Resisting Erasure
Recently, students in a new Department of History course "LGBTQ Lives and Archives" worked with the Kingston LGBTQ2S+ Collection at Queen's University Archives. Their efforts were highlighted in an article in the Queen's Journal. The students have each taken on a mini-history…
A reminder to consider joining us for next week's Arthur Lower Workshop!
Please note that workshop attendees should read and be prepared to discuss Dr. Churchill's paper. To obtain a copy, please contact Professor Steven Maynard (steven.maynard@queensu.ca).
Do you have a Chaturbate cam set up to give us live reports from AVN2026??
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Steven Maynard, Michel and Mathurin: Finding Foucault in the Archives (2025)
Steven Maynard, Michel and Mathurin: Finding Foucault in the Archives, Archivaria 100 (Fall/Winter 2025): 44-73 Abstract In this article, we follow Foucault into the archives. Foucault spent much of his working life…
The issue contains Steven Maynard, "Michel and Mathurin: Finding Foucault in the Archives", Archivaria 100 (fall/winter 2025): 44-73
Steven has said he is happy to share his piece if you email him at his Queen's address.
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I know not everyone shares my #Foucault obsession, but this just out in #Archivaria 100th anniversary issue "Legacies of Critical Theory in Archives." Thanks guest ed @archivalobjects.bsky.social. Thanks also @historiamagoria.bsky.social for hosting my Messecar Visiting Prof gig, where this began.
Looks amazing.
Nice one.
Excellent use of history about egregious decisions made by the Canadian government, then and now, written by friend and colleague Ishita Pande: www.theglobeandmail.com/life/first-p...
Excellent news. I met Desiree a year or so ago when she was in Kingston to help launch *Statesman of the Piano.* She gave me some suggestions for work on Black archives, which turned out to be crucial for my archives seminar. A real educator. Congrats Desiree -- Concordia is lucky to have you!
Friends who are attending the CHA: the Canadian Committee on the History of Sexuality will be holding a meeting to discuss ongoing attempts to erase trans/queer history from public history venues in the U.S. and Canada. June 3, 12pm-1:30, room WFL-401. Spread the word and hope to see your there!
The Association of Canadian Archivists has published a statement on the attacks on US archives.
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"A university that is not fully free is nothing more than a business of servility. You can't teach under boot heels; you can't speak in the face of the walls of prisons; you can't study when arms threaten." Foucault speaking at a rally of 600 university students, Brazil, October 1975.
It was truly a wonderful experience ... so great to meet McMaster history people, all doing such interesting, vital work. And now with a soundtrack!
Poster advertising a talk by Dr. Steven Maynard at McMaster University.
So excited to welcome @stevenmaynard.bsky.social to McMaster this Thursday as our Messecar lecturer! His talk, In the Archives of Infamy with Michel Foucault, is going to be fascinating!
Getting excited ... @historiamagoria.bsky.social
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Excellent round-up by @lanrickbennett.bsky.social of resources on Jackie Shane for #BlackHistoryMonth. Jackie's decision in the 1950s to leave a transphobic and racist U.S. behind is really resonating today. Not that things were so much better on this side of the border, but ...