In just a few short days, community and university-based historians will be coming to Fredericton for BLACK 2026: Beyond the Archives. Check out the program here: www.canva.com/design/DAHNl...

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Lisa Todd and Gary Waite's 2024 book, "European Racism: A History in Documents," has been selected by the American Library Association as one of the Best Historical Materials published in 2024 and 2025. We are incredibly proud to have two such distinguished scholars in our midst!

We hope you're planning to join us in Fredericton from July 1-August 3 for the upcoming Black Loyalist Academic and Community Knowledge Conference, part of the Still Here Emancipation Celebration. You can register and check out the schedule @ the link below: site.pheedloop.com/event/BLACK2...

Registration is now open for the BLACK: Beyond the Archives conference, an academic and community gathering exploring Black loyalist history in New Brunswick. We're happy to be supporting this event, and thrilled it's happening in Fredericton! Register below: site.pheedloop.com/event/BLACK2...

We join many others across the homelands of the Wabanaki Confederacy today to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the signing of the Peace and Friendship Treaty of 1726. lnuey.ca/c/300years/?...

300 Years - L'nuey

An L’nuey Campaign 300 years peace & friendship treaties june 4 1726 – june 4 2026 Scroll to explore  ·  ... Read more

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Many congratulations to the Historical Studies graduating class of 2026. We are extremely proud!

Canada's archives are in trouble and so is its history - there have just been too many cuts by both Conservative and Liberal governments. thewalrus.ca/canada-archi...

Canada’s Archives Are in Trouble—and So Is Its History | The Walrus

Years-long delays, archaic privacy laws, and chronic underfunding are threatening our national memory

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Sophie Lavoie, @nbmediacoop.bsky.social has done some fantastic coverage of our events: See her article on Mi'kmaw historian Mercedes Peters' talk, "'She Didn't Leave Anybody Out': Rita Smith, Mi'kmaw Family, and the Coming Together of Glooscap First Nation." nbmediacoop.org/2026/04/30/m...

Mi’kmaw leader Rita Smith ‘saw something that needed to get done and she did it’ [video]

Innovative historical research on Mi’kmaw communities, done with Indigenous protocols in mind, sheds light on women’s roles in founding Mi’kmaw

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Proud to announce that UNB alum Noah Schwarz was awarded @acadiensis.bsky.social 2025 David Alexander Prize for best undergrad essay on the history of Atlantic Canada. "Boss Narratives: Regeneration and Heritage in Marysville, NB," was written for HIST 3305, Deindustrialization in North America.

We're extremely grateful to have hosted the brilliant Mi'kmaw historian Mercedes Peters last Friday. It was a full house at the NB Sports Hall of Fame, where - in a lovely coincidence - Mercedes' dad Jason Peters is honoured for his contributions to Indigenous sports!

This is tonight! We really hope you can make it!

Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick)@acsc-unb.bsky.social · 4mo ago

All are warmly invited to a public lecture by Mi'kmaw historian Mercedes Peters. Friday, April 10th, 5-7pm. NB Sports Hall of Fame, Fredericton. There will be talk about the history of Glooscap First Nation, treaties, Mi'kmaw governance, and more!

Very exciting!!

Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick)@acsc-unb.bsky.social · 4mo ago

All are warmly invited to a public lecture by Mi'kmaw historian Mercedes Peters. Friday, April 10th, 5-7pm. NB Sports Hall of Fame, Fredericton. There will be talk about the history of Glooscap First Nation, treaties, Mi'kmaw governance, and more!

For the International Day for the Elimination of Racism, Professor @agentlazero.bsky.social participated on Saturday, March 21st on a panel titled "The Art of Belonging" at the UNB Arts Centre. This event was sponsored by the Human Rights and Equity Office. Way to go, Dr. Tozer!

In today’s post Fred Burrill @fburrill.bsky.social explores the “housing crisis” and the role of capitalism within it. This post is part of a forthcoming series exploring tenant activism and responses, stay tuned!

Tenant Resistance to the Myth of “Supply and Demand”

By Fred Burrill This post is part of the Tenants’ Collective Responses to Housing Crises across Canada series. Anti-gentrification demonstration in Saint-Henri, Montreal, QC, 2011. Photo by Fred Bu…

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Historians in the news! Our very own @willismonroe.com spoke to the BBC yesterday about the ancient Sumerians and the origins of the 60-minute hour. www.bbc.com/future/artic...

The ancient reason there are 60 minutes in an hour

A mysterious 5,000-year-old decision led directly to how we still count time today.

