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The Berkshire Conference in Toronto in 2014
Please visit the Conference's Website for more details - http://berksconference.org/meetings/2014-berkshire-conference-on-womens-history-themes/...More


Report on the National Meeting of The Historical Thinking Project
Assessment of Historical Thinking...More

2nd Annual Congress - HistoireEngagée
The 2nd Annual Congress of HistoireEngagée will take place at the University of Ottawa on Saturday, October 6, 2012.The Congress' theme is Social Indignation et social commitment: Then and Now Call for Papers - Deadline:...More

Canadian Museum of Civilization
Special Lunchtime Lecture : “Living with Slavery in Early Canada: the Smuggler, the Lover, the Murder Victim, and the Rebel”Brett Rushforth, Ph.D., College of William and Mary In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries,...More

Canadian Arab Institute - CFP
The Canadian Arab Institute (CAI) will be hosting its Inaugural Policy Forum themed 'Experiences, Challenges and Opportunities for Canadian Arabs' in Toronto on June 2, 2012 Deadline to submit proposal - April 28, 2012...More

Cultural History of Quebec
The book Données statistiques sur l¹histoire culturelle du Québec (1760-1900) published in1996 by Yvan Lamonde and Claude Beauchamp is no longer available but is now posted on Classiques des sciences sociales @:
http://c...More

Historical Studies in Education
Now Available!
Historical Studies in Education / Revue d’histoire de l’éducation
Volume 24, number 1, Spring 2012
http://historicalstudiesineducation.ca/index.php/edu_hse-rhe/issue/current

Table of Contents
Articles

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Conference on the 50th Anniversary of Jamaica's Indpependence
The Conference will take place on the Campus Mona at the University of the West Indies, in October 2012CFP - http://myspot.mona.uwi.edu/history/news/2011/11/15/history-fifty ...More

History Conference - University of Ottawa
Pierre Savard Conference: March 21-23, 2012...More

“Kwakwaka'wakw (Kwakiutl) Mariculture: Northwest Coast Clam Gardens and Traditional Resource Management”
Thursday, March 22, 2012 - 7:30 PM, Routhier Community Centre,172 Guigues at Cumberland (Ottawa)
Terence Clark, Curator of Western Canadian Archaeology, CMCThis talk will examine the distribution of lúxwxiwey or artifici...More

Association for Canadian Studies
Conference Canadian History and Identity Novembre 23-24 2012 at Niagara on the LakeCFP - Deadline to submit your proposal - 30 April...More

CFP - Innovations in Qualitative Research Conference
University of Saskatchewan - June 12 & 13 , 2012Deadline to submit your proposal - March 13, 2012...More

Radical History Review - CFP
Radical History Review, Volume 119
“The Global Antiapartheid Era: 1946-1994”Deadline to submit your proposal - May 15, 2012...More

CFP - Cork University, Ireland
Conference on the Irish Revolution to be held at Cork University: October 19-20, 2012CFP - Deadline: April 6, 2012
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Book & Periodical Council Event
Conveersation with Mark Bourrie, author of The Fog of War: Censorship of Canada's Medias in World War IIFebruary 28th in Toronto - Announcement...More

History Education @ UBC
April 14 2012...More

THE RICHARD & DIANE CUMMINS LEGAL HISTORY RESEARCH GRANT
The George Washington University Law School has announced that Michel Morin, who teaches at the Université de Montréal's Faculty of Law, is the recipient of the first Richard & Diane Cummins Legal History Research Grant....More

2012 PUBLIC HISTORY PRIZE
The Canadian Committee on Public History invites nominations for the 2nd annual Public History Prize, to be awarded at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Historical Association in Waterloo. The award will recognize work ...More

Call for papers - SACS/AQS
JOINT CONFERENCE APRIL 13-14, 2012 SOUTHERN ASSOCIATION FOR CANADIAN STUDIES /ASSOCIATION OF QUEBEC STUDIES SPONSORED BY
CLEMSON CANADA CENTER
CLEMSON UNIVERSITY
KENNESAW STATE UNIVERSITY DEADLINE TO SUBMIT PROPOSA...More

