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25Jun2018
Christopher Baker, 3, holds a sign that reads

Professor Nhung Tran op-ed in Toronto Star: How Canadians can help children horrifically detained in US — and Canada

Like so many of my fellow Canadians, I have been horrified by how the United States Department of Homeland Security has separated at least 2,000 children from their families since April 19. We have se...

25Jun2018
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Jim Retallack interviewed by The New Books Network, for Red Saxony (2017)

The New Books Network recently interviewed Jim Retallack about his book Red Saxony, published in 2017. The 62-minute podcast can be accessed here: Red Saxony: Election Battles and the Spectre of Demo...

19Jun2018
Prof. Jill Kerr sitting at a desk

In Memoriam: Professor Jill Ker Conway

Dear Colleagues, Many of you have already heard the sad news of the recent death of our former colleague Jill Ker Conway (1934-1918).   We are planning an appropriate memorial, likely in the fall wh...

05Jun2018
Tamara Walker

Tamara Walker wins Connaught New Researcher Award

It was in Seville, Spain, that Tamara Walker experienced a breakthrough while researching the complex relationship between Black slaves and pirates in colonial Latin America. Working inside the Gene...

22May2018
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Susan Hill awarded the 2018 NAISA Best First Book Award

The Department of History is pleased to announce that Professor Susan Hill has been awarded the prestigious 2018 Best First Book Award from the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAIS...

22May2018

Julie MacArthur awarded the Joel Gregory Prize from the Canadian Association of African Studies

The Department of History is pleased to announce that Julie MacArthur has been awarded the Joel Gregory Book Prize 2018 from the Canadian Association of African Studies for her book Cartography and...

26Apr2018
Queering Family Photography

"Queering Family Photography" is one of the Toronto Star's Top 5 Must-See Exhibits at Contact 2018

Queering Family Photography: Sprung from the ongoing The Family Camera Network Project, which had its first major airing at Contact 2017 with The Family Camera, hosted by the Royal Ontario Museum and...

20Apr2018
Robert Bothwell

Robert Bothwell Comments on Raid on Trump's Lawyer

With last week's raid on the records of Michael Cohen, U.S. President Donald Trump's personal lawyer, there is heightened speculation about the possibility of indicting or impeaching the president. ...

06Mar2018
Jill Lepore

Jill Lepore Coming to U of T for the F.E.L. Priestly Memorial Lectures in The History of Ideas

Professor Jill Lepore will be at University College March 13-15, to lecture on "The End of Knowledge."  March 13: Facts March 14: Numbers March 15: Data All lectures start at 4:30pm, room...

06Mar2018
Charlie Keil

Charlie Keil on Three Trends to Watch at the 2018 Academy Awards

Three trends to watch at the Oscars this weekend Some of Hollywood’s greatest movies have never won an Academy Award. But there’s an indication that critically acclaimed movies are now being reco...

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