Craig Heron

The Political Uses of Public Space: A Podcast of Craig Heron’s Talk on Labour Day Parades

November 28, 2011

Over the past few weeks, cities across Canada have evicted Occupy protesters from camping overnight in public parks.  Opinion remains divided over the tactics of the amorphous movement.  One lawyer recently defended the group by arguing in court that the occupation of Toronto’s St. James Park was a “physical manifestation of the exercise 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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Craig Heron distills Toronto’s booze-soaked past at second History Matters series lecture

October 12, 2010

Canadian historian Craig Heron recently presented an entertaining talk at the second event of the History Matters lecture series, sponsored by the Toronto Public Library. Heron discussed a number of aspects in the social history of alcohol in Toronto, from the public importance of nineteenth-century taverns to the imposition of prohibition in the early twentieth [...]

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‘All the world’s a stage’: Performance in the Classroom

October 4, 2010

Performance is an important theoretical concept in the history classroom.  It has been deployed in various contexts, from a social historian’s concern with the ‘public transcript’ of the theatre of the dominant classes, and its counter-theatre of resistance, to cultural and gender historians’ readings of ‘performativity,’ wherein the cultural fictions of collectively performed gender produce and [...]

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Active History Announcements: Sept 26 – Oct 2

September 25, 2010

The following upcoming events may be of interest to our readers

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Active History Announcements: Sept 19-25

September 18, 2010

The following upcoming events may be of interest to our readers

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Toronto: A Proud Union City

September 6, 2010

This post discusses Labour Day walking tours.

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History Matters: A lecture series connecting Toronto historians with the city and its people

July 30, 2010

by Lisa Rumiel On Tuesday, September 14th the Toronto Public Library (TPL) will kick off its 6 part History Matters lecture series.  As you might have guessed from the title, the idea for the series was inspired by what’s been going on over the past couple years with the folks at Active History – both [...]

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Conversation, Contradiction and Conflict in ‘The Historical Present’

May 17, 2010

The practice of history, however, is not a zero sum game in which historians can isolate themselves from outside influences. The research, writing and teaching of academic, policy-oriented, and popular history are deeply political, social and ideological pursuits. Whether historical research is intended to ‘add value’ or ‘make an impact’ is only one component of many that shape historical perspective.

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ActiveHistory Roundtable Discussion Recording

October 2, 2009

Yesterday, October 1st, the Graduate History Students Association at York University hosted their first Historians’ Craft of the year, which focused on the question of what Active History is. The title of the forum was “Hands On History: Keeping History Relevant”. It was a round table discussion with guests Geoffrey Reaume, Victoria Freeman, Craig Heron and [...]

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