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Doctoral Study Opportunity - UWO
By: Adam Crymble

The University of Western Ontario Department of History, in association with NiCHE: Network in Canadian History & Environment, is offering $5000 per year additional funding for two new Ph.D. students in Environmental History.

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Liza Piper on Disease in Canada's North
By: Sean Kheraj

Professor Liza Piper from the Department of History & Classics at the University of Alberta came to UBC for the Nature|History|Society fall event. NiCHE has archived a copy of the lecture Dr. Piper gave about her new book at the event.

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Looking for Environmental Historians who Tweet
By: Adam Crymble

NiCHE is currently setting up a list of Twitter users who study or are interested in Environmental History or Historical Geography. If you or someone you know fits that description, please send a message to @adam_crymble and we will add you to the list.

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Craig Colten speaking at McMaster

Deadline: Nov. 27, 2009
The Departments of History and Geography at McMaster University present: Dr. Craig Colten who is giving a public lecture entitled, "Losing Resilience in the Fight Against Floods in New Orleans." All are welcome.

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Seeking Applications for "Environmental History" Editor

Deadline: Feb. 10, 2010
The American Society for Environmental History and the Forest History Society seek applicants for the position of Editor-elect for the journal Environmental History beginning no later than January 2011. This is a volunteer position.

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Why Historians Shouldn’t Count on the Kindle: Digital Reading and Historical Scholarship
By: Sean Kheraj

Emerging digital reading technologies hold great potential to improve historical scholarship, but these developments should not be confused with developments in the consumer electronics industry.



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How to Archive a Conference on the Web
By: Adam Crymble

If you'd like to archive your conference or workshop, but don't want to put together a book, there are a few ways you can achieve this on the web. If you are running a traditional podium-based conference, you might consider the following...

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Remembrance Day post: The Canadian Forestry Corps in Scotland
By: David Brownstein

I thought that I would include a post for Remembrance Day tomorrow by publicizing a Canadian Forest History project that has already seen quite a bit of mention in the press, Melynda Jarratt's book (in progress) on the CFC's activities in Scotland during the Second World War.

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Call for Panelists/Chair/Commentator - SHAFR 2010
By: Daniel MacFarlane

We are seeking a third presenter, as well as a chair and commentator, for a panel we are proposing for the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR) 2010 conference. The theme of the conference is "Crossing Boundaries: Foreign Relations and Transborder Histories" and it will take place at Madison, Wisconsin.

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SSAC-SEAC Conference
By: Claire Campbell

The SSAC-SEAC is inviting proposals for sessions for the 2010 conference, Traditions of Ingenuity, which will be held in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, May 26-29. The theme: Traditions of Ingenuity.

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Anglo-American Conference 2010: Environments
By: David Brownstein

Deadline: Nov. 20, 2009
Next July the Institute of Historical Research’s flagship annual event, the Anglo-American Conference of Historians is taking as its theme Environments. The conference will be held July 1-2, 2010 in London, UK.