Musings upon the whys and wherefores of polar bears, particularly in relation to their forest-dwelling cousins, played an important but often overlooked role in the development of evolutionary theory. Michael Engelhard explores.
Culture
The Toronto Church Memorials to Soldiers of the Great War Project
As a way to explore the history of other memorials to the fallen, in 2014 I launched the Toronto Church Memorials to Soldiers of the Great War project as an experiential learning initiative.
As a way to explore the history of other memorials to the fallen, in 2014 I launched the Toronto Church Memorials to Soldiers of the Great War project as an experiential learning initiative.
Humorous History: Bram Stoker’s Wilde Side
Stoker is known, predominantly, for writing Dracula, and being the manager of actor Henry Irving, but the material about his life gives a real sense of the man’s character, mischief, and humour.
Stoker is known, predominantly, for writing Dracula, and being the manager of actor Henry Irving, but the material about his life gives a real sense of the man’s character, mischief, and humour.
Opening up ‘Fever’, Closing Down Medicines
Algorithms as blueprints for global health in an era of antimicrobial resistance
Algorithms as blueprints for global health in an era of antimicrobial resistance
Pods, Pots, and Potions. Putting Cacao to Paper in Early Modern Europe
Christine Jones explores the different ways the cacao tree has been depicted through history — from 16th-century codices to 18th-century botanicals — and what this changing iconography reveals about cacao's journey into European culture.
Christine Jones explores the different ways the cacao tree has been depicted through history — from 16th-century codices to 18th-century botanicals — and what this changing iconography reveals about cacao’s journey into European culture.
Bringing the Flu into the Classroom
The Spanish Flu hit Canada in the fall of 1918 and, after an initial scare, persisted for nearly two years.
The Spanish Flu hit Canada in the fall of 1918 and, after an initial scare, persisted for nearly two years.
Talking History Podcasts, Vol. 2; or, The Podcast Lover’s Survival Kit
What better way than by listening to historical podcasts?!
What better way than by listening to historical podcasts?!
Human Forms in Nature. Ernst Haeckel’s Trip to South Asia and Its Aftermath
An early promoter and populariser of Darwin's evolutionary theory, the German biologist and artist Ernst Haeckel was a hugely influential figure of the late 19th century.
An early promoter and populariser of Darwin’s evolutionary theory, the German biologist and artist Ernst Haeckel was a hugely influential figure of the late 19th century.
History’s Reputation Problem: The Sequel, History Isn’t Humourless, is it?!?
Good news for historians: 2020 is proving itself to be quite a serious year. Perhaps it will turn out to be the year of the historian (Everything is coming up Milhouse!).
Good news for historians: 2020 is proving itself to be quite a serious year. Perhaps it will turn out to be the year of the historian (Everything is coming up Milhouse!).
Teaching History Emergency Remote Teaching: A Post Secondary Reality Check
What we are instead seeing is a move towards emergency remote teaching. These are not online courses in the sense that we are used to seeing, but they are better than nothing.
What we are instead seeing is a move towards emergency remote teaching. These are not online courses in the sense that we are used to seeing, but they are better than nothing.
Solidarity Beyond the Grave
Yielding organs in a Nordic welfare state
Yielding organs in a Nordic welfare state
Master of Disaster, Ignatius Donnelly
The destruction of Atlantis, cataclysmic comets, and a Manhattan tower made entirely from concrete and corpse — Carl Abbott on the life and work of a Minnesotan writer, and failed politician, with a mind primed for catastrophe.
The destruction of Atlantis, cataclysmic comets, and a Manhattan tower made entirely from concrete and corpse — Carl Abbott on the life and work of a Minnesotan writer, and failed politician, with a mind primed for catastrophe.
Teaching Canadian History After the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)
Perhaps it might seem odd to begin a blog about teaching Canadian history with this story.
Perhaps it might seem odd to begin a blog about teaching Canadian history with this story.
History Slam Episode Eighty: Human Rights Frameworks for Health and Why They Matter
These inequalities are often the result of discrimination based on race, gender, and poverty – issues that are beyond the control of those that don’t have access to health. Many of Yamin’s examples are related to maternal health and mortality.
These inequalities are often the result of discrimination based on race, gender, and poverty – issues that are beyond the control of those that don’t have access to health. Many of Yamin’s examples are related to maternal health and mortality.
Pathways, Intersections, and Hotspots
Multisited fieldwork and the South African HIV/AIDS policy process
Multisited fieldwork and the South African HIV/AIDS policy process
Race and the White Elephant War of 1884
Feuding impresarios, a white-but-not-white-enough elephant, and racist ads for soap — Ross Bullen on how a bizarre episode in circus history became an unlikely forum for discussing 19th-century theories of race, and inadvertently laid bare the ideological constructions at their heart.
Feuding impresarios, a white-but-not-white-enough elephant, and racist ads for soap — Ross Bullen on how a bizarre episode in circus history became an unlikely forum for discussing 19th-century theories of race, and inadvertently laid bare the ideological constructions at their heart.