the energy sector. Perhap…
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September 15, 2025 at 4:18 PM
ICYMI: "Workers and Safety Culture: A Microhistory of the Public Service Commission of Halifax, 1945-1955" by Daniel Englehutt and Dr. @ptwohig.bsky.social for the Acadiensis blog: acadiensis.wordpress.com/2025/03/12/w...
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The Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies invites all to its first fall event. “Rethinking Acadia in Canada and the World: A Conversation with Gregory Kennedy and Clint Bruce" is on Friday, Sept. 19, 4:30 pm in SMU's Atrium 101 & via Zoom. loom.ly/su9U5PM @historysmu.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies invites all to its first fall event. “Rethinking Acadia in Canada and the World: A Conversation with Gregory Kennedy and Clint Bruce" is on Friday, Sept. 19, 4:30 pm in SMU's Atrium 101 & via Zoom. loom.ly/su9U5PM @historysmu.bsky.social
Dr. Gregory Kennedy and Dr. Clint Bruce will hold a public conversation at Saint Mary's University: "Rethinking Acadia in Canada and the World." Details: Sept 19 at 4:30 pm; Atrium 101 (Stephanie MacDonald Lecture Theatre). All are welcome!
September 10, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Dr. Gregory Kennedy and Dr. Clint Bruce will hold a public conversation at Saint Mary's University: "Rethinking Acadia in Canada and the World." Details: Sept 19 at 4:30 pm; Atrium 101 (Stephanie MacDonald Lecture Theatre). All are welcome!
Hold the date: Dr. Mark McGowan, professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, will be present "Finding Molly Johnson: Catholics and the Fate of Irish Famine Orphans, 1847-1848". Details: 16 October, 7pm, Scotiabank Theatre, Sobeys Building. All are welcome!
September 8, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Hold the date: Dr. Mark McGowan, professor emeritus at the University of Toronto, will be present "Finding Molly Johnson: Catholics and the Fate of Irish Famine Orphans, 1847-1848". Details: 16 October, 7pm, Scotiabank Theatre, Sobeys Building. All are welcome!