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Huron History Dept & Community History Centre retweeted
19 Jun 2024
I was honoured last night to receive the CHA's 2024 Clio Award for the best book in the history of Atlantic Canada. My name is on the book, but the ideas in it developed from being part of some wonderful scholarly communities @CndHistAssoc @huronatwestern (among others). #cdnhist
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Our students are out with @tpcanoe this week learning about 17th & 18th century Mi’kmaw, Acadian, & Nova Scotian history.
13 May 2024
Great start to our @historyhuron Digital Disruptions Field School, learning from @mikmaweydebert & @NHSNB #FortBeausejour about 18th-Century Mi’kma’ki/Acadie/Nova Scotia
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Huron History Dept & Community History Centre retweeted
30 Nov 2023
I held this book in my hands today! It looks great &, no surprise, it is concise & very accessible. Congratulations @TimCompeau. We have a great team @HistoryHuron @huronatwestern #VastEarlyAmerica
Happy #pubday to "DISHONORED AMERICANS: The Political Death of Loyalists in Revolutionary America" by Timothy Compeau!
"An amazingly well-written book . . . perceptive and convincing"-@rnbrannon
#readUP upress.virginia.edu/title/60…
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Huron History Dept & Community History Centre retweeted
27 Aug 2023
Bio of the Day: John Brant was the youngest son of Joseph Brant [Thayendanegea] and Catharine [Ohtowaˀkéhson]. In 1828 he was officially appointed resident superintendent of the Six Nations of the Grand River. He died #OTD 1832. biographi.ca/en/bio/tekariho…
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Our wonderful @ninareidm !
In our our latest blog post @BL_EcclesCentre Fellow Nina Reid-Maroney investigates the material history of a selection of BL collection items to explore antislavery print culture in 19th century Canada West.
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ALT Title page of The Life of Josiah Henson, formerly a Slave, as narrated by himself with a Preface by T. Binney. London: Charles Gilpin, 1851. British Library shelfmark: 10880.a.7.
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Huron History Dept & Community History Centre retweeted
17 Jun 2023
Here’s an action shot of me hard at work at the Ontario Heritage Conference talking about what I have learned through my paddling partnership with the Munsee-Delaware Language & History group.
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Huron History Dept & Community History Centre retweeted
16 Jun 2023
Our #Letterpress exhibit @huronatwestern is now complete. To make space in the studio this afternoon we moved our “small” Reliance Press out into the hallway beside our Reliance paper cutter. #bookarts
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You should pick up a copy of @amyhelenbell ‘s Life Sentence. Making History engaging & accessible is a core part of our History program @huronatwestern - nimbus.ca/store/life-sentenc… #cdnhist #TrueCrime #Legalhistory
12 Apr 2023
Great profile this morning of @amyhelenbell’s new book Life Sentence. I picked up a copy last week and could not put it down. I strongly recommend, if you are interested in the history of criminal justice in Canada & especially the role of defence lawyers & #legalaid
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Watch @HistoryHuron @huronatwestern professor @amyhelenbell open the box full of her new book, Life Sentence. Congratulations Professor Bell!
29 Mar 2023
The amazing @amyhelenbell ! Can’t wait to get a copy of Life Sentence: How My Father Defended Two Murders and Lost Himself. Buy it here: nimbus.ca/store/life-sentenc…
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Huron History Dept & Community History Centre retweeted
6 Mar 2023
Thanks!! Looking forward to working on the project @HuronResearch @Schofield1616 @CKBHS94 @westernulibsARC
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Huron History Dept & Community History Centre retweeted
28 Feb 2023
Anna Julia Cooper is someone you should know about. Her biography profoundly shifted how I teach one of our two intro to global history courses @historyhuron @huronatwestern
27 Feb 2023
To me, faith means treating the truth as true.
Anna Julia Cooper
Died February 27, 1964
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Huron History Dept & Community History Centre retweeted
21 Feb 2023
Morning visit to the site of the Crystal Palace and the Great Exhibition of 1851–now a vast space and evocative site of memory recalling Josiah Henson’s participation as one of the 13937 exhibitors at the event @HuronResearch @ONheritage #phantomsofthepast
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Huron History Dept & Community History Centre retweeted
22 Feb 2023
Wonderful presentations from @huronatwestern students today at our research conference @britishmuseum Thanks to @OlivetteOtele and @SOAS for making us welcome! @HuronPres @HuronResearch @tpcanoe @TimCompeau @Schofield1616 @ONheritage
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Huron History Dept & Community History Centre retweeted
18 Feb 2023
Back in 2018, last times we did #PhantomsOfThePast, Robert Milligan’s statue was still standing. Today, for #PhantomsOfThePast2023, this enslaver’s statue has been removed. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stat…
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Huron History Dept & Community History Centre retweeted
20 Feb 2023
After a fabulous day of place-based History with Huron students, today we’re at @britishlibrary @BL_EcclesCentre sharing research on antislavery print linking London to London! @HuronResearch @Schofield1616 @TimCompeau @tpcanoe @westernulibsARC
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Huron History Dept & Community History Centre retweeted
20 Feb 2023
Studying anti-slavery books with @schofield1616 @britishlibrary as part of @huronatwestern #PhantomsOfThePast2023
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Huron History Dept & Community History Centre retweeted
20 Feb 2023
Here’s a shot of @ninareidm encouraging our students to sing farewell song of Frederick Douglass. #PhantomsOfThePast2023 @HistoryHuron @huronatwestern
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Huron History Dept & Community History Centre retweeted
20 Feb 2023
Great day @britishlibrary as part of @historyhuron #PhantomsOfThePast2023. Here’s @TimCompeau introducing us to a colleague who toured us around the library. I spent the day with dozens of maps of Mi’kma’ki (Acadie/Nova Scotia).
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Huron History Dept & Community History Centre retweeted
22 Feb 2023
Steven Cook, curator at Josiah Henson Museum of African-Canadian History, gives the 1st keynote at #PhantomsOfThePast2023 conference. Thanks to @SOAS @OlivetteOtele for hosting us @britishmuseum.
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Huron History Dept & Community History Centre retweeted
23 Feb 2023
We had a great day yesterday with students presenting their papers @britishmuseum. It is the last day of #PhantomsOfThePast2023 & we are shortly headed over to @V_and_A for a series of workshops. Huge thank you to @OlivetteOtele for organizing these opportunities for our students
22 Feb 2023
Wonderful presentations from @huronatwestern students today at our research conference @britishmuseum Thanks to @OlivetteOtele and @SOAS for making us welcome! @HuronPres @HuronResearch @tpcanoe @TimCompeau @Schofield1616 @ONheritage
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