Micah True

Delighted to share the Call for Papers for a special issue of French Historical Studies on the theme "European-Indigenous Relations in the French Americas" (to be co-edited by Scott Berthelette and myself)

CFP and submission guidelines can be found here:
read.dukeupress.edu/french-histo...

Every time I review copy edits I learn something like this. It’s humbling for those of us who like to think we have a very solid grasp on these matters.

Some Albertans frustrated and unable to book COVID-19 shots as fall campaign kicks off | CBC News Some Albertans struggled to book COVID-19 shots as the province’s fall immunization campaign opened to the general public on Monday.

Frustrated, enraged by all the ways getting this shot has been made difficult…po-tay-to, po-tah-to.

Teen daughter reports that someone asked for her phone number at school today and she said 867-5309. I’m…proud?

Empteaness? Desteatution? Discupfort? Oolonging?

The keynote public lecture for the Atlantic Medieval and Early Modern Conference will be offered by Dr. Tom Peace @tpcanoe.bsky.social on the topic, "What is a Treaty?" Friday, October 24, 7:00 pm, at Université de Moncton, Bibliothèque Champlain. Open to the public; no registration required.

There was a guy in my home town who bred giant malamutes, so many people had them. I ended up taking care of one while house sitting one summer. It outweighed me, and once almost tore my arm off when it lunged into the woods after a squirrel. Can confirm they are huge, stubborn, and crazy strong.

Counterpoint | Minnesota humanities graduates thrive in meaningful careers "The stereotype of the underemployed history major is simply not true," professor Andrea Kaston Tange writes.

My latest: "Numerous studies show that majors in the humanities—typically, in departments of English, history, philosophy, religious studies, classics and languages—lead students to employment and life satisfaction outcomes as positive as those for majors traditionally championed as 'practical.'”

It's tucked into a manuscript containing Gendron's remedies for a variety of ailments, in a small private collection of his papers. I haven't seen anything else that could shed light, but also haven't made my way through the entire manuscript yet.

Curious little archival find: a sample of “herbe pour la rage,” apparently given in the 17th century to a French surgeon by John Locke. Any Locke experts out there know what he might have recommended for rabies/fits of violent anger? Answer could be at left, which I haven’t deciphered yet.

Curious little archival find: a sample of “herbe pour la rage,” apparently given in the 17th century to a French surgeon by John Locke. Any Locke experts out there know what he might have recommended for rabies/fits of violent anger? Answer could be at left, which I haven’t deciphered yet.

The Jesuit Relations - Champlain Society Greg Marchildon speaks with Micah True about his book, The Jesuit Relations.

Had a great time talking with @gmarchildon.bsky.social about my new book for the Champlain Society’s podcast Witness to Yesterday.

Yes, that would make it especially fowl. Heh.

My work email (gmail) keeps autocorrecting duck--as in "duck out of a meeting"--to fuck. Bets on how long it's going to take for me to fail to notice this before clicking send on an email to the provost or whatever?

This is a really good point.

The first (of several) opportunities this fall to hear me talk about my new book on the Jesuit Relations is Nov. 13, in Boston College's online Jesuit Studies Café series. Registration link here: www.bc.edu/bc-web/cente...
@mcgillqueensup.bsky.social

Favourite 10 TV comedies, in no particular order:

Blackadder
Uncle
Silicon Valley
Veep
Jeeves and Wooster
Letterkenny
The Inbetweeners
Archer
Community
Arrested Development

The phone in my office was removed due to budget cuts about 15 years ago and I have never once been sad about that.

It really is. Such a huge amount of material choose from.

Forget everything I ever said about not liking LinkedIn.

Oh no, is that a red-eye? I was the temporary host of one of those on my 21st. Feel sick just thinking about it.

Well I’m stumped, then.

a man is holding a light saber in his hand with a red light coming out of it ALT: a man is holding a light saber in his hand with a red light coming out of it

This is no time for half measures.

My favourite thing to do when my kids are playing hide and seek in the house with their friends is to hide in a super obvious spot and scare whoever finds me silly. Good clean fun.

I am in the do-everything-I-can-to-avoid-writing stage of a new article project.

It’s hard, going through life being this fussy about words.

In a zoom meeting we were looking at a document and it said something about reigning in (excess). So I axed the G but SOMEONE PUT IT BACK and so I was basically forced to explain the metaphor—horses, not kings—and anyway I probably ended up looking like a total pedant but at least there’s no G now.

Albertans can sign up for fall COVID-19 shot but cost still unknown | CBC News Albertans can now sign up to get the next COVID-19 vaccination in the fall but the province won't yet say how much the shot will cost.

In Alberta, we now have to register in advance and pay out of pocket for the Covid shot. This vaccine was a damned miracle, and now it’s like they’re trying to make sure no one gets it. Maddening.

I'm curious what grocery shopping is like in the US right now. In Canada, items subject to tariffs are labeled, as are domestically produced alternatives. Makes it easy make informed choices, which used to be more labour intensive. Are people in the US getting any of this info in the grocery store?

I can neatly fold a king-sized fitted sheet.