Migration Network of the Social Science History Association (SSHA)
SSHA Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, 2012: "Histories of Capitalism" 37th Annual Meeting of the Social Science History AssociationDate and Location: Vancouver, November 1-4, 2012
Submission Deadline: March 1st...More

York University's STS now accepting applications for 2012-13
The Graduate Program in Science & Technology Studies (STS) at York University, Toronto, is now accepting applications for its MA (full and part-time) and PhD programs.We are a small, personable, and research-intensive pr...More

CFP - Crossroads: Critical Theories in an Uncertain World"
The conference will take place at the annual Congress for the Humanities and Social Sciences from May 30 to June 2, 2012Submission deadline is January 15, 2012...More

80th Acfas Congress
CALL FOR PAPERS For a conference on "Linking research on Quebec's English-speaking communities to policy & action"May 7-8, 2012, 80e Congrès de l'Acfas, Palais des congrès de MontréalOrganizers: Eastern Townships Resourc...More

Canada's History Society Strikes Gold at Rideau Hall with Initiation of New Vice-Regal Awards
WINNIPEG, Nov. 30, 2011 /CNW/ - Canada's History Society is pleased to confirm today that His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada will present the Governor General's History Awards,...More

Prize for Best Article on the History of Sexuality in Canada
We are pleased to announce a call for nominations for our “Prize for Best Article on the History of Sexuality in Canada". Articles published in 2010 or 2011, written in English or French, are eligible. Nominations may be...More

4TH NATIONAL HISTORY FORUM
The 4th Annual National History Forum will be held at Library and Archives Canada in Ottawa

Programme9:30 am — Opening RemarksCharlotte Gray, Chair Canada’s History SocietyDaniel Caron, National Librarian and Archivist...More

Historical Studies in Education
HISTORICAL STUDIES IN EDUCATION
LA REVUE D’HISTOIRE DE L’ÉDUCATION

Fall 2011 Issue Now Available!

Historical Studies in Education, Canada’s only peer reviewed, bilingual history of education journal, is now a fully on-...More

5th Annual Student Conference - U de Sherbrooke
Conference will be held Frbruary 16th and 17thCall for Papers - Deadline to submit your proposal - November 10 2011...More

GUNN AWARD
Best essay Award - International Migration Research CentreDeadline to submit essay - April 30, 2012...More

Canadian Museum of Civilization
19 octobre 2011 The Sixties at the CMC: Preliminary Colloquium AnnouncementThe 1960s was an age of exuberant excess in art, design, economy, society, media and politics. Most striking about the 1960s was the exuberant na...More

CFP - Canadian Communication Association
Canadian Communication Association (CCA) Annual Conference 2012
May 30-June 1
Wilfrid Laurier University and University of Waterloo
Waterloo, Ontario

The deadline for paper and panel proposals is November 15, 2011...More

Canadian Political History Book and Article Prizes
CANADIAN POLITICAL HISTORY BOOK PRIZE The Canadian Historical Association’s Political History Group is pleased to announce the Canadian Political History Book Prize competition. The prize will be awarded in 2012 for an o...More

Gérard-Parizeau Conferences
Free admissionSpeaker; Lucia Ferreti - October 5, 2011 @ 7:30 p.m.Université de Montréal - Details...More

CFP - BRITISH NORTH AMERICA'S GLOBAL AGE
Congress - McMaster University, Hamilton: May 24 & 25, 2012Deadline to submit your proposal - 11 November 2011...More

CFP - Australian & New Zealand Studies Association of North America
2012 Annual Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada February 16-18, 2012
Deadline to sumbit your proposal - November 1, 2011 ...More

Canadians and their Pasts
Conference - The Past Around Us: Historical Consciousness in the XXIst Century
Quebec City - September 29 to October st, 2011Free Admission, registration required - jocelyn.letourneau@celat.ulaval.ca ...More

The George Washington University Law School
Legal History Research GrantDeadline to submit your application - November 1, 2011...More

The International Didactics of History, Geography and Citizenship Education Symposium
Université Laval, Quebec City, October 27th and 28th, 2012

