March 2011

Movie Review: “Swedes and Scots and Sadists…Oh My”

March 30, 2011

This past weekend I watched two movies that were seemingly more different than any two movies could be. They did have things in common though. Both films were intriguing and entertaining in their own way and at their heart is a similar theme: reclaiming and uncovering the “true” past.

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Some Reflections on Life Histories, Death, and Crossing between “Two Worlds”

March 28, 2011

Can we bridge the divide between popular and professional history?

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Announcements

March 26, 2011

This week, we have announcements concerning Earth Week, a new educational website for Chinese Canadian women’s history, a documentary on Chinese people and the CPR, as well as the Left History theme issue on Active History!

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From Fukushima to Chernobyl: Bringing the Past to Bear on the Future

March 24, 2011

A historian’s reflections on the long-term consequences of the world’s four major nuclear energy disasters.

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Book Review: Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout

March 23, 2011

Teresa Iacobelli presents a thoughtful review of Radioactive: Marie and Pierre Curie, A Tale of Love and Fallout.

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Historians and Global Warming

March 22, 2011

As part of a small but growing number of environmental historians exploring the relationship between climatic changes and human affairs, Dagomar Degroot discusses how he is drawn into modern debates about global warming whether he likes it or not.

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2012 Olympic Park: Remediating the Environmental and Social Conditions

March 21, 2011

Will the 2012 Olympics force the poorer people living in the Lower Lea Valley to relocate as the environmental conditions improve.

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Upcoming Event

March 19, 2011

The next HerstoriesCafe Toronto takes place on Friday, April 8, 2011 at the Royal Ontario Museum, 100 Queens Park, Glass Room, 4th floor, at 5:30 pm.  This free talk “Women and Museums,” features Janet Carding (CEO and director of the ROM); Lynn Teather (Museum Studies, University of Toronto) and Cara Krmpotich (Museum Studies, University of [...]

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Left History Theme Issue on ‘Active History,’ Launching a New Paper

March 17, 2011

ActiveHistory.ca and Left History are delighted to announce the launch of Left History’s theme issue on Active Histories. We are also delighted to launch our sixth short paper on our website, “Disappointment, Nihilism, and Engagement: Some Thoughts on Active History” by York University SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow Stuart Henderson.

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Podcast: Ian McKay on the Right-Wing Reconceptualization of Canada

March 15, 2011

Ian McKay, professor of history at Queen’s University, recently delivered an engaging and provocative talk titled “The Empire Strikes Back: Militarism, Imperial Nostalgia, and the Right-Wing Reconceptualization of Canada”.  McKay’s talk was the keynote address of the 15th annual New Frontiers Graduate History Conference at York University. The talk is available here for audio download. [...]

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