History News

Congratulations to Dr. Norman Smith on publishing a translation of an important but long-lost text: Mei Niang's Long-Lost First Writings: Young Lady's Collection (Routledge 2023). Norman’s work represents the first-ever English-language translation of the writings of Mei Niang, a prominent and prolific new woman writer from Northeast China. The book sheds light on the perspectives of a young Chinese woman in Japanese-occupied Manchukuo.

Dr. Sierra Dye (PhD '16) has just accepted a tenure-track position at Cape Breton University in Gender History, beginning July 1. Sierra completed her PhD – "'Devilische Wordis': Speech as Evidence in Scotland's Witch Trials, 1563-1736" – in our department.

Dr. Elizabeth Ewan has made exceptional contributions to the University of Guelph as an esteemed scholar in Scottish social and gender history. She joined as an Assistant Professor in 1986, achieved tenure in 1989, became an Associate Professor in 1991, and attained the rank of Professor in 2003. From 2006 to 2017, she held the prestigious position of University Research Chair in History and Scottish Studies.

Our own Dr. Alan McDougall recently spoke regarding the LIV Golf merger with the PGA, and the concept of sportswashing, to CTV News, HuffPost, and the New York Post.

HuffPost - What is 'Sportswashing'?

New York Post - "After shock LIV Golf-PGA merger, what other sports are in the Saudis’ sights?"

Students!  Check out the great “Workplace Learning - HIST*3480” courses offered for Fall 2023. 

Dr. Susan Nance has co-edited and is an author in a new collection published by University of Washington Press: Bellwether Histories: Animals, Humans, and US Environments in Crisis. It includes research by eight authors who explore episodes in US history in which people put animals in crisis to ask why it was so difficult for people to prevent these crises and, when they came to recognize the crisis, impossible to change course.

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History PhD student Emily Kaliel has just been awarded the H.N. Segall Prize by the Canadian Society for the History of Medicine (CSHM) this week. The H.N. Segall Prize recognizes the best student paper presented at the annual conference of the CSHM. Emily’s winning paper: “’Rather Isolated Communities Remote from Medical Aid’: Changing Public Health Landscapes in Alberta at Mid-Century.”

Congratulations from all of us!

Our own Dr. Rebecca (Becky) Beausaert has just won the Canadian Historical Association’s Teaching Prize in the category of “Early or Alternative Career – Canadian History.”  Dr. Beausaert has been teaching a number of courses over the past several years, including Food History and Canada and the First World War.

Our hearty congratulations to both Catherine Carstairs and Cathy Wilson.