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JCB Map Collection, Louis Armand de Lom d'Arce, Baron de Lahontan, “Carte que les Gnacsitares ont Dessiné sur des peaux de Cerfs,” 1703

Our faculty of award-winning scholars are engaged in research that spans the globe. Alongside our traditional strengths in Canadian history and the history of the British Empire, we boast dynamic research clusters in global history, intellectual history, and the history of gender and sexuality. Temporally, our research extends from the medieval period right through the twenty-first century.

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Large Contingent of Ph.D. Students Present at Halifax Conference

Nine Queen's History graduate students joined keynote speaker Daniel Woolf in presenting at the Northeast Conference on British Studies in Halifax, Nova Scotia this past weekend. 

Doctoral students Elyse Bell, Joe Borsato, Michaela Cardo, Scott Eaton, Rachel Hamilton, Alex Martinborough, Alexander Peacock, Heather Poussard, and Amelia Rosch spoke on topics ranging from transatlantic material culture to eighteenth-century travelogues alongside some familiar faces like Dr. Johanna Strong (MA 2019) and Dr. David White (PhD 2022). 

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Call for Proposals: Histories of Sexuality in the Time of Crisis Workshop, November 2024

The editors of the Journal of the History of Sexuality invite proposals for a workshop to be held at Queen’s University, Kingston, Canada. The History Department at Queen’s University is currently the home of the Journal of the History of Sexuality, and participants will have the opportunity to discuss their submissions as well as the publication process with the editorial team (Ishita Pande, Nick Syrett, Steven Maynard, Margaret Ross), and to have their work considered for publication in the journal.

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The Revolutionary People's Constitutional Convention, Philadelphia, September 1970. Photo: David Fenton via Getty Images.

History Students Reflect on Women's History in HIST 473: Black Women in U.S. History

In HIST 473: Black Women in U.S. History, Dr. Laila Haidarali helps students to explore the history of black women in the United States from the late nineteenth century to the contemporary era. Positioning black women at its centre, this course situates the history of black women within the broader contexts of U.S. politics, culture and society, while also recognizing the ways that this history is distinguishable within it. 

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