Aujourd’hui, je vais présenter une exposé de ma recherche sur la souveraineté des Kalinagos, des gens autochtones dans les Caraïbes, et leurs relations avec les français pendant le XVIIme siècle, à la conférence de la Société Historique Coloniale Française. J’ai hâte de présenter

19 March 1646 The Last Warning to All the Inhabitants of London: “Well meaning people, you are ever most lyable to be deceived … some of you have an unreasonable humour in you, for maintenance of a Kingly government … and soon you will perceive Kings are but men.” #NoKingsDay

Solitude has more to do with living in an economy that Christians invented, one where corporations profit off social isolation. It might help if demands for socialization came from someone other than the head of the largest conformist institution on the planet.

Hundreds rallied at Parliament Hill to oppose PM Carney’s sweeping Bill C-5, which would let one minister override laws, environmental protections, and First Nations rights. #KillBillC5

Living through another one of Ontario’s disgustingly intense heat waves and still can’t stomach that Kingston city council caved to landlord advocacy groups who halted the city’s maximum temperature bylaw. I know people who have no AC and they are suffering because of landlords.

Congratulation to Crystal Fraser for being awarded the Best First Book Award by the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association!

Ant Middleton Christianity isn't indigenous to Great Britain.

Funny. Catholics have fought some of the bloodiest wars of all time in the name of instituting “cohesion” & a “shared vision of common good.” Exhibit A: the crusades, exhibit B: the Christian wars of religion, exhibit C: the “civilizing” missions. Christian benevolence is false.

The Institute of Intellectual History has launched a fantastic new podcast! It's called Roots and Branches rootsandbranches and the first episode with Richard Whatmore is already out! podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/1-r…

From the port of Aden in the year 1150 to the streets of Phnom Penh in 2023--my take on the global history of capitalism is finally ready to go into print. This fall at a bookstore near you. penguinrandomhouse.com/books/541160/c…

1/2 Out now! "Independence, Globality, and the Battle of Ideas: A Dialogue on Liberty" by Quentin Skinner (QM Political Thought) & Tom Ashbyトム アシュビー (東京大学 | UTokyo), a wide-ranging, scholarly, & full-length discussion article - the first such piece our journal! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

🇮🇪 The fight is on! People came out to send a clear message to Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael: Hands off the GPO! We will fight tooth and nail to protect our rebel history ✊🏻

If you’re at #LHE in Toronto, come check out my talk in an hour about Kalinago assertions of sovereignty during the early seventeenth century and their influence on the natural law tradition. There will be plenty of discussion of poisoned arrows, canoe warfare, and the Devil!

*stares from an “Indian” reservation*

📣 Today at 1 PM at Parliament Hill 🔥 Youth from Attawapiskat, Kashechewan & Fort Albany rally against Bills 5 & C-5. Organized by Okiniwak, this is a powerful stand for rights & justice. Details: facebook.com/events/7469039… #StopBill5 #StopBillC5 #Okiniwak #7thFire

In Ojibwe our word for owl is gokokoo.

Small book, big map! As part of his research on Huguenot-Indigenous American interactions, Fellow Dr Joe Borsato Joe Borsato is looking at translations of Alexander Exquemelin's book on pirates. Apparently the pirates of the Caribbean used to hang out around Tortuga in Haiti