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On the blog, Jay Lalonde, Tegan Rowlings, and Zachary A. Tingley cast a critical eye on the Nova Scotia Government's decision to cut funding to the history and heritage industries:

Working Through the Cuts: Heritage and Public Memory in Nova Scotia, 2026

By Jay Lalonde, Tegan Rowlings, and Zachary A. Tingley “Museums play a key role in preserving and sharing our heritage. To protect that work for future generations, we’re taking steps to modernize …

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If you weren't able to make it out to last week's awesome talk by @mhenaway.bsky.social on the history of the BDS movement, you can read in-depth coverage from Lavoie at the @nbmediacoop.bsky.social and watch the presentation in its entirety here: nbmediacoop.org/2026/03/19/a...

‘A new solidarity where Palestine becomes central’: Activist traces labour history of Boycott, Divestment and Sancti

Montreal-based activist Mostafa Henaway says “we’ve seen the victories line up” in the fight against the Israeli genocide. Henaway gave

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The UMaine-UNB History Graduate Student Conference is right around the corner! We're looking forward to learning from these awesome grad students.

Please note that this evening's roundtable discussion on academic BDS, which had been scheduled for 5PM in Tilley Hall, has been postponed due to weather. Stay tuned for re-scheduling info!

@agentlazero.bsky.social spoke recently to the Brunswickan on the impact of proposed cuts to public education: thebruns.ca/unb-professo...

UNB Professors Speak on the Trend of Defunding Universities - The Brunswickan

The Brunswickan consulted with UNB Sociology Professor Dr. Nathan Kalman-Lamb and History Professor Dr. Angela Tozer to discuss the proposed budget cuts to New Brunswick universities. These proposed c...

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Amazing news from a very important member of our department, @agentlazero.bsky.social. Congratulations, Dr. Tozer!

Atlantic Canada Studies Centre (University of New Brunswick)@acsc-unb.bsky.social · 5mo ago

"Debt of a Nation," the remarkable first book of our affiliate @agentlazero.bsky.social, has been nominated for the prestigious Wilson Book Prize. A fantastic accomplishment! wilson.humanities.mcmaster.ca/news/2025-wi...

"Debt of a Nation," the remarkable first book of our affiliate @agentlazero.bsky.social, has been nominated for the prestigious Wilson Book Prize. A fantastic accomplishment! wilson.humanities.mcmaster.ca/news/2025-wi...

2025 Wilson Book Prize Finalists – Wilson Institute for Canadian History

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Excellent @nbmediacoop.bsky.social coverage of our recent event with Dr. Barbara Lorenzkowski, co-organized with the Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society. nbmediacoop.org/2026/02/23/o...

Oral historian examines emotional geographies of childhood in wartime Atlantic Canada

A historian shared painful accounts of childhoods in Halifax during the Second World War at the University of New Brunswick

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Our Advisory Board member @agentlazero.bsky.social reminds CBC NB that anti-colonial politics isn't just about reorganizing the deck chairs on the Titanic: it's the whole, continuing structure that has to be changed. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

Earl exits, lord leaves: N.B. legislature removes colonial portraits | CBC News

You can say this about the First Earl of Sheffield and Lord Glenelg: they had a good run in New Brunswick for two long-dead, nearly unknown British officials.

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Mark your calendars: scholar and Palestine solidarity organizer @mhenaway.bsky.social will soon be coming to speak at UNB: "The Emergence and Legacy of Palestine Solidarity: Revisiting Quebec’s Histories of Anti-Imperialist Struggle in the Face of Ongoing Genocide." www.unb.ca/fredericton/...

Don Wright explores climate change and climate denial as part of the Time of Monsters series, examining how historians approach current manifestations of right-wing populism. This series is ongoing and asking for submissions. Check out all the posts and find more info on our website!

Interregnums, Morbid Symptoms, and Climate Denial

By Don Wright The crisis consists precisely in the fact that the old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear. – Antonio Gramsci What…

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Tomorrow night! We hope to see you for our 10th annual Black History Month lecture, featuring Dr. Nicholas R. Jones.

Department of Historical Studies at University of New Brunswick@histstudiesunb.bsky.social · 7mo ago

We're excited to share the details of our Department's upcoming 10th Annual Black History Month lecture. Our featured speaker will be Dr. Nicholas R. Jones (Yale), lecturing on "Cervantine Blackness as an Ethics of Care."

Thanks to Matthew Sears for co-writing this piece with me for the @theglobeandmail.com: it was fun! Our focus is on the broader meaning of a quote from 5th c. BCE historian and general Thucydides' Melian Dialogue used by Mark Carney in his Davos speech. www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Opinion: ‘Might is right’ led to the Athenians’ downfall. Trump should heed their warning – and Carney’s

Hegemons eventually fall victim to the consequences of the brutal world they help to forge. America would be wise to learn that just treatment is in everyone’s interests

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Our colleage Matthew Sears on Thucydides and the relevance of classical texts for understanding Carney's Davos speech and our current moment: www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

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Calling all undergrads! Consider submitting your work to the UNB History Society's journal, Timepieces. It's a great way to get your work out there and to build your academic CV.