Prof. Cheryl Troupe's book, Putting Down Roots, is on the shortlist for the Canadian Historical Association's Best (English-Language) Scholarly Book in Canadian History prize.

The Lost Promise of Digital History And why computational history is now needed more than ever

Prof. Jo Guldi singles out the University of Saskatchewan as one of the few history departments leading the profession in digital methods on this side of the Atlantic.
computationalhistory.substack.com/p/the-lost-p...

What Do Trees Have to Do With It? An Introduction to Westmeath and “Logging and Settlement Beyond the Rapids” Research on Westmeath Township shows timber camps drove agricultural expansion, but census averages obscure timber-oriented farms within settler colonial landscapes.

USask history alumni, Sam Huckerby, wrote a @nichecanada.bsky.social post to preview the article she published with Prof. Jim Clifford in the Canadian Historical Review @uoftpress.bsky.social @usaskartsci.bsky.social .
niche-canada.org/2026/01/27/w...

Dr. Brian Delay is presenting the Bilson Lecture in the Department of History at the University of Saskatchewan

Dam-Breaking: Arms Trading & American Revolutions

7pm January 12
Arts 241 (Neatby Timlin Theater), 9 Campus Drive

Department member Maurice Labelle is presenting at the local Amnesty International chapter on December 11.

Dr. John Bird, who completed his PhD in our department in 2003 with Ben Hoy and Keith Carlson, is a new assistant professor at Simon Fraser University. Congratulations John!! www.sfu.ca/.../fac.../f...

USask student leader named Rhodes Scholar, joins global changemakers - News Emma Wintermute, president of the University of Saskatchewan Students’ Union (USSU) and an outspoken advocate for social change, has been awarded one of the world’s most prestigious academic honours: ...

We are thrilled to announce that Emma Wintermute was awarded one of 11 Rhodes Scholarships in Canada. Wintermute is a double honours student, the current president of the student union, and former member of the CoLab in the department of history. Congratulations Emma!!! news.usask.ca/articles/stu...

‘Artificially drawn line’: 1860 engineers cabin a reminder of great effort to mark Canada-U.S. border Like the decision-makers who agreed on the 49th parallel, experts today believe the border functions best when the two nations co-operate

Ben Hoy contributes interview to this story on the history of the Canada-US border.
www.nsnews.com/local-news/a...

Alumni of Influence recipients making an impact on communities The awards celebrate outstanding alumni of the USask College of Arts and Science

Announcing the 2025 #USaskArtSci Alumni of Influence!
Five outstanding USask graduates who inspire others. artsandscience.usask.ca/news/article...

USask team wins international teaching award for Canadian history game Homesteaders teaches the history of prairie settlement through tabletop gaming

Congratulations to colleagues Ben Hoy, Jim Clifford, Paula MacDowell, Judy Jaunzems Fernuk and Jessy Lee Saas on winning a prestigious D2L Innovation Award in Teaching and Learning for the game Homesteaders!
artsandscience.usask.ca/news/article...

Congrats to our Executive member, @stundenbower.bsky.social, on be shortlisted for the @cndhistassoc.bsky.social Best (English-Language) Scholarly Book in Canadian History prize!

And extra congrats to the other nominees as well!

#cdnhist #envhist #aghist

Shortlist: Wallace K. Ferguson Prize | Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada The CHA is proud to announce the books that are shortlisted for this year’s Wallace K. Ferguson prize. (In alphabetical order). Jacob Blanc, The Prestes Column: An Interior History of Modern Brazil. D...

The CHA is proud to announce the books that are shortlisted for this year’s Wallace K. Ferguson prize! #cdnhist #prize

Five of our department's PhD Candidates presented their research at their 990 Colloquium today. Congratulations to Justin Fisher, Kiera Mitchell, Dasha Guliak, Derek Cameron and Patrick Lee on a job well done. Five very interesting research projects and great questions from the audience!

Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Neufeld on promotion to full professor. This is very well deserved. Matthew was recognized at the College's RSAW Celebration.

