Rural Diaries Online: Experience Daily Life in the Backwoods
Catharine Anne Wilson The opening pages of the diary of Benjamin Freure (1836-42) are full of hope, as he travels from England across the Atlantic with his family to start a new life. Upon reaching the...
View ArticleColonial History in the Age of Digital Humanities
Robert Englebert Well before digital humanities was a hot commodity and seemingly a must for every grant application, I was cutting my teeth as a grad student and inadvertently became involved in...
View ArticleA Conversation about History Blogging in Canada
Keith Grant At this year’s Canadian Historical Association, we’re going to have a face-to-face conversation about history blogging in Canada. If you’ll be in Calgary for Congress 2016, you’re invited...
View ArticleTeaching the Politics and Meaning of Maps
Claire Campbell I like maps. A lot. I used to study the Rand McNally Road Atlas on long car trips. Sometimes when I’m homesick I’ll meander through Halifax on Google Streetview. And this year I’m...
View ArticleThe Hidden Narratives of Clandestine Communities: Digital History and the...
Stephanie Pettigrew [This essay first appeared at UnwrittenHistories on August 21, 2018, and is re-posted here through collaboration with editors Andrea Eidinger and Stephanie Pettigrew.] French...
View ArticleThe Early Modern Maritimes Recipes Database, Part I: What is a Recipe?
Edith Snook [This is the first in a series of posts on the Early Modern Maritimes Recipes database. The entire series can be found here.] Early Modern Maritime Recipes is a searchable online database...
View ArticleFighting Fungus with Fungus: Mushroom Ketchup as Food and Medicine
Lyn Bennett [This is the third in a series of posts on the Early Modern Maritimes Recipes database. The entire series can be found here.] A widely used ingredient in meat-based dishes, mushroom catsup...
View ArticleExhibiting the Acadian History of Pointe Sainte-Anne
Stephanie Pettigrew [Welcome to our summer series on Acadian history! We are very excited to be presenting this special five- week series, cross-posting on Unwritten Histories, Borealia, and...
View ArticleIntroducing the CRKN Canadiana & Héritage Digital Collections
Who is CRKN? The Canadian Research Knowledge Network (CRKN) is a partnership of 79 Canadian universities and institutions dedicated to expanding digital content for the academic research and teaching...
View ArticleIntroducing Loyalist Migrations
Tim Compeau Loyalist Migrations is a collaboration between Huron University College’s Community History Centre, the United Empire Loyalist Association of Canada (UELAC), and Liz Sutherland at the Map...
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