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For the first time in the long history of the Olympics, the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games have been postponed until summer 2021 due to COVID-19. Unfortunately, this was not the only sporting event affected by this year’s pandemic—various leagues, tournaments, and … Read More >
“Friend beloved, this is my last letter in England. I will say simply ‘good night’—and pass out into the West.” 9th September 1909, Friend Beloved
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a disruptive impact on the ways in which we communicate and connect with others, creating an unprecedented need for distanced correspondence. From emails, … Read More >
“Both the educational system and the language have contributed to an awakening nationalism and a movement for Sámi Indigenous rights that pose a strong rebuttal to the assimilation, which was attempted at various times.” Marianne Stenbaek, Foreword to Language, Citizenship, and Sámi Education in the Nordic North, 1900-1940.
In 2019, the Finnish government announced … Read More >
Best known as the author of On Liberty, John Stuart Mill remains a canonical figure in liberalism today. Yet according to his autobiography, by the mid-1840s he placed himself “under the general designation of Socialist.”
For this week’s blog post, MQUP author Helen McCabe takes a closer look at Mill’s life and work in relation … Read More >
While the experiences of eighteenth-century Irish and Scottish North American immigrants are in many ways vastly different from our own, some of the challenges they faced are surprisingly comparable to those we might encounter today – even during the current global pandemic.
In this week’s guest blog post, Natasha Sumner and Aidan Doyle reflect on … Read More >
Devastating wildfires continue to scorch Western United States, an unprecedented and alarming addition to an already intense year of social, medical, and economic instability. We asked historian and MQUP author Alan MacEachern to reflect on the current disaster in the context of his book, The Miramichi Fire: A History.
On 7 October 1825, a … Read More >
“It must be given its place amid the clamour of countless cries heard throughout the era of Atlantic Revolutions, for more than any other, [the cry of Vertières] embodies the extraordinary strength of a country that is neither a martyr nor cursed, but determined to survive adversity and internal tension.” Jean-Pierre Le Glaunec, The Cry … Read More >
In The Clean Body: A Modern History, Peter Ward refuses to acknowledge bathing as a perennial, inconsequential routine. The author enthusiastically challenges the banality of the bath, examining the radical and recent shift in common conceptions of health that precipitated the personal hygiene revolution. Rigorously analyzing factors such as soap … Read More >
June’s MQUP Top 5 comes from Anthony W. Lee, author of The Global Flows of Early Scottish Photography: Encounters in Scotland, Canada, and China. A timely book, it tells of an era when cameras emerged to give shape and meaning to some of the most defining moments brought about by globalization in the … Read More >
We are excited to introduce a new monthly segment on our blog: the MQUP Top 5. Each month a different MQUP author will compile a list of five books that inspired, informed, or pair well with their most recent publication with us.
For March, Lucas Richert shares his five selections for his new book, Read More >