Kimberly Monk

The Shickluna Shipyard team were out doing a little #publicarchaeology at the weekend. Several Brock profs, community organizations, and local groups prepared exhibits toward sharing local history with our communities. Niagara history geeks unite! #outreach #digtheshipyard

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03.03.2025 23:35 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

CFP: Sport in Maritime, Riverine, and Aquatic Cultures: special issue, International Journal of the History of Sport - Global Maritime History The editors would like to encourage scholars to submit articles dealing with sport in water cultures for consideration for a special issue of the International Journal of the History of Sport due for publication in late 2025.  They welcome submissions dealing with any aspects of rowing, swimming, sailing, diving, surfing, fishing, canoeing and any other recreational or competitive maritime, riverine or other aquatic sporting activity, including the practices, participants, organization, or institutions of aquatic sport. They particularly encourage submissions dealing with issues, practices, and cultures outside Europe and North America.  Please submit your paper by Monday, April 7, 2025. Papers should be no longer than 10,000 words, including references. Full guidance on preparation and the publication process is available on the journal’s website.  Applicants must submit via the ScholarOne system, accessible on the IJHS page. Please make sure to select the *Maritime, Riverine, and Aquatic Sport* option on the Special Issue drop-down menu. Your paper will be considered through the usual refereeing process, managed by IJHS Special Issue Editor Dr. Malcolm MacLean, working with academic editor Dr. Daniele Cristina Carqueijeiro de Medeiros of Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brazil. The aim is to publish in early 2026. The editors are looking forward to seeing your submissions. If you have any questions about the process, please contact Malcolm at malcolmkmaclean@gmail.com.

03.12.2024 02:33 — 👍 6    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 0

Bird's eye view of the Port of Buffalo. Credit J.W. Hill "Buffalo" 1855.

The PortCities #Buffalo project is underway with the 2025 release to coincide with the #ErieCanal bicentennial. Students are exploring a range of topics that detail its social, economic, and environmental developments. Please visit the Port2Port project blog to learn more: porthistory.ca/home/blog/.

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a man with a mustache is saying `` team work make the dream work '' while drinking from a glass . ALT: a man with a mustache is saying `` team work make the dream work '' while drinking from a glass .

Thank you to the terrific team that supported the project and its new additions, including Rebecca Nickerson, Manan Patel, Dinah Nichol, and Emily Haus. Research support was provided by David Sharron @ Brock Library, and funding was provided by the Brock Humanities Research Institute. 2/3

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A sloop sails up the Niagara River near Queenston. A birchbark canoe paddles down river. Credit: Charles Ramus Forrest, National Gallery of Canada, 1821-1823.

The #PortCities #publichistory project is updated with the 2023-2024 #Niagara essays written by students in HIST #2F00 Great Lakes Maritime & Coastal History @ Brock University. Porthistory.ca also hosts new sections including student blogs, infographics & the PortCities web map. 1/3

03.12.2024 20:55 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Maltese and shipyards. Be still my heart! Happy reading⚓

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