Rural History Roundtable is out of the gates early, announcing its Fall 2026 line-up: Sept 22: Cody Groat & Rebecca Small of @westernuhistory.bsky.social; Oct 15: Doug McCalla of @uguelphhist.bsky.social; and Nov 12: Jennifer Jordan @sociologyofplants.bsky.social All are welcome! #aghist #cdnhist

Last week the College of Arts held its summer staff BBQ, during which the winners of its 2026 Teaching Awards were announced. History PhD candidate Aidan Hughes won the Graduate Teaching Assistant Award. And professor Ben Bradley received one of the two Faculty Teaching Awards. Congratulations! 🌞🍔🦨

This summer, PhD candidate Raymond Li was in Tokyo to research propaganda discourse and masculine identity construction in Manchukuo during WW2. He examined pre-war and wartime newspapers and government archives at the Japanese National Diet Library and also in Jimbocho’s historic used book district

With forest fires posing big challenges to summer tourism in western Canada, and communities and businesses facing uncertainty about how to respond, professor Ben Bradley discusses the cultural and economic history of roadside attractions with CBC reporter Justin McElroy. #cdnhist

Justin McElroy 🇨🇦@jmcelroy.bsky.social · 3w ago

While the Roadside Attraction bracket is fun, beneath it are interesting questions around tourism and geography that have been changing in recent decades. Here's my story on that, which required me to look like a goofball in several places for REASONS OF JOURNALISM

TAIWANfest is in a Dialogue with Scotland this year! Join Professor Kevin James on August 30 as he explores how Scottish Highland culture was transformed and romanticized in the 19th century. Habourfront Centre (Main Loft), Toronto | 1:00-2:00pm | Free Admission. @uguelphhist.bsky.social

In what will likely not be his only post-World Cup chat about Infantino and FIFA this summer, Dr. Alan MacDougall discussed the entanglement of big sport, big business, and backroom politics with Global News on Monday night: globalnews.ca/video/120079...

Earlier this summer, MA student Calum Douglas, PhD candidate Aidan Hughes, and Dr. Catherine Carstairs visited Paris to present their research at the biennial Alcohol and Drugs History Society conference. There was a canicule; Dr. Carstairs took this post-conference snapshot in 41ºC temperatures! 🔥

In his guest blog post, Douglas McCalla outlines the personal and historical background that inspired his new book, Not a Simpler Time: Essays in Canadian Rural and Economic History. Read the post: buff.ly/YHvAELP Learn more about the book: buff.ly/CZPEX12

History student Laura Reynolds and Dr. Catherine Carstairs have a new post about GLP-1s and the history of "wonder drugs" in the late 20th century at the A Dose of History blog: historicaldoses.substack.com/p/glp-1s-and... #histmed #histsci

After the 2026 World Cup (of football) concluded last weekend, Prof. Alan McDougall was featured in a CBC News piece, reflecting on some of its controversies: www.cbc.ca/news/world/w... Also, his new book was featured on the BBC History Extra podcast: podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/w...

Is this the most controversial World Cup yet? | CBC News

After more than 100 matches across Canada, Mexico and the United States, the FIFA World Cup 2026 is about to come to an end, cementing its legacy with highs, lows — and seemingly endless controversies...

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Department chair @mhayday.bsky.social was one of the historians interviewed by the Globe & Mail for its extended July 3 article "Partners in Time," on the history of Canadian-American relations. The article is not paywalled, and is free to read. #cdnhist www.theglobeandmail.com/world/articl...

Canada is as much a product of the American Revolution as America is

American visionaries, money and ideas have shaped Canada over centuries, whether we like it or not

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On Wednesday, Ben Bradley spoke with Bill Fee of CBC Radio's Daybreak North show about the historical context behind an "audacious" new proposal to build a highway that would link B.C.'s north and central coast regions with Vancouver and Prince Rupert. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/... #cdnhist

It's kick off day for the 2026 World Cup AND the highly anticipated release day for Tony Shaw and Alan McDougall's new book, 'Cold War Football'. 🤩📖 In which they chart the clash between capitalism and communism in ten iconic football matches. ⚽ Grab a copy on our website: 🔗 https://bit.ly/43pKl3l

This is an important day in the history of football, and of soccer too: Alan McDougall kicks off a new book. 👟⚽ "Cold War Football: A History in Ten Matches" is co-authored by Tony Shaw and published by @universitypress.cambridge.org For more info: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/history...

