Joseph Gagné, Ph. D.
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Joseph Gagné, Ph. D.
@josgagne.bsky.social
Historien, Archiviste aux Archives nationales à Québec

#7YearsWar #18thcentury #FrenchColonial #NewFrance #NouvelleFrance #VastEarlyAmerica #WillHistoryForFood

Opinions = miennes.

https://novafrancia.wordpress.com/
Instagram: @josgagne
"Les manchettes d'aujourd'hui sont n'importe quoi. Dans le bon vieux temps, on parlait des vraies affaires"

Les manchettes du bon vieux temps:
September 3, 2025 at 2:35 PM
May 22, 2025 at 11:48 PM
À quoi ressemblent mes étudiants quand je les oblige d'aller à la bibliothèque et de lâcher l'internet deux secondes en consultant "des antiquités"...
May 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
THE DOOR.
May 18, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Reminds me of this:
May 18, 2025 at 1:25 AM
The thing about the 17th century being current, is that you never want the 17th century to be current. * cough * tariffs *cough*
May 9, 2025 at 1:29 AM
Me, writing an article on the 1775 American invasion of Canada: "Don't be political. Don't be political. Don't be political."

Last line of the conclusion: "Totally political."

Oops.
April 19, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I CAN'T EVEN WITH THIS HAMMERHEAD SHARK

#bestiary #weirdfish #weirdhistory #alienbubbleeyedmonstrosity #BAnQ #ANQc

Detail from map of America, by Jodocus Hondius, 1606.
Archives nationales à Québec, P600,S4,SS2,D368
numerique.banq.qc.ca/patrimoine/d...
April 15, 2025 at 7:35 PM
This #TeddyRoosevelt doll looks like how I feel over the logging news...
April 14, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Je ne me suis toujours pas décidé si je me trouve un successeur pour M. Poe, néanmoins je trouve moyen quand-même de nourrir mon ailurophilie. #academicswithcats
April 12, 2025 at 8:49 PM
Of all the political memes circulating right now, this one was the biggest hit with my 18th-century-specialist colleagues 😂😂😂
April 9, 2025 at 5:56 PM
All I can think of:
April 3, 2025 at 3:49 PM
"Magnets! How do they work?"

Help. My humour has been warped by politics.
April 3, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Je m'émerveille à chaque fois de pouvoir me référer à la copie personnelle de John Adams quand j'ai besoin d'une traduction d'époque...
archive.org/details/newp...
March 24, 2025 at 1:07 AM
In conclusion, BOOO PERCY BUMBERRY.

(Those who know, know...)
March 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Barg! Brontosaurus hates equestrian statues!
March 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
No joke here. Just an awesome screen grab of the Allosaurus attack scene!
March 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Wait.. since when does the movie suddenly turn into the 1960s Irwan Allen version of the Lost World with the lizards covered in corny carboard cutouts?
March 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Oh no... Oh noooooo... Quite unfortunate that the look of horror on the faces of both actors isn't because one of them is in blackface... Zambo's character doesn't get better, btw...
March 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Man I hate tax season.
March 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Professor Summerlee in his best Sherlock Holmes attire.
March 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Someone needs to explain to me why they skipped the entrance of the Amazon River and took a huge detour into it's bassin...
March 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
If beards could kill...
March 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Behold: a dinosaur.
And on the wall, all the swords used to kill said dinosaur.
March 16, 2025 at 12:08 AM
In rare cases, a movie can improve a novel. The inclusion of this cat makes the movie that much better!
March 15, 2025 at 10:33 PM