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Upcoming Publications in Canadian History – April & May 2019

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Welcome back to our monthly series, “Upcoming Publications in Canadian History,” where I’ve compiled information on all the upcoming releases for the following month in the field of Canadian history from every Canadian academic press, all in one place. This includes releases in both English and French. To see the releases from last month, click here.

***Please note that the cover images and book blurbs are used with permission from the publishers.***

N.B. This list only includes new releases, not rereleases in different formats.

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Unearthed: Ian J. Jesse

Editor’s note: This is the second post in an occasional series entitled “Unearthed,” edited by Heather Green and co-sponsored by Unwritten Histories, in which emerging environmental historians in Canada discuss what brought them to the field, why they value environmental history, and how it connects with life outside of academia. 

Ian J. JesseIan J. Jesse is a PhD candidate in history at the University of Maine. His research explores the varied connections between wild animals and rural communities in the Northeast. He received 2017-2018 Fulbright Doctoral Student Fellowship and currently holds a University of Maine Canadian-American Center Fellowship.

 

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Best New Articles from February 2019

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Because, let’s face it – who has time to catch up on all the journal articles published in Canadian history?

 

Welcome back to the Best New Articles series where, each month, I post a list of my favourite new articles! Don’t forget to also check out my favourites from previous months, which you can access by clicking here.

Warning: As some of you may already know, Erudit has been down for the last week. Since several of the journal articles I needed were only available through this service, I was not able to include them in this month’s Best New Articles. So this is a partial list, and I will include the missing issues next month.

 

This month I read articles from:

Here are my favourites:

 

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Upcoming Publications in Canadian History – February & March 2019

image showing six books covers featured in this blog post

Welcome back to our monthly series, “Upcoming Publications in Canadian History,” where I’ve compiled information on all the upcoming releases for the following month in the field of Canadian history from every Canadian academic press, all in one place. This includes releases in both English and French. To see the releases from last month, click here.

***Please note that the cover images and book blurbs are used with permission from the publishers.***

N.B. This list only includes new releases, not rereleases in different formats.

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Unearthed: Judith Ellen Brunton

 

What’s this? A surprise blog post on Thursday? We’re excited to announce that this is the first in a new occasional series entitled “Unearthed,” in cooperation with NiCHE and edited by Heather Green! The series will be a special version of Historians’ Histories, featuring emerging environmental historians discussing what brought them to the field, why they value environmental history, and how it connects with life outside of academia. You can see the full series here. Enjoy!

 

Judith Ellen BruntonJudith Ellen Brunton is a doctoral candidate at the University of Toronto’s Department for the Study of Religion. Judith’s current project explores how legacies of oil extraction allow for specific contemporary imaginaries of the good life in Alberta. With case studies on: Imperial Oil’s publications on history and culture, Energy Heritage sites, The Calgary Stampede, and various corporate aspirational initiatives. Judith held a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Scholarship to pursue her research. She is currently a junior fellow at Victoria College and Massey College at the University of Toronto.

 

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