Welcome back to our regular series, Historian’s Histories, where we examine the historiography of historians! If you’ve spent any time on the internet lately, then you’re likely already familiar with our next victim historian, Krista McCracken! Krista is well known as one of the fantastic editors behind the Canadian history powerhouse blog, Active History, and is a model […]
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Can you believe it’s already been a year? I can’t! Ok, technically it’s tomorrow, but it’s close enough. I spent a great deal of time trying to figure out what to do for this anniversary. There will apparently be an Unwritten Histories birthday party and/or gathering at the CHA this year, which I am blaming […]
*Danielle Robinson get the credit for coming up with this title! She’s hilarious. 😉 So, in case you’ve been living under a rock for the past six months, you know that this year Canada is celebrating it’s 150th birthday. While July 1st is technically the day that Canada was “born,” governments at all levels as […]
This is one of the most difficult blog posts that I’ve ever had to write. Many people have commented to me about how amazing it is that I am able to find time to do this blog. These people often assume that I have either a permanent position at a university, or at least […]
As depressing (or not) as it sounds, it’s that time of year again when we show our love for other people by buying them gifts. You may know this time of year as Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Yule, or what-have-you. but you know what it’s really about. 😉 Depending on your personal level of organization, […]
RT @paulisci: Live footage of Canadians hurrying to fill in the census right away. pic.twitter.com/VuJRwEpU5M — Andrea Eidinger (@AndreaEidinger) May 5, 2016 It’s Census time! I know I was super excited to get my card in the mail, and then bitterly disappointed that I got the short-form questionnaire. Some of you (ok most of you) might […]
TL; DR version: look at old stuff, think about it, write about it, and teach it. I mean besides kicking butt at Trivial Pursuit. 😉 This seems to be something of a mystery, and historians haven’t done a great job of clearing things up. The answer that most historians give is that historians try to […]
Here’s a list of all of the inanadian historians that are active online and where they can be found, organized by field. *Help me expand this list! Fill out the form at the bottom to be added* Environmental History Gender History History of Sexuality History of Ethnicity, Race, and Immigration Childhood and Family History Indigenous […]
Welcome! This blog will focus on the unwritten rules to history, as both a discipline, a field of study, and as a career. The information that appears in this blog is the result of thirteen years of doing history at the undergraduate and graduate level as well as six years working as a sessional instructor. Here’s […]
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