Find out more about the Lord Dalhousie Scholarly Panel on Slavery and Raceand read the report. The panelwas established to examine the university's history with regard to slavery and race and recommend actions Dalhousie could take in response. The panel included Dr. Afua Cooper and Dr. Shirley Tillotson, Dalhousie historians.
Our Contribution To The Historical Discipline
Sustained research and scholarly publication are the cornerstones of the Department of History at Dalhousie University. Our faculty are counted among Canada's leading research scholars, and it is this well-acknowledged research profile that has made our department an attractive destination for advanced graduate students and junior research scholars. We have in recent years successfully attracted Killam and SSHRC postdoctoral fellows to our department, while our rich research profile has also helped recruit some of Canada's leading young historians to Halifax.
Research in the historical discipline can be rich and varied, and Dalhousie history professors are especially active in terms of contribution: (re)discovery of new historical sources, editing and publishing of manuscript materials, re-evaluating and critiquing existing historical paradigms, introducing new methodologies and approaches to types of historical sources (literary, artistic, cultural, economic, demographic, etc.), as well as crafting new interpretations which realign, or even challenge, existing scholarly discourses and practices.
Our faculty has been singularly exceptional in recent years with respect to landing major external research grants as well as fellowships to conduct research at other institutions, libraries, and archives. Moreover, our professors are invited regularly to present their ongoing research and findings to international audiences in workshops, conferences, and seminars across Asia, Africa, and Europe. As a result, Dalhousie's History Department stands as the leading, research-based academic unit for historical studies in Atlantic Canada.
"Old Methods Not Up to New Ways: The Strategic Use of Advertising in the Fight for Pure Food After 1906" in The Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era
"Contemporary Africans Meet Timeless Africa: The Conflicted Impact of Asadata Dafora’s “African Operas” on Pan-African Work in the United States, 1930–50 in The Journal of West African History
"A New Biography of the African Diaspora: The Odyssey of Marie-Joseph Angelique, Black Portuguese Slave Womanin New France, 1725-1734" in Sisters or Strangers?