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An interdisciplinary research centre that broadly focuses on the study of Northeastern North America, and is organized around a community-engaged research model as a decolonial research practice. (Visual art by Wolastoqey artist Emma Hassencahl-Perley.
"Debt of a Nation," the remarkable first book of our affiliate @agentlazero.bsky.social, has been nominated for the prestigious Wilson Book Prize. A fantastic accomplishment!
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Excellent @nbmediacoop.bsky.social coverage of our recent event with Dr. Barbara Lorenzkowski, co-organized with the Gregg Centre for the Study of War and Society.
nbmediacoop.org/2026/02/23/o...
Dr. Lorenzkowski in an auditorium full of people, speaking to her research.
Dr. Lorenzkowski at the front of a lecture hall, fielding questions from participants.
We are still buzzing from yesterday's visit of Dr. Barbara Lorenzkowski from Concordia's Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling, who gave a brilliant workshop on deep listening in oral history & a fascinating talk on her research on children's experience of wartime Atlantic Canada.
Our Advisory Board member @agentlazero.bsky.social reminds CBC NB that anti-colonial politics isn't just about reorganizing the deck chairs on the Titanic: it's the whole, continuing structure that has to be changed.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
The University of Prince Edward Island is hiring a historian in Atlantic Canadian history! Details belowβ¦
www.upei.ca/hr/competiti...
Talk Feb 19
Bitter Tales: Remembering Wartime Childhoods in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 1939
www.eventbrite.com/e/bitter-tal...
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2025-2026 has been a very active year for us.
Take a look, and consider applying to become an affiliate of our centre!
The call for the New Brunswick Scholarly Book Award, administered by the Journal of New Brunswick Studies/Revue dβΓ©tudes sur le Nouveau-Brunswick (JNBS/RΓNB), has been issued. Please check the link for more info: acadiensis.wordpress....
Join us on Thursday, February 19th for a public talk by Dr. Barbara Lorenzkowski, of Concordia University.
Dr. Lorenzkowski will be lecturing on her oral history research about children's experiences of wartime in Atlantic Canada, focusing on two Hfx case studies.
www.eventbrite.ca/e/bitter-tal...
Interior wall at the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre with the text " For a chance at Freedom, Loyal we will be. LIBERTY TO SLAVES! Is our call."
Learn more with a visit to the Black Loyalist Heritage Centre. Explore the story of the worldβs largest free African population outside of Africa, in the late 18th century in Nova Scotia. blackloyalist.novascotia.ca
While this was a landmark event, the presence of the large American slave ship you see in the paintingβs foreground is a potent reminder that the campaign against the slave trade was far from over.
watercolour painting by George James Rowe is the only known view of the arrival of the fleet of Nova Scotian ships carrying those who founded the city of Freetown in Sierra Leone
On January 15, 1792, 1196 Black Loyalists, including the notable leaders David George, Boston King, and Moses Wilkinson, left Halifax in 15 ships, for Sierra Leone.
It's going to be a great lecture, all are warmly welcome!!
Many great speakers on energy history, including William Gillies talking about his work on DEVCO and federal energy policy. Not to be missed!
Curious about the history of the region where you live, study, and work? Register now for HIST 4342: History of the Atlantic Provinces Since Confederation, taught by @fburrill.bsky.social, Director of UNB's @acsc-unb.bsky.social.
Congratulations to our awesome undergraduate student Sabina Leduc, who has won the Miramichi Historians' Prize in New Brunswick History for her work on the impacts of mill closure on Doaktown, Nackawic, and Juniper, NB.
Way to go, Sabina!
Excellent local media coverage of our recent speaker event featuring the Canada Research Chair in Postindustrial Communities, Lachlan MacKinnon.
Nous vous rappelons que la rΓ©union annuelle de la SHC coΓ―ncidera avec une journΓ©e du Colloque de lβAssociation dβΓ©tudes du Canada atlantique! La date limite pour soumettre des propositions Γ ce colloque est le 19 dΓ©cembre 2025. #CHASHC2026 #histoire #cdnhist #UPEI @acsc-unb.bsky.social
A reminder that the CHAβs annual meeting will overlap with one day of the Atlantic Canada Studies Conference! The deadline to submit proposals to ACS is December 19, 2025. #CHASHC2026 #cdnhist #UPEI @acsc-unb.bsky.social
A diverse group of people smiling at the camera in a large room, seated around tables.
We spent an excellent weekend with Elders, community members, and scholars thinking about what it means to do engaged research in "Atlantic Canada" from the margins created by settler colonialism and white supremacy.
It was grounding, challenging, exciting, and we can't wait for what comes next.
CFP: Rebellion, Resistance, and Refuge: Slavery and Border-Crossing during the American Revolution, July 9-July 12, 2026, UMass-Amherst
Deadline for Abstracts: Friday, December 19, 2025
Don't forget about our upcoming lecture next week!
The CFP for the 2026 Atlantic Canada Studies Conference, hosted by UPEI, has been issued. For more information:
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Congratulations to Dr. Gabe Hrynick, a member of our Advisory Board, for being accorded one of UNB's two, prestigious University Research Awards.
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Media poster advertising talk by Dr. Lachlan MacKinnon titled "Cinematic Ruin: My Bloody Valentine and Industrial Crisis in Cape Breton, 1979-1990." 318 Harriet Irving Library, 4-6pm, Monday November 3rd. All are Welcome!
Join us on Monday Nov 3rd for Dr. Lachlan MacKinnon's talk on industrial crisis in Cape Breton-- a theme highlighted in the film My Bloody Valentine. All are warmly welcome!!
Happy to announce the latest edition of Acadiensis is available:
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If you are working on topics of interest, shoot me an email.
If you're inFredericton on November 3, join us for a spooky public lecture by @deindustrialpol.bsky.social co-investigator Dr. Lachlan MacKinnon, CRC in Post-Industrial Communities at Cape Breton University.
"Cinematic Ruin: My Bloody Valentine and Industrial Crisis in Cape Breton, 1979-1990."
Our thoughts and hearts are with the children, but also, here on unsurrendered WΙlastΙkwey territory, we re-commit to a community-oriented, anti-colonial intellectual and political project that prioritizes understanding "Atlantic Canada" from the margins and recognizes Indigenous sovereignty.
Acadiensis is proud to announce a special forum on The Marshall Decision @ 25: Honouring the Future of Peace and Friendship Treaties.
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