This is an important day in the history of football, and of soccer too: Alan McDougall kicks off a new book. 👟⚽
"Cold War Football: A History in Ten Matches" is co-authored by Tony Shaw and published by @universitypress.cambridge.org
For more info: www.uoguelph.ca/arts/history...
It's kick off day for the 2026 World Cup AND the highly anticipated release day for Tony Shaw and Alan McDougall's new book, 'Cold War Football'. 🤩📖 In which they chart the clash between capitalism and communism in ten iconic football matches. ⚽
Grab a copy on our website: 🔗 https://bit.ly/43pKl3l
Dr. Alan McDougall, professor in the Department of History, spoke to Global News about "sports-washing" and the cultural and economic implications of the FIFA World Cup coming to Canada this summer. ⚽📺
globalnews.ca/video/118603...
The Canadian Journal of Health History has awarded its 2026 Georgina Feldberg Memorial Student Award to PhD candidate Matthew Edwards.
His paper "Dolls in the Basement: Intersex Bodies and Anatomical Modelling in Kingston, 1946-1966" was based on research at the Canadian Healthcare Museum.
Congrats!
On May 8, current undergrad and incoming MA student Grace Nelson presented her capstone project at the Canadian Military History Colloquium, at WLU. She discussed the use of digital methods to understand gender's effects on Special Operations Executive agents in WW2, for a panel on research methods.
#UofG graduate students: The spring thesis approval deadline is Thursday, May 14, 2026. We know deadlines can feel daunting, which is why we've developed the Thesis & Dissertation Submission Guide, where you can find practical guidance for this process: www.lib.uoguelph.ca/news/thesis-....
MA students Kelly Hill and Lydia Kinasewich, who’ve completed their degrees and are graduating later this month, both presented some of their research findings to the Canadian Historical Association conference in Charlottetown, PEI yesterday. #chashc2026 🥔🦞🚢
🌟Student Research Spotlight!
@uguelphhist.bsky.social MA student Gavin is researching national identity and militarism in Scottish chapbook songs of the Napoleonic Wars, investigating how songs widely available to the Scottish working class negotiate Scotland's position within the British union. 📖
Join @uguelphscottish.bsky.social on April 23 (1pm EST) for the Frank Watson Book Prize lecture. Dr. Catriona Macdonald (U.Glasgow) presents "Patrons and Politics in the Making of Scottish History: Past, Present and Future."
All are welcome! Sign up here:
www.eventbrite.ca/e/patrons-an...
UGuelph History Department
The 36th annual Canadian Military History Colloquium will be held May 8-9 @wilfridlaurieruni organised by Laurier Centre for the Study of Canada. @carlajeanstokes.bsky.social is keynote. Register by May 3! buff.ly/zf4QaNy