Theme of Conference: New Paths in Research and Practice in History, Geography and Citizenship Education Call for Paper - Deadline to Submit Paper - Septembre 21...More

Wendat and Wyandot Studies Conference
EONYWA'NDIYONHRATEHKWIH CHIA' EKWÄA'TATEHKWIH
Nos esprits et nos corps sont et seront toujours présents
Our minds and bodies are and forever will be present
Wendake, QC - June 13-16 2012Deadline to submit proposal - S...More

THE CANADIAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION WELCOMES THE SUPREME COURT RULING IN THE TOMMY DOUGLAS CASE
A legal challenge by reporter Jim Bronskill, supported by an affidavit submitted http://www.cha-shc.ca/en/Advocacy_51/items/20.html by a member and past president of the CHA, Craig Heron, receives a favorable decision f...More

CANADIAN HISTORY OF EDUCATION ASSOCIATION - Call for Papers
17th BIENNIAL CONFERENCE Rising to the Challenge: History of Education and the Pursuit of Relevance 18-21 OCTOBER 2012 VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA Deadline to submit your proposal - January 30th 2012...More

Conference - The Past Around Us: Historical Consciousness in the 21st Century
Please find attached the Preliminary Program for "The Past Around Us: Historical Consciousness in the 21st Century," sponsored by "Canadians and Their Pasts."
Quebec City, 29 September-1 October, 2011. Admission is free...More

Video from Congress 2011 Big Thinking Lectures now online!
The Big Thinking lectures at Congress bring top thinkers from Canada and the world to delegates of the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences. This year's speakers included Andrew Weaver, Shawn Atleo and Michaël...More

Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Studies
Deadline to submit paper - September 15 2011 CALL FOR PAPERS NEW COLLEGE CONFERENCE ON MEDIEVAL AND RENAISSANCE STUDIES The eighteenth biennial New College Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Studies will take place ...More

BENCHMARKS OF HISTORICAL THINKING
Report on the Toronto Meeting, February 10-12 2011...More

Patriation Negotiations Conference - November 3-5, 2011
Mark Your Calendars!Patriation Negotiations ConferenceNovember 3 to 5, 2011Program information is now available online at www.patriationconference.ca Thirty years ago in November 1981 the Constitution of Canada was remad...More

Lucia Ferreti wins the 2011 Gérard Parizeau Prize
Announcement (In French only) ...More

Canadian State Trials - Volume 4
The editors of the Canadian State Trials project announce that work is beginning on Volume 4 and invite potential contributors to submit preliminary proposals for a chapter in the volume. The volumes in the State Trials ...More

Wendat and Wyandot Studies Conference - June 13 to 16 2012
Call for papers, deadline to submit your paper - 30 June 2011 ...More

HistoireEngagée - Call for papers
In French onlyImmigration, éducation et lois linguistiques Deadline to submit paper - May 15 2011 En lançant la revue en ligne www.HistoireEngagee.ca, de jeunes chercheurs ont voulu offrir une histoire accessible, liée d...More

University of Ottawa
University of Ottawa officially opens first virtual history lab in CanadaOTTAWA, March 10, 2011 — The University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Education is proud to announce the opening of its new Virtual History Laboratory.The...More

CALL FOR PAPERS - L’Étranger au prisme des cultures
In French only
L’Étranger au prisme des cultures : Expériences et problématisationsGroupe de recherche interdisciplinaire sur les cultures en contact (GRICC)Université de Moncton, Moncton Nouveau-BrunswickDu 19 au 21 sep...More

Political History Prize
PUBLIC HISTORY PRIZEThe Canadian Committee on Public History invites nominations for the inaugural Public History Prize, to be awarded at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Historical Association in Fredericton. The awa...More

HUNGARIAN NATIONAL ARCHIVES THREATENED
I would like to let the Canadian Historical Association know of a deeply problematic piece of legislation currently in the works in Hungary, which would allow for the destruction of a significant portion of the country's...More

Call for Papers - HistoireEngagée
Conference - Autour de la pratique de l’histoire : quels rôles pour l’historien dans la Cité ? Friday Septembre 30, 2011Deadline to Submit Paper - Friday April 1, 2011 (In French only)...More

