Dr Gillian I Leitch
@gilliandoctor.bsky.social
Historian, writer, artist, genealogist, popular culture - Co-Chair SFF PCA - Views are my own :) (Identities, 19C QC & ON, immigration history, Science Fiction - Doctor Who, etc)
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-> @nichecanada.bsky.social has published 257 posts in 2025 alone. A the vast majority of those posts are full-length blog posts, articles really.
Do you know another history or environmental blog publishing at that rate?
We deserve your support: fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
#envhist #envhum
Do you know another history or environmental blog publishing at that rate?
We deserve your support: fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
#envhist #envhum
November 26, 2025 at 10:56 PM
-> @nichecanada.bsky.social has published 257 posts in 2025 alone. A the vast majority of those posts are full-length blog posts, articles really.
Do you know another history or environmental blog publishing at that rate?
We deserve your support: fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
#envhist #envhum
Do you know another history or environmental blog publishing at that rate?
We deserve your support: fundrazr.com/niche2025?re...
#envhist #envhum
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My book Where We Stand, Where We fall is now up for pre-order. It's about the politics of Doctor Who, the themes the show keeps returning to over sixty years.
I mentioned this last week, but now there's a proper post about it, with a 30% discount code from the publisher: lmmyles.com/2025/11/26/b...
I mentioned this last week, but now there's a proper post about it, with a 30% discount code from the publisher: lmmyles.com/2025/11/26/b...
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
My book Where We Stand, Where We fall is now up for pre-order. It's about the politics of Doctor Who, the themes the show keeps returning to over sixty years.
I mentioned this last week, but now there's a proper post about it, with a 30% discount code from the publisher: lmmyles.com/2025/11/26/b...
I mentioned this last week, but now there's a proper post about it, with a 30% discount code from the publisher: lmmyles.com/2025/11/26/b...
The deadline for submissions for the 2026 PCA national conference has been extended to December 5th!
November 26, 2025 at 2:18 PM
The deadline for submissions for the 2026 PCA national conference has been extended to December 5th!
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Thank you to @erinbartram.bsky.social for the idea as a public scholarly companion to Contingent's end of year list of publications from non-tenure track historians.
Submissions for @contingent-mag.bsky.social are due by November 29th if you haven't submitted yet!
Submissions for @contingent-mag.bsky.social are due by November 29th if you haven't submitted yet!
Publications by Non-Tenure-Track Historians
Since we began publishing in 2019, Contingent has published end-of-year lists of books and articles by non-tenure-track historians released in the past calendar year. To submit something for inclusion...
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November 20, 2025 at 11:48 PM
Thank you to @erinbartram.bsky.social for the idea as a public scholarly companion to Contingent's end of year list of publications from non-tenure track historians.
Submissions for @contingent-mag.bsky.social are due by November 29th if you haven't submitted yet!
Submissions for @contingent-mag.bsky.social are due by November 29th if you haven't submitted yet!
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“This prize … will be awarded to the book that offers the best exploration of Canadian history that, in the view of the Wilson Institute, succeeds in making Canadian historical scholarship accessible to a wide and transnational audience.” Deadline: January 15, 2026. #cdnhist #prize
Wilson Book Prize | Canadian Historical Association | Société historique du Canada
The Wilson Institute for Canadian History at McMaster University is proud to, once again, award the Wilson Book Prize. This prize is open to all major publishers of Canadian history and will be awarde...
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November 20, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Heartily sick of all this advertising for Black Friday - which is not just Friday, but the whole GD month of November. Why don't you call this pre-Christmas sale period something else, which doesn't reference an American holiday, and reflects the actual period of time the sale takes place?
November 20, 2025 at 2:13 PM
Heartily sick of all this advertising for Black Friday - which is not just Friday, but the whole GD month of November. Why don't you call this pre-Christmas sale period something else, which doesn't reference an American holiday, and reflects the actual period of time the sale takes place?
