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Dear readers, Last month, the British Museum announced that it removed a bust of its founder Sir Hans Sloane (1660-1753) to a secure cabinet due to his links to colonialism and the trans-Atlantic slave-trade, reports The Guardian. How did Sloane collect the items which formed the basis of the British Museum, and how were they…
The achievements of 23 King’s ‘Scholar Athletes’ have been recognized with this year’s announcement of the 2019-20 CCAA National Scholars. Each of the students named by the Canadian Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) has qualified as a CCAA National Scholar by participating in intercollegiate sports during the past academic year while maintaining honours standing. Here at…
As my undergraduate degree comes to a close, I am increasingly dodging anxious inquiries from relatives and friends. Unexpectedly, or maybe not, three years of university haven’t changed my interests, but rather affirmed and deepened them. These days, as I prepare for my final year, it feels like I’m returning to an earlier version of myself...
Dear readers, This is a special issue of Early Modern Times, featuring my intrepid vampire-hunting colleague Dr. Laura Van Helsing: here is a Penny for your thoughts as you begin your transformation into a Zoombie! --Simon Kow This year, I have the pleasure of inhabiting Dr. Kathryn Morris’ excellent course, The Vampire: Modernity and the…
With classes being held online this fall, the academic year will look a little different for King’s students. Dalhousie and King’s have been working hard to ensure you have a great educational experience. There are lots of resources available to help you excel at learning online and enjoy the sense of community that King’s is…
The University of Kings College, Halifax, is honoured to announce the establishment of the Captain Jenn Casey Memorial Journalism Bursary. All of Canada mourned Jenn’s passing. A proud member of the RCAF and an alumnus of King’s, Jenn lost her life on May 17, 2020, in Kamloops, BC, in a tragic accident when her Snowbirds…
I’m little — young, that is, not physically small — I couldn’t be older than seven, eight at most. I sit patiently in the backseat of my father’s dirty Volvo, hands folded neatly in my lap, more still than I’ve ever managed to sit in my adult life. My father grips the steering wheel at ten and two...
How do we write (and talk) about difference? That's the question that University of King's College MFA in Creative Nonfiction mentors Ayelet Tsabari and Charlotte Gill wanted to explore when they proposed an MFA seminar on Writing Across Cultures. Together with mentors Wanda Taylor and Cooper Lee Bombardier, they gathered online, and in a recorded…
Read MoreDear faculty and staff, I am writing to provide an update on what has been happening at King’s over the past few months on equity, diversity and inclusion, both in response to the calls of Black Lives Matter for racial justice in all institutions and in continuing development of our own internal plans and efforts.…
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