History on the Grand - Cambridge Ontario
Call for Papers - Deadline - April 29 2011 ...More

Research Project - Mattawa-Nipissing Métais
Notice of Opportunity ...More

The CHA and the Tommy Douglas Files
Ottawa to release more intelligence files on Tommy Douglas
Thanks to a court challenge by the journalist jim Bronskill and the filing of an affidavit in support of Bronsill's challenge, the federal government has relente...More

Call for Papers - Society for Socialist Studies
Call for Papers - Deadline 31 January 2011

The most recent crisis of capital poses an immense set of challenges. Neoliberalism is deepening, chronic hunger is widespread and ecological degradation continues apace. Oppor...More

Call for papers: The Afterlife of a Modern Experience
The Annual Interdisciplinary Humanities Graduate Student ConferenceThe Mahindra Humanities Center at Harvard University, April 22-23, 2011Soldiering has long been considered a central organizing experience of modern life...More

Call for Papers - KronoScope
Journal for the Study of TimeCall for Papers...More

Two-year Limited Term Appointment at Assistant Professor - Centre for Global Studies - Huron University College
Deadline to submit c.v., January 31 2011Announcement...More

SCIENTIFIC JOURNALS JOIN CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF LEARNED JOURNALS
CALJ - Press Release, November 26 2010...More

Journal - Citizenship Teaching and Learning
Citizenship Teaching and Learning – Special Issuehttp://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Journal,id=193/ Theme: History and Citizenship Education: International Perspectives and Promising New Directions Guest edito...More

Call for Papers: the Second West Coast Symposium in the History of Medicine
Symposium in Calgary, Alberta, April 1-2 2011Call for papersDeadline to submit - January 15 2011...More

Canadian Museum of Civilization
Curator’s Notebook: Lunchtime Lecture SeriesSecond Fall 2010 Presentation Pull up a chair, indulge your mind, speak your piece. The presentation lasts 30 minutes, and will be followed by a question-and-answer period.Xav...More

Call for Nominations - Gérard Parizeau Prize
Gerard Parizeau Prize - $30,000Deadline to submit candidature - January 17 2011Fore more details, please see the announcement (in French only) or contact Michael J. Carley, directeur - michael.j.carley@umontreal.ca
Dépar...More

Call for Submissions - 21st Biennial Conference: “Ottawa: A Capital City”.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS21st ACSUS Biennial ConferenceNovember 16-20, 2011The Westin, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada The Association for Canadian Studies in the United States (ACSUS) welcomes proposalsfor papers, roundtables, worksho...More

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MANULIFE FINANCIAL SPONSORS THE 2010 SIR JOHN A. MACDONALD PRIZE
The Canadian Historical Association/La Société historique du Canada is proud to announce that Manulife Financial is sponsoring its 2010 Sir John A. Macdonald Prize in the amount of $5,000.
Dawn Marchand, AVP, Internal C...More

Canadian Museum of Civilization - Job Posting- Assistant Curator - Political History
Job Offer
Assistant Curator, Canadian Political History
Deadline to apply - November 5 2010...More

11th International Conference of the Graduate Student Association of the History
Archeology – Archivistics – Ethnology, Socio-cultural Anthropology – Folklore – History – Art History – Museology
February 1st to 3th 2011Université Laval, Quebec cityCall for papers ARTEFACT 2011Deadline to submit propo...More

CALL FOR PAPERS - CONFERENCE UNIVERSITY OF SHERBROOKE, FEBRUARY 17-18 2011
Fourth Annual Student Conference in History

From one boundary to another
Conceiving, defining and representing the notion of the boundary
Deadline to submit paper - December 1 2010...More

79th Congress - Association francophone pour le savoir (Acfas)
Call for papersDeadlines2 November 2010
Sessions and special activities30 November 2010
Individual Presentations Rules and application forms (in French only)
About the congress (in French only)...More

Post Doctoral Research Fellowships
Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada (DFAIT)
Information...More

RESEARCH CONTRACT OPPORTUNITY - MILITARY HISTORIAN
Canadian Development Consultants International Inc
Research contract for military historian - Deadline to apply, 15 October ...More

