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Please join us tomorrow for Dr. Bryna Cameron-Steinke's talk "'Like Bees to an Apiary': Vineyards, Orchards and Gardens in Early Medieval Brittany".

You can find the abstract for this talk on our website: www.queensu.ca/history/news...
November 19, 2025 at 3:00 PM
A reminder to please join us tomorrow evening for the 2025 John M. Sherwood Memorial Lecture in History of Science and Technology in Conference Room B of the Donald Gordon Conference Centre (421 Union Street)! The talk will begin at 5:30pm, with reception to follow!
November 12, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Please join us next Thursday for the 2025 John M. Sherwood Memorial Lecture in History of Science and Technology
in Conference Room B of the Donald Gordon Centre (421 Union Street).

If you are interested in attending, please RSVP to history.events@queensu.ca. We look forward to seeing you there!
November 6, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The Departments of History and Classics at Queen’s University is seeking a postdoctoral fellow to start July 1, 2026. Applications are due on January 15, 2026 for the Marjorie McLean Oliver Post-Doctoral Fellowship. The full position description can be found here: www.queensu.ca/history/abou....
October 30, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Please join us next Thursday, October 30th, for a talk presented jointly by the Department of History and the Department of Philosophy!
October 23, 2025 at 6:24 PM
Please join us for the beginning of our 2025-2026 Seminar Series next Thursday, September 25th at 11:30am in Watson Hall, Room 517.

Dr. Sebastián Gil-Riaño (University of Pennsylvania) will be presenting "Confronting Ethnocide and its International Revival after 1968".
September 18, 2025 at 8:02 PM
The Screening Room will be showing Christian Petzold's 2018 film "Transit" on Sunday, September 21st. Following the film, Dr. Swen Steinberg will be leading a post-screening discussion.

Tickets for the event are $10 and are available from www.screeningroomkingston.com/csok
September 15, 2025 at 4:24 PM
With open enrollment starting today, here are some of our courses that still have space available for the coming year!

Please note that some 300- and 400-level courses might require Instructor or Department permission in order to enroll.
August 18, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Get to know some of our courses for the coming school year!

HIST 241
Issues in History
Downtown Kingston: A Cultural History

You can find more details about this course and many others on our website: www.queensu.ca/history/cour...
August 15, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Get to know some of our courses for the coming school year!

HIST 295
The Holocaust

You can find more information about this course and many others on our website: www.queensu.ca/history/cour...
August 14, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Get to know some of our courses for the coming school year!

HIST 241
Issues in History
Voices of a People: An Introduction to Jewish Music

Though a History course, this course might also appeal to students of Music!

You can find more information on our website: www.queensu.ca/history/cour...
August 13, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Get to know some of our courses for the coming school year!

HIST 294
The Arab-Israeli Conflict in Global Perspective

You can find more details about this course and many others on our website: www.queensu.ca/history/cour...
August 12, 2025 at 8:51 PM
Just a reminder that all applications for HIST 512 Internships are due tomorrow, August 13th.

If you have any questions about the application process, you can check out our website for more information: www.queensu.ca/history/unde...
August 12, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Our final featured HIST 512 Internship Opportunities for 2025-2026 are two opportunities to work with the Great Lakes Museum!

You can find more details about these positions and how to apply on our website: www.queensu.ca/history/unde...
August 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Get to know some of our courses for the coming school year!

HIST 241
Issues in History
Inquisition Across the Spanish Empire: Religious Law and Heresies

You can find more details about this course and many others on our website: www.queensu.ca/history/cour...
August 11, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Our next featured HIST 512 Internship Opportunity for 2025-2026 is an opportunity to work with @riseupfeminist.bsky.social !

You can find more details about this position and how to apply on our website: www.queensu.ca/history/unde...
August 10, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Our next featured HIST 512 Internship Opportunity for 2025-2026 is an opportunity to work with @crkn-rcdr.bsky.social !

You can find more details and application instructions on our website: www.queensu.ca/history/unde...
August 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Our next featured HIST 512 Internship Opportunities for 2025-2026 are a trio of positions with @museumofhealthcare.bsky.social !

You can find more details about these positions and how to apply on our website: www.queensu.ca/history/unde...
August 8, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Get to know some of our courses for the coming school year!

HIST 279
20th Century Canada

You can find more details about this course and many others on our website: www.queensu.ca/history/cour...
August 8, 2025 at 1:54 PM
Our next featured HIST 512 Internship Opportunity for 2025-2026 is a position with the Royal Military College of Canada Museum!

You can find more details and application instructions on our website: www.queensu.ca/history/unde...
August 7, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Get to know some of our courses for the coming school year!

HIST 275
The African American Experience

You can find more details about this course and many others on our website: www.queensu.ca/history/cour...
August 7, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Our next featured HIST 512 Internship Opportunity for 2025-2026 is a position with the Murney Tower Museum!

You can find more details about this position and how to apply on our website: www.queensu.ca/history/unde...
August 6, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Get to know some of our courses for the coming school year!

HIST 299
China Since 1800

You can find more details about this course and many others on our website: www.queensu.ca/history/cour...
August 6, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Our next featured HIST 512 Internship Opportunity for 2025-2026 is a position with the Frontenac County Schools Museum!

You can find more details and application instructions on our website: www.queensu.ca/history/unde...
August 5, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Another of the HIST 512 Internship Opportunities for 2025-2026 is a position with Queen's Quarterly!

You can find more details about how to apply to this internship or others on our website: www.queensu.ca/history/unde...
August 1, 2025 at 4:21 PM