Summer job alert! The Africville Museum is accepting applications for the position of Museum Interpreter. This position begins 13 May and ends 23 Aug. 2024. Deadline for applications is the 1 May. For more info see:
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The Canadian Historical Association just shortlisted costume studies faculty member Hilary Doda's new book, Fashioning Acadians: Clothing in the Atlantic World, for its 'Best Scholarly Book in Canadian History' prize. Results announced this summer.
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Today I received what was the greatest email of my career so far - 'Fashioning Acadians' has been short listed for the CHA 'Best Scholarly Book' prize for this year. I'm beyond thrilled!

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Congrats to our grad students for a successful conference this past weekend, and to @richray for winning the Flint Prize. A big thanks as well to keynote speaker Dr Karly Kehoe.

A very big congratulations to Judith Meyrick, one of the 20 finalists for the #SSHRCStorytellers showcase! Dalhousie Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Meet Chioma Abuba from OpenThink's 2024 cohort.

Chioma studies the local production of Igbo identity in 20th century Nigeria as socially produced processes guided by local historical actors.

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Many thanks to the Dal History Graduate Student Society for selecting my essay, “The New Brunswick Geological Survey: A Settler Reconnaissance,” for the John Flint Prize for best paper presented at their history graduate student conference.

Dr. Heather Green (Dr. Heather Green) will present at the next Dal History Stokes Seminar Series, 'Wishful Thinking: Alberta’s Reclamation Policy in Historical Perspective.” Details: March 22, Room 1170, Marion McCain, 3:30pm. Info: cdn.dal.ca/content/dam/da… dal.ca/faculty/arts/h…

Tomorrow we are celebrating #InternationalWomensDay2024 🥳 In support of this year's theme, Invest in women: Accelerate progress, you can enjoy free access to journal articles and book chapters authored by and about women. #InvestInWomen

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Congratulations to Chioma Abuba, the Department's newest member of the OpenThink group of outstanding PhD students who are sharing their work with the world: blogs.dal.ca/openthink/auth…

The Dalhousie Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Essay Competition is an annual writing contest for Dal students. There are three competitions with each having a prize of $6,000.

The deadline to enter is Monday, February 26, 2024 at 4:30p.m.

Visit bit.ly/3v09xvL to learn more!

Join us Jan. 24th at 7pm (AST) for the first RNSHS public lecture this winter with Amber Laurie for : 'Labour, Enslavement and Indigenous Space: Liverpool, Nova Scotia in the Atlantic World, 1759-1812' in-person at the Halifax Public Library or on Zoom: us06web.zoom.us/j/84342810461?…

Very cool piece on fog, with contributions from Sara Spike: cbc.ca/news/canada/no…

On Friday, Jan. 26 SMU History Department alum James During will share his research at Dal History's Stokes Seminar: 'Contested Memory Spaces and the Want to Forget: The Canadian Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Public and Political Discourse' Details: Marion McCain building, Room 1170 at 3:30

Summer job opportunity: 'The Student Guide Program is a unique, rewarding opportunity for Canadian youth to live and work in France, learn Canadian history and meet people from around the world.' veterans.gc.ca/eng/remembranc…

Dal alum Dr. Bonny Ibhawoh has become one of the world’s leading historians and scholars on universal human rights from a global perspective: bit.ly/3S2nUMG

Ubuntu: ‘I am what I am because of who we all are’. Check out the profile of Prof. Bonny Ibhawoh (PhD, History, '03) and his work: dal.ca/news/2023/12/1…

ICYMI, University of PEI historian Ed MacDonald, one of the smartest, kindest historians I know, was made a member of the Order of Canada. A well-deserved honour for a fine gentleman. Acadiensis saltwire.com/halifax/lifest…