USask Arts and Science faculty recognized for research, scholarly, artistic impact on communities Four Arts and Science faculty members presented with college awards for outstanding RSAW contributions

Congratulations to Erika Dyck, Jim Clifford and Nazeem Muhajarine on receiving an RSAW Publicly Engaged Scholar Team Award for their work on The Remember/Rebuild Saskatchewan project and Cheryl Troupe on receiving the College's RSAW New Scholar Award.

artsandscience.usask.ca/news/article...

Putting Down Roots Looking through the lens of women's work, Putting Down Roots reframes Métis road allowance communities as sites of profound resistance and resilience, restoring Métis life in places, times, and schola...

Congratulations to our colleague, Dr. Cheryl Troupe on the publication of Putting Down Roots.

uofmpress.ca/books/puttin...

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Promotional graphic for Red Dress Day on May 5, 2025, supporting missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people across Canada. Features a background image of a historic building with red dresses displayed on stands in the foreground. Includes text and a QR code.

Red Dress Day is May 5: All members of the #USask community are invited to gather in front of Gordon Oakes Red Bear Student Centre on Monday, May 5 from 11am - 1pm to show their support for ending violence against Indigenous women, girls, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people.

Congratulations to two of Dr. Ben Hoy’s undergraduate students, Andrew Kelly and Marissa Moberg, who attended the 2025 Crossing Borders Conference at Niagara University on March 29. Andrew was also awarded the Best Paper prize! This is a huge accomplishment for both students.

How Canada Wins: Breaking the stigma of sexual health Candice Klein, with Saskatoon Sexual Health, speaks about services they offer and the advocacy and education they do.

Read about History Department alum Dr. Candice Klein as she talks about her work with Saskatoon Sexual Health in a recent news article.

thestarphoenix.com/news/local-n...

Join us for a panel discussion on "Psychedelic Humanities or Humanistic Psychedelics? What the Humanities Can (and Can't) Contribute to the Psychedelic Landscape."
Tuesday, April 1 from 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM at Louis' Loft

Happening Thursday March 20 at 4pm. The USask Museum of Antiquities will be hosting the first of its 50th anniversary celebration events in March, starting with a special guest lecture by Dr. Nathan. T. Elkins, Deputy Director of the American Numismatic Society, on the Colosseum on Roman coins.

I'm taking part in a round table, organized by a student group called Inspired 2 Uplift, focused on learning disabilities and other invisible disabilities on campus. The location changed to 211, Arts Building. Tonight at 5pm. Free pizza! @usaskartsci.bsky.social @usask.bsky.social

Congratulations to Dr. Matthew Neufeld (USask) and Sabine Jesner (Museum of Military History, Vienna) on the recent publication of their edited collection, Military Healthcare and the Early Modern State, 1660-1830.

This is an open access title and available at
www.vandenhoeck-ruprecht-verlage.com

Are you a History Major? Considering a Major History? Join Prof. Mark Meyers, in collaboration with the College’s Undergraduate Student Office for a group advising session. Mon, Mar 31 from 12:30-1:30pm in ARTS 208.

Please register for the session here: www.eventbrite.com/e/major-in-m...

Trump needs a history lesson. Maybe we all do By Robert Englebert The tariff war has begun. Since coming into office only weeks ago, Donald Trump’s on-and-off again threat of taking a sledgehammer to free trade has kept Canadians on edge. &nbs…

Check out this recent Active History post by our colleague, Dr. Robert Englebert activehistory.ca/blog/2025/03...

Deadline to apply: Today at 11:59PM! Open to anyone with 30 cu course work or 3 cu History. The application is easy to complete; reference letters can come in after the deadline. This is a great opportunity for undergraduate students!
artsandscience.usask.ca/history/stud...

Congratulations to our colleague Dr. Cheryl Troupe, who is receiving an Order of Gabriel Dumont Gold Medal.

This is the introduction to an entire series that we co-published with @activehist.bsky.social on historians confronting climate change, which you can peruse here: niche-canada.org/tag/historia...

#envhist #climhist #climatechange

Join Rural History Roundtable on Weds March 12 (330-5pm EST) as Kimberley Moore and @janisthiessen.bsky.social from University of Winnipeg present "Mmm...Manitoba: The Stories Behind the Food We Eat"

Register for this free Zoom talk here:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/mmm-manito...

All are welcome! #cdnhist