Papers

Translated Paper: “Why is Vietnam Recovering, while Cuba is Sinking?”

January 27, 2010

Today we published a translated English version of the first paper ActiveHistory.ca “Why is Vietnam Recovering, while Cuba is Sinking?” written by Yves Montenay, and translated by Michael Poplyansky. Here is the abstract: Abstract Before going their separate ways, Vietnam and Cuba followed similar political and economic paths, making the impact of economic freedom on [...]

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New Active History Paper: David Webster, Narratives of Colonization, Decolonization and Recolonization in Papua

January 21, 2010

We are happy to publish a paper by David Webster of the University of Regina. This is the third paper written for ActiveHistory.ca. Check back next week for a translation of our first paper: Yves Montenay, Pourquoi le Vietnam s’en tire et Cuba s’enfonce. If you would like to contribute a paper to this website [...]

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New Paper: Dumont on the Berlin Wall

November 5, 2009

We are happy to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall with a paper from Gérard-François Dumont of the University of Paris-Sorbonne entitled: The Berlin Wall: Life, Death and the Spatial Heritage of Berlin (click the title to move to the paper’s page).

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CFP

June 4, 2009

The ActiveHistory.ca committee is pleased to announce that we are actively soliciting papers in all areas of historical inquiry, including but not limited to several specific targeted areas. We are looking for short papers on important historical topics that might be of interest to policy makers, the media or the general public. Papers (approximately 2,000 [...]

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First Paper

April 28, 2009

We have posted our first paper in the Education sub-section of the Papers page. Paul Axelrod and Academic Matters: The Journal of Higher Education were kind enough to allow us to link a paper on this site. Axelrod’s short essay is a clear demonstration of the contribution historians can make to current issues. Paul Axelrod, Universities and the Great Depression: [...]