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Karly Kehoe @karlykehoe.bsky.social · 11d

New publication for reading lists! "Displacement and Resilience: Scottish Highland Communities in Nova Scotia" with @jich.bsky.social. if you don't have institutional access - please let me know and I'll share another link. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Displacement and Resilience: Scottish Highland Communities in Nova Scotia, 1810–1850

This article is a historical intervention in understanding the roots of socio-economic exclusion by interrogating the links between people’s displacement from three of Scotland’s Western Isles – Ba...

www.tandfonline.com

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Faculty of Arts at Saint Mary's University @smuarts.bsky.social · Sep 5

Congratulations to the newly elected Fellows of The Royal Society of Canada, including Dr. @karlykehoe.bsky.social of @historysmu.bsky.social! 🙌 Read @src-rsc.bsky.social's announcement: bit.ly/3JZLfga #SMUHistory #AtlanticCanada #rscBRAVOsrc #artswithimpact

An image of Dr. Karly Kehoe from the Royal Society of Canada's announcement on September 4. Dr. Kehoe is a professor with our Department of History at Saint Mary's University, and our Canada Research Chair in Atlantic Canada Communities.

Beside her photo is the following text:

"S. Karly Kehoe's groundbreaking research focuses on the displacement and migration of religious minorities from the Scottish Highlands and Ireland, and their settlement in Atlantic Canada. By examining these communities’ roles in the process of colonization, she illuminates the broader consequences of socio-economic and religious exclusion. Her influential scholarship and exceptional public outreach informs global migration and integration strategies, including world-leading initiatives to support displaced academic researchers.”

Royal Society of Canada | Class of 2025
Academy of Arts and Humanities

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Scottish Historical Review @scottishhistreview.bsky.social · Aug 29

OOOOOOOOH, news of our third Jenny Wormald Lecture has dropped just in time for the weekend. Are you excited? See more information below:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/scottish-h...

Scottish Historical Review Trust: The 3rd Annual Jenny Wormald Lecture

Professor Elizabeth Ewan (University Of Guelph): 'Feuding in the Streets? Gender, Crime, and Conflict in Scottish Towns, c. 1500-1600'

www.eventbrite.co.uk

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UnborderED-SSF @unbordered-ssf.bsky.social · Aug 13

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Karly Kehoe @karlykehoe.bsky.social · Jul 13

The #Eigg Mountain settlement - near Antigonish #NovaScotia. A “wilderness lands" settlement. Photos: last original house, foundation from a MacDonald house & engraved stone from house of John Gillis - an original settler. Thanks to Charlie Teasdale & Laura (descendants) & Shamus MacDonald.

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Karly Kehoe @karlykehoe.bsky.social · Jun 25

Thanks so much to the Chestico Museum and Archives in Port Hood, NS, for hosting my talk, “Scotland Displaced: Resilience in Cape Breton’s Backland Communities.”

The best audience with the most informed questions. And pretty great brownies and biscuits too! ❤️🇨🇦🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

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Karly Kehoe @karlykehoe.bsky.social · Jun 19

Delighted to have you here in Nova Scotia @smuarts.bsky.social

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Dr Paul Huddie @paulhuddie.bsky.social · Jun 19

@historysmu.bsky.social @icuf.bsky.social
A quick coffee with @karlykehoe.bsky.social and then off to NS Archives to see this baby in the flesh (so to speak) #Halifax #CrimeanWar #warmemorial #Welsford-Parker

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Karly Kehoe @karlykehoe.bsky.social · Jun 12

Totally agree. It will come out in PB and be MUCH cheaper but only next year.😕

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Karly Kehoe @karlykehoe.bsky.social · Jun 9

For friends following our work on #Scottish #Highland settlement sites in #CapeBreton - you can check out our final report here: canmore.org.uk/collection/2...

Big thanks to Historic Environment Scotland for the brilliant partnership.

One People, Two Islands: The Entanglement of the Islands of Eigg, Scotland and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, 1790-1830 | Canmore

canmore.org.uk

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Karly Kehoe @karlykehoe.bsky.social · May 26

Attention #Scottish #History folks - a wonderful new publication from @sallytuckett.bsky.social! Transatlantic Threads published by @edinburghup.bsky.social

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Karly Kehoe @karlykehoe.bsky.social · Apr 29

A beautiful day in Glasgow at my alma mater.

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Sara Spike @saraspike.bsky.social · Mar 10

I'm giving a talk on Friday March 14 about the history of fog in Atlantic Canada @smuarts.bsky.social

The stories people tell today about fog echo centuries of evocative sensory descriptions and emotional narratives, showing us how fog has always shaped daily life and culture along these coasts ☁️

Poster for a talk: The Gorsebrook Research Institute for Atlantic Canada Studies, Saint Mary's University. GRI lecture series 2025. Fogs love this shore: Living with Fog in Atlantic Canada, by Dr. Sara Spike, Instructor, Department of History, Dalhousie University. March 14, 2025. 2-4pm. Room MN 219. Contact Mathias.Rodorff@smu.ca for Zoom details.

