Dear readers, The latest exciting news for early modernists concerns the upcoming Prize Papers Database, a collection of hundreds of thousands of juridical documents, 'trading and maritime papers, doodles, books and notebooks, keys, playing cards, colonial administration papers and around 160,000 undelivered letters' seized from ships captured by the British navy and privateers (with such…
Dear readers, Welcome to September! The beginning of term follows a trip I took to Boston MA for a recent conference. Boston, as you know, was a hotbed of the American Revolution; and among the many relevant historic sites in Boston are the Old State House (where the Declaration of Liberty was read out on…
On Tuesday September 11 2018, King's students are invited to join the University of King’s College by signing the University Matricula. The ceremony, in the King’s College Library, will be conducted by Dr Peter O’Brien, the University Vice-President, and the Public Orator at Convocation. Foundation Year Program students will matriculate with their tutorial. The schedule for the…
Finding your voice on a campus that values conversation and debate is not always a straightforward process. Jess Simm experienced this first hand. Jess came to King’s in 2015 to play basketball with the UKC Blue Devils and for the Foundation Year Program (FYP). Today she is captain of the women’s basketball team and a…
On Sunday, September 2 at 10am, King's residence opens to new students. Before you arrive, there are a few things you can do to get ready. Moving in You can find information about checking in, what to bring and what's already in your room, and more on our moving in page. If you haven't already, register…
The History of Science and Technology (HOST) program at the University of King's College felt like a permission slip which finally allowed me to focus on the who, where, when, and why of science. I first heard about the program when I was studying Biology at Dalhousie...
Dear readers, Although the latest Mission: Impossible sequel has been lauded as 'one of the best action movies ever made', even positive reviews have remarked on the risible, mechanical plot and compared Tom Cruise's character to an 'invincible robot'. This begs the questions: if it is not only Ethan Hunt who is a robot, but…
Although he's only been King's Chaplain since Aug. 1, 2018, the Rev. Dr. Ranall Ingalls, who prefers to be addressed as Fr. Ingalls or Ranall, has been a friend and guest preacher here for much longer. "King's has been in my life for more than 30 years in an incredibly transformative way," Ranall says. Born…
Dear readers, Following the release of the much-hyped movie Crazy Rich Asians, a romantic comedy featuring an Asian-American cast, we may recall that cross-cultural east-west encounters long predate visits of Chinese-American professors to meet their fiances' super-rich Singaporean relatives. Indeed, there is a growing body of scholarly literature on European encounters with Asian thought and…
