Acadiensis

07/05/2025

Just a reminder that the July 15 deadline to submit a paper to be considered for the David Alexander Prize for best undergrad paper in Atlantic Canadian history is fast approaching.

Entries may be submitted by email attachment to [email protected], or by post to:

Alexander Prize Committee
c/o Acadiensis Administrative Assistant,
Campus House, University of New Brunswick
P.O. Box 4400, Fredericton, N.B., E3B 5A3

06/18/2025

Acadiensis would like to send a hearty congratulations to Greg Kennedy, who won the Clio-Atlantic Region prize for his book Lost in the Crowd: Acadian Soldiers of Canada's First World War.

06/13/2025

A new issue of the Journal has just been published:

English Follows Ce numéro comprend un forum commémorant le 25e anniversaire de la décision Marshall, dont des passages en langue mi’kmaq dans le cadre de notre engagement continu à refléter la dive…

05/26/2025

Acadiensis is looking for submissions to the journal, and we have a newly updated website. Check out the announcement's in:

English:

Français: https://acadiensis.wordpress.com/2025/05/26/appel-de-soumissions-dacadiensis-mises-a-jour-du-site-web/

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05/20/2025

CFP: Revolution and Resurgence: Celebrating Feminist Publishing

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04/22/2025

On the blog ... a CFP for the Ecologies, Knowledge, and Power in the Gulf of St. Lawrence Region, c. 1500-present -

Ecologies, knowledge, and power in the Gulf of St. Lawrence region, c.1500-present[1] 2025 Call for Papers “Ecologies, knowledge, and power in the Gulf of St. Lawrence region, c.1500-present” is a …

04/15/2025

On the blog, Nicole Gilhuis revisits two 1726 piracy trials:

NICOLE GILHUIS En 1726, cinq hommes qui faisaient partie de la communauté mi’kmaq depuis longtemps furent pendus pour piraterie à Boston. En effectuant l’analyse de sources telles que des bulletins…

04/08/2025

On the blog, an excerpt from Anthony Dickinson and Chesley Sanger's piece about whaling, mink farming, and rural economic development in Newfoundland:

ANTHONY DICKINSON AND CHESLEY SANGER L’élevage de visons à petite échelle fit ses débuts à Terre-Neuve en 1935, mais prit de l’expansion après la Seconde Guerre mondiale en appui au développement é…

03/31/2025

The Gorsebrook Research Institute (GRI) for Atlantic Canada Studies is pleased to welcome Dr. Gregory Kennedy for a public talk at SMU:

“Lost in the Crowd: Acadian Solders of Canada’s First World War”

For more info on how to attend, click the link:

Media are welcome to attend this free lecture and cover any part of it. Dr. Kennedy is available for advance interviews in English and French.  The Gorsebrook Research Institute (GRI) for Atla…

03/31/2025

The CFP for the 12th annual workshop of the Northeast and Atlantic Region Environmental History Forum has been posted. Click the link for more details:

Friday, July 25, 2025 Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick Deadline: May 2, 2025 The Northeast and Atlantic Region Environmental History Forum (NEAR-EH) brings together a group of sch…

03/21/2025

Happy World Down Syndrome Day!!!

While you're rocking your funky socks in celebration of difference and inclusion, please take a look at Martha Walls' examination of Prenatal Testing, Genetic Advocacy, and the "Burden of Down Syndrome" in 1970s NS:

By Martha Walls March 21 is World Down Syndrome Day, held symbolically on the 21st day of the third month (3/21), to celebrate of the contributions of people with Trisomy 21, better known as Down s…

03/19/2025

On the blog ... Martha Walls looks at Prenatal Testing, Genetic Advocacy, and the "Burden of Down Syndrome" in 1970s Nova Scotia:

By Martha Walls March 21 is World Down Syndrome Day, held symbolically on the 21st day of the third month (3/21), to celebrate of the contributions of people with Trisomy 21, better known as Down s…