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The Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies hosts a public lecture Nov. 21, 12-2 pm. Dr. Don Nerbas, McGill's @csschair.bsky.social, will present "Networks of Power: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Coal in 19th-Century Cape Breton". Join in person at MN 219 or by Zoom: loom.ly/uG1ENho
November 17, 2025 at 1:05 AM
The Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies hosts a public lecture Nov. 21, 12-2 pm. Dr. Don Nerbas, McGill's @csschair.bsky.social, will present "Networks of Power: Capitalism, Colonialism, and Coal in 19th-Century Cape Breton". Join in person at MN 219 or by Zoom: loom.ly/uG1ENho
Only 13 days left!
The deadline for the 2026 PCA National Conference is November 30th. Submit your proposals today and plan for a fun and exciting conference in Atlanta the 8-11th of April, 2026.
The Science Fiction Fantasy Area call for papers is here: pcasff.wordpress.com/national-con...
The deadline for the 2026 PCA National Conference is November 30th. Submit your proposals today and plan for a fun and exciting conference in Atlanta the 8-11th of April, 2026.
The Science Fiction Fantasy Area call for papers is here: pcasff.wordpress.com/national-con...
National Conference Call for Papers, 2026
SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY AREA SCIENCE FICTION AND FANTASY AREA Conference of the Popular and American Culture Association (PCA/ACA) 8 April – 11 April 2026 – Atlanta, GA One of the largest and m…
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November 17, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Only 13 days left!
The deadline for the 2026 PCA National Conference is November 30th. Submit your proposals today and plan for a fun and exciting conference in Atlanta the 8-11th of April, 2026.
The Science Fiction Fantasy Area call for papers is here: pcasff.wordpress.com/national-con...
The deadline for the 2026 PCA National Conference is November 30th. Submit your proposals today and plan for a fun and exciting conference in Atlanta the 8-11th of April, 2026.
The Science Fiction Fantasy Area call for papers is here: pcasff.wordpress.com/national-con...
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Stunning. Archives are everything.
‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard University fights to preserve Black newspapers. www.csmonitor.com/USA/Society/... Last year, during a move, workers found two whole boxes of Frederick Douglass’s’ The North Star’s first year of publication.
‘We don’t even know all of what we have.’ Howard fights to preserve Black newspapers.
Across the United States, scholars are working to preserve the history of the Black press before the brittle pages are lost forever. In a basement at Howard University, uncovered treasures have includ...
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November 15, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Stunning. Archives are everything.
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Got plans this Saturday? Ho ho hold up, you should check out 'Tis the Season: Christmas in Pop Culture, 1900-2000, a virtual conference feat a keynote from @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social, a closing panel moderated by @lizwfab.bsky.social, & much more! 🗃️
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November 13, 2025 at 10:39 PM
Got plans this Saturday? Ho ho hold up, you should check out 'Tis the Season: Christmas in Pop Culture, 1900-2000, a virtual conference feat a keynote from @gvaughnjoy.bsky.social, a closing panel moderated by @lizwfab.bsky.social, & much more! 🗃️
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Made an ATIP request for military records in 2022, just heard back - they said the file was already open. My Michael Joseph O'Sullivan was 1892-1952, the open file was for a man with the same name 1918-1942. Now it looks like I have to start over again.
November 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Made an ATIP request for military records in 2022, just heard back - they said the file was already open. My Michael Joseph O'Sullivan was 1892-1952, the open file was for a man with the same name 1918-1942. Now it looks like I have to start over again.
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WAC wrong-headedness
(that's the BBC Written Archives Centre)
I've brought together the key links for the campaign against the changes which now make independent and exploratory research at WAC impossible - and why this matters.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/wac-wrong-he...
(that's the BBC Written Archives Centre)
I've brought together the key links for the campaign against the changes which now make independent and exploratory research at WAC impossible - and why this matters.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/wac-wrong-he...
WAC wrong-headedness - Illuminations
John Wyver writes: Some of you will know that I have been very involved over the past months with attempts to reverse the wrong-headed changes to access at the BBC Written Archives Centre (above, with...
