Department of History, Saint Mary’s University
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
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- Recent BA graduate Kaley MacMullin and Dr. Heather Green of @historysmu.bsky.social have co-authored 2 posts on the Network in Canadian History & Environment’s The Otter. For the first see: "Finding Black Lung in he Archives." niche-canada.org/2026/01/02/f...
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- Reposted by Department of History, Saint Mary’s University🇮🇪🇨🇦 The De Chastelain Scholarship Programme will make 50+ awards to Irish & Canadian scholars, from early-career researchers to senior professors. 🗓 Deadline: 11 May 2026 🔗 Apply / learn more: www.icuf.ie/scholarships...
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- Congrats @smuhalifax.bsky.social student Elora Copeland for publishing "The Earl of Dalhousie & the Context of John Elliott Woolford's Famous Paintings" in Release Peace: The Magazine! This article began as an essay in HIST2341 Atlantic Canada to Confederation. Link: releasepeace.org/the-earl-of-...
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- Dr. Kirrily Freeman of @historysmu.bsky.social quoted in NY Times article "The Nazi Plunder of Church Bells Changed the Sound of Europe." #ArtsWithImpact www.nytimes.com/2025/12/27/a...
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- If you are looking for a flexible Winter 2026 course at SMU, please note that two History courses have just been switched to ‘Hybrid’ format (so students will be able to attend class in person or online): • HIST 2827: The History of Vietnam • HIST 2840: Japan before 1800
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- Thinking about a career in museums, archives, or heritage sites? The Public Humanities & Heritage program might be right for you! We welcome you to join us for an info session on November 27, 2:30 pm, in MN 519. For more info contact: iphh@smu.ca or Kirrily.freeman@smu.ca.
- Still looking for a Winter 2026 class at SMU? Consider HIST 3470.2 British Black Atlantic. In this class, students examine topics such as Britain's involvement in the African slave trade, the Black Loyalists, and the Black community in the UK.
- On Nov 28 at 3pm Halifax time, Dr. Rosana Barbosa of @smuarts.bsky.social will be taking part in a webinar on the topic of "Immigration, politics and trade: the influence of the United States in Brazil–Canada relations." Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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- Reposted by Department of History, Saint Mary’s UniversityMeet @shiralurie.bsky.social, one of our #JERFall2025 authors! In her article “William Bonham’s Republic: Defining Politics in the Whiskey Rebellion,” Lurie considers whether revolutionary tactics still had a place in the emergent Republic. Learn more at: muse.jhu.edu/pub/12/artic...
- 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
- 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!
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- 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
- 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!
- 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/...
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- 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...
- 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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- 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!
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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...
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- 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!
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- Faculty update! Dr @karlykehoe.bsky.social is completing a 2-month research fellowship at @edinburghuni.bsky.social's Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities working on Activating Colonial Privilege: The Imperial Strategies of Highland Catholics, 1750-1820. iash.ed.ac.uk/profile/prof...
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