Reviews Under Jackie's Shadow Review in Journal of Southern History: "Under Jackie's Shadow is an important text for any researcher who wants to explore baseball's biggest challenge: getting Black Americans back into America's pastime." No Friday Night Lights Review in Tribal College Journal: "What resonates from the text is the pride the district feels for their players. The team finds its purpose through the connections among its players, coaches, and fans."

On Saturday, 16 August, I gave a talk at the Edmonton Worldcon 2030 virtual bid party, on Fictionalising the Franklin Expedition. I promised that if I could, I’d record it for people who coul…

Frederick George Jackson, Indigenous knowledge, and the “heroic age” of polar exploration - Volume 61

Reviews The Triumph of Life Review in The Christian Century: "Greenberg openly and lovingly embraces all humans, stating that all people are created in God’s sacred image and represent the Divine in a rich and full rainbow." Review in the Jerusalem Post: "The Triumph of Life is more than just a book; it is a blueprint for becoming a text-person…

In a world impacted by climate change, Antarctica holds the key to everyone’s future.

I’ve spent almost eight years learning about the lives and experiences of these forgotten explorers.

Reviews Starlings Review in Booklist: "Stark follows the starling's movements across the continent through articles in newspapers, magazines, and scientific journals as people's original welcome for their new avian neighbors quickly turned to aggravation. . . . This combination of human and natural history is a captivating read." Framing Nature Review in H-Environment: "Youngs’s methodological approach yields a rich analysis that is both cultural and material and one that will hopefully inspire future scholars to contribute to a scholarly and public conversation about the process of placemaking."

Historian Peter Frankopan will discuss the intersections of geography, history, and science with our Cartographic Collections Manager, Katie Parker.

Published in Terrae Incognitae: The Journal of the Society for the History of Discoveries (Ahead of Print, 2025)

Using the official ship medical logbooks from the French Wars (1793-1815), this paper will explore how naval surgeons conceptua...