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Karly Kehoe @karlykehoe.bsky.social · Mar 3

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Karly Kehoe @karlykehoe.bsky.social · Feb 28

In case you've ever wondered what the #crofts of a cleared #Scottish Western Isles township looks like. These photos are from Upper and Lower #Grulin on the Isle of #Eigg. The island in the distance is #Muck. Grulin was cleared in 1853 - 11 of 14 families went to Nova Scotia.

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Prof. Elaine Chalus @profelainechalus.bsky.social · Feb 8

Estonia-Oxford Postdoctoral Visiting Fellowship in Baltic Studies 2025-2026
University of Oxford - St Antony’s College, European Studies Centre #skystorians 🗃️www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLS502/e...

Estonia-Oxford Postdoctoral Visiting Fellowship in Baltic Studies 2025-2026 at University of Oxford

An opportunity for an academic position as a Estonia-Oxford Postdoctoral Visiting Fellowship in Baltic Studies 2025-2026 is available, as advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Apply now and explore other academic...

www.jobs.ac.uk

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Peter Gray @petergray47.bsky.social · Feb 3

Submissions are now open for the Irish Historical Studies First Book Prize 2024 - for an academic book on an Irish / Irish Diasporic historical subject published by an Irish resident in 2024 as their first scholarly book #IrishHistory. Closes 1 March.
usihs36.com/2025/02/03/i...

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NSM Archaeology @nsmarchaeology.bsky.social · Jan 22

Wonderful to see this officially added to Canmore! This project spotlights the value of interdisciplinary conversations and community involvement. Very happy to have played a part in the Cape Breton survey

Karly Kehoe @karlykehoe.bsky.social · Jan 21

Thank you to Historic Environment Scotland for adding Rear Beaver Cove (settlement of #Barra people in #CapeBreton, 1820s-c.1919) to Canmore. The first Canadian site to be surveyed and included in Scotland's national collection of archaeological and historical sites. canmore.org.uk/collection/2...

One People Two Islands: The historic entanglement of the islands of Eigg, Scotland, and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, 1770-1830 | Canmore

canmore.org.uk

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Karly Kehoe @karlykehoe.bsky.social · Jan 22

Thanks so much, Andrew, for getting this material up and running on #Canmore!

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Karly Kehoe @karlykehoe.bsky.social · Jan 21

Thank you to Historic Environment Scotland for adding Rear Beaver Cove (settlement of #Barra people in #CapeBreton, 1820s-c.1919) to Canmore. The first Canadian site to be surveyed and included in Scotland's national collection of archaeological and historical sites. canmore.org.uk/collection/2...

One People Two Islands: The historic entanglement of the islands of Eigg, Scotland, and Cape Breton, Nova Scotia, 1770-1830 | Canmore

canmore.org.uk

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Karly Kehoe @karlykehoe.bsky.social · Jan 12

One of my favourite memories during my time @uhihistory.bsky.social - departmental impromptu sledging at Dornoch beach! Thanks @davidworthington.bsky.social

David Worthington @davidworthington.bsky.social · Jan 12

Dornoch Beach. No @uhihistory.bsky.social team sledging down this hill on this occasion, @karlykehoe.bsky.social

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Karly Kehoe @karlykehoe.bsky.social · Jan 12

One of the most hilarious moments. We were all laughing and having so much fun on our cardboard for sledges!🙂

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Karly Kehoe @karlykehoe.bsky.social · Jan 8

Our open access article (with @ciaranon.bsky.social) is now formally published. Scottish Highland Settler Colonialism in British North America, 1770–1804 - open aAnd it’s free to all. #ScottishHistory #CapeBreton #colonization #catholicism

www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

“A Colony to Themselves”: Scottish Highland Settler Colonialism in British North America, 1770–1804 | Journal of British Studies | Cambridge Core

“A Colony to Themselves”: Scottish Highland Settler Colonialism in British North America, 1770–1804 - Volume 63 Issue 3

www.cambridge.org

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Karly Kehoe @karlykehoe.bsky.social · Dec 31

Wishing all of my friends and family in #Scotland a happy #Hogmanay! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇨🇦 🥃 🍾🥂

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Karly Kehoe @karlykehoe.bsky.social · Dec 20

A couple of drinks #recipes found in from the papers of Cape Breton’s McNab family. In case anyone is looking for ideas.🥂🎄

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