Professor Sabine Cadeau鈥檚 book, More Than a Massacre: Racial Violence and Citizenship in the Haitian鈥揇ominican Borderlands, won the from the Institute for the Study of Genocide.

is a history of race, citizenship, statelessness, and genocide from the perspective of ethnic Haitians in Dominican border provinces. Sabine F. Cadeau traces a successively worsening campaign of explicitly racialized anti-Haitian repression that began in 1919 under the American Occupiers, accelerated in 1930 with the rise of Trujillo, and culminated in 1937 with the slaughter of an estimated twenty thousand civilians. Relatively unknown by contrast with contemporary events in Europe, the Haitian-Dominican experience has yet to feature in the broader literature on genocide and statelessness in the twentieth century. Bringing to light the massacre from the perspective of the ethnic Haitian victims themselves, Cadeau combines official documents with oral sources to demonstrate how ethnic Haitians interpreted their changing legal status at the border, as well as their interpretation of the massacre and its aftermath, including the ongoing killing and land conflict along the post-massacre border.

Professor Noelani Arista was appointed to a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Land, Governance and Language.

Professor Jacob Blanc was awarded a SSHRC Insight Development Grant for his project 鈥淎 Global History of Never Again.鈥�

Professor Blanc also recently received the Most Outstanding Professor Award from the Arts Undergraduate Society.

Professor Travis Bruce received a SSHRC Insight Development Grant for his project 鈥淢edieval Maritime Violence and the Mediterranean Spiritual Economy, 750-1300.鈥�

Professor Lynn Kozak, with Prof. Alanna Thain (English) and Prof. Kristopher Woofter (Dawson College), co-organised a five-day international workshop on Horror Ecologies, supported by SSHRC, the Dean of Arts Development Fund, and the Departments of English and History & Classical Studies.

They also received SSHRC Insight Development and Connections Grants for their project 鈥淎ncient Drama: Between Tragedy and Horror.鈥�

Professor Don Nerbas won the from the Canadian Historical Association for his article聽"鈥楲awless Coal Miners鈥� and the Lingan Strike of 1882鈥�1883: Remaking Political Order on Cape Breton鈥檚 Sydney Coalfield鈥�.,听92, 81鈥�122.

聽praised this article for masterfully combining "local labour history with the wider social and economic changes that marked Cape Breton鈥檚 coalfields at the end of the 19^th聽century. Much more than simply an insightful study of political economy,听Nerbas聽combines聽immigration and demographic histories with political culture and local custom for a beautifully articulated project. In tying regional practice to both the National Policy and Canada鈥檚 place in the global system of commodity exchange, this highly readable study sheds significant light regarding an episode previously understood simply as a 鈥渟hort-lived rebellion of passing significance.鈥�

Recent PhD graduate Fannie Dionne (2020) was named co-recipient of the 2023 Prix de la Revue d'histoire de l'Am茅rique fran莽aise for the journal's best article of the year.

Dionne's article, "Pierre Potier, l'茅criture et le pouvoir 脿 la fronti猫re linguistique de la Nouvelle-France" (Revue d'histoire de l'Am茅rique fran莽aise聽75 (2021): 19-40) examines 18th century Jesuit priest Pierre Potier and his engagement with the Wendat language.聽F茅licitations!

Professor Martin Sirois received the

Martin's passion for the classics is one reason why Sirois was honoured with the Principal鈥檚 Prize for Excellence in Teaching (Faculty Lecturer category) as part of the morning Faculty of Arts convocation ceremony on June 6. Another is the empathy he shows for his students. As a teacher of Latin and ancient Greek, he knows classics courses can be 鈥渋ntense鈥� and most of his students are encountering the ancient world for the first time. Student evaluations credit his good-natured openness for questions, comments, and discussion. Sirois manages to juggle the rigorous nature of the subject matter with a healthy sense of humour. He gets a chuckle out of a comment he often overhears upon entering the classroom on the first day. 鈥淚t鈥檚 something like 鈥業 wasn鈥檛 expecting that sort of teacher.鈥� I always find that funny 鈥� as if I needed to grow a long white beard and wait for many more wrinkles to properly teach the ancient world.鈥�

Professor Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey received both the Noel Fieldhouse Award for Distinguished Teaching聽and the聽

An historian of the United States and of the African diaspora, and recently appointed as a William Dawson Scholar, Professor Adjetey was awarded the 2022 H. Noel Fieldhouse Award for Distinguished Teaching as well as he Principal's Prize for Excellence in Teaching in the Assistant Professor category. In the word's of Dr. Adjetey "As a scholar who researches and publishes on the history of racial injustice and the ways that enslaved and nominally free Black people resisted such indignities, I have an unwavering commitment to teach and disseminate this knowledge. Central to my research, teaching, and public engagement is the premise that the humanities鈥攁nd history in particular鈥攁re fundamental to ensuring a free and equitable society. To help my students or audience appreciate their place in the world and in relation to historical actors, I encourage them to exercise humility, introspection, circumspection, and always maintain an open and critical mind."

Nathan Ince (recent PhD graduate) received both the聽Canadian Historical Review prize for best article published in the journal in 2022 for his article "'"

Dr Brahm Kleinman (History and Classical Studies) and Professor Andrea Farran (Religious Studies; Associate Member, History and Classical Studies) were co-winners of teaching awards given by the Arts Undergraduate Society to "outstanding" professors.聽Each year, the AUS recognizes outstanding teaching staff in the Faculty of Arts through its .聽 Nominations for the award come out of the student body.

Dr Alexandra Ketchum (Institute of Gender, Sexuality and Feminist Studies, 黑料不打烊 and a PhD graduate from the Department of History & Classical Studies) and to Professor Kristy Ironside (History & Classical Studies) on being named winner and runner up respectively for the 2023 Principal's Prize for public engagement through media in the Emerging Researcher category!

Congratulations to the on winning the Arts Undergraduate Society (AUS) Most Outstanding Department Association award at the AUS awards gala, as well as awards for Most Outstanding Academics, Most Outstanding Internal Relations and Most Outstanding Events