Department of History, University of Saskatchewan
9 Campus Drive S7N 5A7 Saskatoon, SK, Canada

USask History Professor Valerie Korinek recently gave a talk about the histories of queer lives on the Canadian prairies during the 1960s-1980s. The talk was based on her award-winning book Prairie Fairies: A History of Queer Communities and People in Western Canada, 1930-1985. https://www.cbc.ca//saskat/queer-prairie-history-1.5910279

USask History Professor Benjamin Hoy's new book is now available to purchase. A Line of Blood and Dirt: Creating the Canada-United States Border across Indigenous Lands Read more about the book and Hoy's research in this recent article about the book. https://artsandscience.usask.ca//New_book_by_USask_histori

Join USask History Professor Robert Englebert and co-editor Andrew N. Wegmann for the launch of their new edited collection French Connections: Cultural Mobility in North America and the Atlantic World, 1600-1875. Thursday, February 18, 2021, 2-3 PM CST Click on the link for more details. https://www.facebook.com/events/845013946057966/

USask HIST 316: History of the Métis in Twentieth Century Prairie Canada, taught by Professor Cheryl Troupe, recently hosted Métis children’s book author Wilfred Burton to share some of his work, and stories about women’s work in his family.

Congratulations to USask History Undergraduate Students Aurora Chartier and Alex Litster-Paramor on receiving two of the university's Indigenous Student Achievement Awards last week! Chartier received the Community Award, and Litster-Paramor received the Research Award. https://students.usask.ca/documents/asc/isaawinners.pdf

USask History Professor Erika Dyck provides important historical context in this article on some common misconceptions about psychedelics and the long-held narrative about their ancient application as a shamanic therapy around the world. https://www.vice.com//psychedelic-drug-use-in-ancient-indi

USask History Postdoctoral Fellow Steve Lett recently published an article for the Chacruna blog, "How Music Therapists Helped Build Psychedelic Therapy" https://chacruna.net/how-music-therapists-helped-build-psy/

The recent article featuring USask History MA student Ariel Brecht and her research on medieval manuscripts has been republished by Medievalists.net. https://www.medievalists.net//saskatchewan-medieval-manus/

Read USask History alumna Andrea Ens's (MA 2018) new blog post in the Women in the History of Psychedelic Plant Medicines Series at Chacruna. 'Please Write Up Your Work!': Laura Archera Huxley as a Psychedelic Pioneer" https://chacruna.net/laura-archera-huxley-as-a-psychedelic/

Congratulations to USask History Professor Mirela David on the publication of "#MeToo is post-socialist countries: A comparative analysis of Romanian and Chinese feminist activism against sexual violence" as part of the The Routledge Handbook of the Politics of the #MeToo Movement https://www.routledge.com//Chandra-Er/p/book/9780367408473

Congratulations to USask History Professor Benjamin Hoy on the publication of his first book A Line of Blood and Dirt: Creating the Canada-United States Border across Indigenous Lands. The book will be released in February 2021, but is available for pre-order today through Oxford University Press, or at fine booksellers everywhere! https://global.oup.com//a-line-of-blood-and-dirt-978019752&#

USask PhD student Derek Cameron is featured in this College grad student profile. Derek's research into anti-vaccine perspectives has become very timely in 2021! https://news.usask.ca//usask-graduates-vaccination-researc

USask History Professor Andrew Watson has published a new article The Single Most Important Factor: Fossil Fuel Energy, Groundwater, and Irrigation on the High Plains, 19551985. The article is open access until November 16. https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.3098/ah.2020.094.4.629 You can also read a shorter blog post based on his article, co-published by NiCHE and Agricultural History Society. https://niche-canada.org//the-mirage-of-industrial-agricu/

Congratulations to Ryan Dutchak on the successful defence of his MA thesis: We’ve Lost Them Through Assimilation: Ukrainian and Doukhobor Integration in Saskatchewan, 1946-1971

Congratulations to recent USask History MA alumna Shannon McConnell on the publication of her new book of poetry The Burden of Gravity, which is based on her MFA thesis (USask English) https://artsandscience.usask.ca//Legacy_of_B_C_institution

Many thanks to Dr. Bathsheba Demuth for joining us on November 2 for the 2020 Bilson lecture to talk about her book The Floating Coast. More than 40 people from Saskatchewan & across the country joined for a very engaging interview & question period! Master's students were also lucky enough to have Dr. Demuth join their Methods in Historical Research class for a discussion about her book and the historian's craft.