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November 7, 2025 at 4:36 PM
WAC wrong-headedness
(that's the BBC Written Archives Centre)
I've brought together the key links for the campaign against the changes which now make independent and exploratory research at WAC impossible - and why this matters.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/wac-wrong-he...
(that's the BBC Written Archives Centre)
I've brought together the key links for the campaign against the changes which now make independent and exploratory research at WAC impossible - and why this matters.
www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/wac-wrong-he...
The Science Fiction Fantasy Area of the PCA offer Best Paper Awards to students, and to faculty/independent scholars. The Student award includes a cash prize. More information can be found here: pcasff.wordpress.com/paper-awards/
Best Paper Awards: Graduate Student and Faculty/Independent Scholar
Every year the SFF Area of the Popular Culture Association awards a Student and a Faculty award for best paper at the National Conference. SF/F Area Paper Awards To create two distinct awards for t…
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November 7, 2025 at 5:18 PM
The Science Fiction Fantasy Area of the PCA offer Best Paper Awards to students, and to faculty/independent scholars. The Student award includes a cash prize. More information can be found here: pcasff.wordpress.com/paper-awards/
The Science Fiction Fantasy area of PCA offers "Early Faculty/Independent Scholar" awards to assist with travel costs to the annual PCA conference:
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Early Faculty/Independent Scholar Award
Eligibility and Application Information You must be registered on the PCA site and be an active, paid member for the current year at the time you submit your application. There are no exceptions. R…
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November 7, 2025 at 5:16 PM
The Science Fiction Fantasy area of PCA offers "Early Faculty/Independent Scholar" awards to assist with travel costs to the annual PCA conference:
pcasff.wordpress.com/early-facult...
pcasff.wordpress.com/early-facult...
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In today’s post, Matthew Hurst explores Hong Kong’s colonial history and ongoing challenges accessing archives. This post is written in conversation with two previous posts by June Chow.
Restricted Records: How Hong Kong Communities Lose Out When Archives Stay Closed
Britain colonised Hong Kong in the 19th century through two treaties, which lasted in perpetuity, and a lease, set to expire in 1997. Much research into Hong Kong’s colonial history relies upon rec…
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November 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
In today’s post, Matthew Hurst explores Hong Kong’s colonial history and ongoing challenges accessing archives. This post is written in conversation with two previous posts by June Chow.
Got this intriguing offer in my email today. Translate my books into Urdu to help spread the gospel....
And really it would be great to see my books on Doctor Who distributed - the gospel of Who - wait another book idea!
And really it would be great to see my books on Doctor Who distributed - the gospel of Who - wait another book idea!
November 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Got this intriguing offer in my email today. Translate my books into Urdu to help spread the gospel....
And really it would be great to see my books on Doctor Who distributed - the gospel of Who - wait another book idea!
And really it would be great to see my books on Doctor Who distributed - the gospel of Who - wait another book idea!
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Asking the interesting questions - who presented Aunt Madge to the Governor General?
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The presentation of Margaret Corley, 1910
This is the notice that my great-aunt Margaret Corley was in Ottawa, about to be presented to the Governor General as a debutante. This is the equivalent of being presented to court in the Canadian…
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November 5, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Asking the interesting questions - who presented Aunt Madge to the Governor General?
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Seen at a local thrift store - Don Mazankowski souvenir plate...
November 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Seen at a local thrift store - Don Mazankowski souvenir plate...
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The committee clerk email is [email protected]
Messages there will be translated and circulated to the full committee.
Messages there will be translated and circulated to the full committee.
Canadian researchers should be aware the there is a motion before the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Research to force Tricouncils to hand over disaggregated peer review data on all applications:
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
Applicant names, profiles, demographics
Reviewers names, profiles, comments, and scores
October 31, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The committee clerk email is [email protected]
Messages there will be translated and circulated to the full committee.
Messages there will be translated and circulated to the full committee.
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Don't make me tap the sign.
October 29, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Don't make me tap the sign.