MA students Kelly Hill and Lydia Kinasewich, who’ve completed their degrees and are graduating later this month, both presented some of their research findings to the Canadian Historical Association conference in Charlottetown, PEI yesterday. #chashc2026 🥔🦞🚢

Dr. Alan McDougall, professor in the Department of History, spoke to Global News about "sports-washing" and the cultural and economic implications of the FIFA World Cup coming to Canada this summer. ⚽📺 globalnews.ca/video/118603...

The Canadian Journal of Health History has awarded its 2026 Georgina Feldberg Memorial Student Award to PhD candidate Matthew Edwards. His paper "Dolls in the Basement: Intersex Bodies and Anatomical Modelling in Kingston, 1946-1966" was based on research at the Canadian Healthcare Museum. Congrats!

On May 8, current undergrad and incoming MA student Grace Nelson presented her capstone project at the Canadian Military History Colloquium, at WLU. She discussed the use of digital methods to understand gender's effects on Special Operations Executive agents in WW2, for a panel on research methods.

🌟Student Research Spotlight! @uguelphhist.bsky.social MA student Gavin is researching national identity and militarism in Scottish chapbook songs of the Napoleonic Wars, investigating how songs widely available to the Scottish working class negotiate Scotland's position within the British union. 📖

#UofG graduate students: The spring thesis approval deadline is Thursday, May 14, 2026. We know deadlines can feel daunting, which is why we've developed the Thesis & Dissertation Submission Guide, where you can find practical guidance for this process: www.lib.uoguelph.ca/news/thesis-....

The 36th annual Canadian Military History Colloquium will be held May 8-9 @wilfridlaurieruni organised by Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada. @carlajeanstokes.bsky.social is keynote. Register by May 3! buff.ly/zf4QaNy

Join @uguelphscottish.bsky.social on April 23 (1pm EST) for the Frank Watson Book Prize lecture. Dr. Catriona Macdonald (U.Glasgow) presents "Patrons and Politics in the Making of Scottish History: Past, Present and Future." All are welcome! Sign up here: www.eventbrite.ca/e/patrons-an...

Frank Watson Book Prize Lecture presented by Dr. Catriona Macdonald from the @glasgow.ac.uk. Patrons and Politics in the Making of Scottish History: Past, Present and Future 🗓 Thursday 23 April, 2026 🕰 1pm (EDT) / 6pm (UK) 💻 Zoom All are welcome to attend! FREE tickets: bit.ly/FWBookPrizeL...

Grant Schreiber presented ‘Discipline, Education, and Correction: Social Control of the Poor in seventeenth-century Aberdeen’ at the Canadian-Scottish Studies Colloquium. Proud of our alumni and the contributions they are making to new work in Scottish Studies. www.youtube.com/live/Qw0gwA5...

@grantschreiber.bsky.social successfully defended his dissertation in January this year @uguelphhist.bsky.social. We caught up with him to learn more. buff.ly/Ee0wVq0 Congratulations Dr. Schreiber!🎉

In light of recent federal and provincial budget cuts, CHA president Colin Coates has written a letter to CHA members and to the public. The letter can be read here. #cdnhist

Alan McDougall was recently on two podcasts to dicuss his new book. Sport in History: open.spotify.com/episode/2z1f... and Assistant Professor of Football: theassistantprofessoroffootball.buzzsprout.com/2052670/epis... He also did a Feb 22 signing at the Indigo Sherway Gardens bookstore in Toronto

Join the Rural History Roundtable on Thursday March 12 from 330-5pm EST, as Dr. Tami Parr @pdxia.bsky.social presents on "Goats in America: From Poor Man's Cow to Urban Icon." 🐐 For info on how to attend this online talk, click here: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/rural/r... #aghist #animalhist #envhist

Last week, students Vida, Claudia, and Scarlett made a research trip to Kingston and the Queen's University Archives in order to examine records relevant to their workplace learning course HIST3480: Learning to Drink: The History of Alcohol on Campus, taught by Dr. Catherine Carstairs. #cdnhist

The deadline for applications has been extended. If you're interested in this opportunity, apply by no later than March 15, 2026. Learn more: www.lib.uoguelph.ca/about/work-u.... @uguelphscottish.bsky.social

U of G McLaughlin Library@uofglibrary.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Applications for the Scotland-Canada Academic Partnership (S-CAP) visiting research fellowships are now being accepted. Visit the University of Guelph and utilize our extensive Scottish Studies Collection – one of the largest outside the UK. Deadline: March 1, 2026. Learn more: uoguel.ph/s-cap.