Université de Montréal - 2 Tenure-Stream Postings
History Department - Deadline to apply - 15 November 2010
Professor, Canadian International Relations History - Announcement (in French Only)
Professor, Medieval History - Announcement (in French Only)...More

York University - Canadian History Tenure-Track position
Deadline to apply - 15 novembreAnnouncement...More

JOB OPPORTUNITY - CANADIAN MUSEUM OF CIVILIZATION
The Canadian Museum of Civilization is looking for a Curator in Canadian History before 1800
The deadline to apply is October 29 2010.Job Posting...More

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GET YOUR CHA SWAG!
Those of you who were present at our annual conference at Concordia were able to buy the metal Sport Bottle as well as the T-shirts that were on sale at the CHA Congress Office. We are now offering these items to the CHA...More

Conference - New Voices in Labour Studies Conference: Emerging Perspectives on Workers and Workplaces
York University - October 15-16 - Details...More

First Bookfare - Société généalogique canadienne-française
Press Release (in French only) ...More

SCRAPPING OF THE MANDATORY LONG-FORM CENSUS - CHA'S RESPONSE
The federal government is moving to eliminate the mandatory Canada census long form questionnaire, replacing it with a voluntary survey. The CHA sent the following letter on this issue. The Honourable Tony Clement
Minist...More

CALL FOR PAPERS - 2011 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CANADIAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION
University of New Brunswick and St. Thomas University, May 30-31 and June 1 2011HISTORY, MEMORY, PEOPLE AND PLACE “If history is to be creative, to anticipate a possible future without denying the past, it should, I beli...More

CHA President's Report - Mary Lynn Stewart
First, I want to thank James Opp, who has investigated and began the process of implementing a new funding initiative, improving the remuneration of Marielle Campeau, and other matters detailed in his report. Similarly, ...More

CHA's response to SSHRC's Renewed Program Architecture
April 9, 2010Chad Gaffield, President
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
340 Albert Street
P.O. Box 1610
Ottawa, ON K1P 6G4 Dear Chad,I write on behalf of the Executive Committee of the Canadian Historical ...More

Michel-Brunet Prize - IHAF
Nomination Form (in French only)...More

Museum of Civilization
Lunchtime Lecture Series - Schedule...More

CHA's Comment on New Directions for Library and Archives Canada
CHA's Comment on New Directions for Library and Archives Canada The Canadian Historical Association has always maintained a keen interest in the policies and practices of Library and Archives Canada (and its two predeces...More

2010 CHA PRIZES - SHORTLISTED BOOKS
The 2010 CHA Prizes will be awarded on Monday May 30 during the Annual Meeting of the CHA at Concordia University.Here is the list of books that are on the short list for the François-Xavier Garneau Medal:Davis, Natalie ...More

The CHA takes the lead in opposing the cutbacks in archival personnel at Glenbow Archives (Calgary)
Glenbow Archives are Canada’s largest non-governmental archival repository. As such, the CHA, as well as historians and other sholars that have conducted research in Glenbow’s extensive holdings of documents and photogra...More

Quebec's Quiet Revolution : 50 years of heritage - Canal Savoir
Canal Savoir est fier de diffuser la première partie du cycle de conférences La Révolution tranquille – 50 ans d’héritages organisé par Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) et l’Université du Québec à Mon...More

Nature's Past: A NiCHE Podcast
You can watch the twelve episodes on Canadian environmental history podcasts from NiCHE's website @ http://niche-canada.org/naturespast...More

Online Membership Now Available!
The new online membership system is now available. There is a sense of renewal at the CHA who not only has a brand new website but it also has a new and improved membership management system.Member login (members)Join th...More

CHA Pamphlet
The Canadian Historical Association/La Société historique du Canada has produced a pamphlet which seeks to encourage the research, writing ans teaching of history in Canada. Please find a pdf file of the promotional too...More

CHA President's Report - Craig Heron
Report of the President
Of the Canadian Historical Association

May 2009

The presidency of the Canadian Historical Association is an honour, but also a weighty responsibility. It demands serious work internally to susta...More
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