Mark your calendar: on March 28, I will present and discuss "The Joy Luck Club" from 1993 at The Screening Room in Kingston and as part of my seminar on diaspora and migration @queenshistory.bsky.social
www.screeningroomkingston.com/movie/the-jo...
A reminder to consider joining us for next week's Arthur Lower Workshop!
Please note that workshop attendees should read and be prepared to discuss Dr. Churchill's paper. To obtain a copy, please contact Professor Steven Maynard (steven.maynard@queensu.ca).
A reminder to consider joining us for next week's Arthur Lower Workshop!
Please note that workshop attendees should read and be prepared to discuss Dr. Churchill's paper. To obtain a copy, please contact Professor Steven Maynard (steven.maynard@queensu.ca).
Please save the date to join us for our 2026 Nugent Lecture next Thursday, March 5th!
Professor Sven Beckert (Harvard) will be joining us for a talk titled "Capitalism: A Global History".
Please join us tomorrow for our seminar series talk "Human Problems: Anthropology, the Arctic, and the Politics of Government Research in Canada" with Dr. Mark Stoller, Assistant Professor with the Queen's Department of Geography and Planning.
www.queensu.ca/history/news...
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...
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!
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!
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....
Please join us next Thursday, October 30th, for a talk presented jointly by the Department of History and the Department of Philosophy!
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".
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
Our final recording rewind for this summer is "The Planetary Turn in Human History: a Personal Journey," originally presented by Dr. Dipesh Chakrabarty on October 3, 2024 as part of the GHI 2024 Workshop!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=-uP7...
Today's recording rewind brings you "The State of Global History: A Critical Institutional Perspective," originally presented by Dr. Heidi Tworek on October 3, 2024 as part of the GHI 2024 Workshop.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=4y9u...
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.
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...
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...
Today's recording rewind brings you "Rumors of Apocalypse: The Epidemics that Shaped (and Didn't Shape) British America, 1600-1776," originally presented by Dr. Jason Opal on September 28, 2023.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Oc8...
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...
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...
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...
Today's recording rewind brings you "How Travel, Trade and Taste Made Beer a Global Commodity," originally presented by Dr. Jeffrey Pilcher on March 30, 2023.
Enjoy!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6_y...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
