Hot off the presses - a new book on _Cape Breton in the Long Twentieth Century_, edited by Lachlan MacKinnon and Andrew Parnaby and featuring a who's who of contributors. Check it out: aupress.ca/books/120323-c…

It’s a full house for this morning's 'Building Dalhousie’s Inclusive Future' session, part of today’s Lifting Nova Scotia Workshop - a series of presentations, invited roundtables, and open discussions related to the great things we are doing, and could do, to lift Nova Scotia.

We're hiring STUDENTS /RECENT GRADS as Island Interpreters/Tour Guides this summer. Deadline May 1st.
#summer #jobseekers #mcnabsisland #island Dalhousie University Saint Mary’s University The Mount (MSVU) StFX University USainteAnne U of King's College NSCAD University Nova Scotia Community College - NSCC mcnabsisland.ca/news/hiring-su…

On the blog, and excerpt from Richard Yeomans 's fantastic new article in Acadienis: acadiensis.wordpress.com/2024/04/25/lan…

100 yrs ago today, Myrtle Webb began a diary about life on her #PrinceEdwardIsland farm, which was becoming famous as the inspiration for #AnneOfGreenGables .

This spring, I launch greengablesdiary.ca - scans & transcription of the full 30-yr diary, plus family photos, etc.

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…