University Professor Lynne Viola of the Faculty of Arts & Science’s department of history has been named one of two recipients of the Canada Council for the Arts’ prestigious Thomas Henry Pe...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.
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Family photos can be funny or awkward, but can also evoke different memories and emotions. In a new photo exhibit in Toronto, Elspeth Brown explores the significance of family photographs within the q...