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Welcome to The Watson 2021-2022 - What to Know
Welcome back to The Watson! We are excited for an excellent 2021-2022 school year. The Watson is a student-run blog that operates as a...
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We're thrilled you’re here! Members of the Queen's University History Department Student Council have worked hard to create an inclusive and diverse DSC, and therefore we have decided to open up our blog to student submissions. We hope that The Watson becomes a space in which History students can celebrate their interests with passion and enthusiasm, where we can connect with each other in a new way.
Student submissions can be emailed to hist.dsc@asus.queensu.ca.
Further details are found under Submit.
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Check Out These Indigenous History Resources Available Through Queen's OMNI
Videos/Documentaries: Treaties, Reconciliation and Indigenous History in Canada, CBC, 2017, available online #Beyond94 - Canada's...
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A Watson Wrap-up
By: Chloe Fine As the school year comes to a close with the last of classes being over, The Watson is wrapping up our most recent season...
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The Reunification of Ethiopia up to 1896
By Alex Wodzicki This is the fifth part of a multi-part series on the history of the Kingdom of Ethiopia. If you haven’t read it...
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Canada's Longest and Friendliest War
By: Chloe Fine Canada has gone to war on several occasions since its confederation; however, there is one very unique war that Canada has...
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The Oromo Migration and the Kingdom of Ethiopia in the 16th and 17th Centuries
By Alex Wodzicki This is part four of a multi-part series on the history of Ethiopia. If you haven’t read it already, be sure to check...
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Books for Learning More About Black Canadian History
By: Chloe Fine The history of Black people in Canada has not traditionally been at the forefront of Canadian history and education on...
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The Kingdom of Ethiopia and the Muslim Sultanates of the Horn of Africa
By Alex Wodzicki This is part three of a multi-part series on the history of Ethiopia. If you haven’t read it already, be sure to check...
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The Medieval Kingdom of Ethiopia
By Alex Wodzicki This is part two of a multi-part series on the history of Ethiopia. If you haven’t read it already, be sure to check out...
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The Early History of Ethiopia and the Kingdom of Aksum
By Alex Wodzicki In honor of Black History Month, I thought it would be interesting to look at the Kingdom of Ethiopia and its...
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Navigating a History Degree at Queen's
By Kathleen Ferns Hey everyone, I’m Kathleen! I’m a member of the History DSC and I’m one of the peer advisors with PATH, which is the...
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Stories from Study Abroad: a Year at the BISC
By: Shivangi Mistry Everyone dreams of having a movie-like university experience, one where they find their independence, grow into their...
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Stories from Study abroad: Six weeks in Canberra
By Veronica Opreff Over the last several years I have participated in various exchanges around the world. Each one of these was unique...
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Stories from Study abroad: A semester in Istanbul
By: Bertug Yoruk For the fall 2019 semester, I studied abroad at Koc University in Istanbul, Turkey. A city of nearly 20 million...
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The Early History of the Christian Church and the Great Schism of 1054
By Alex Wodzicki Today, Christianity can broadly be divided into the Western church (Catholicism, Protestantism and its various...
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The History of Universal Healthcare in Canada
By: Chloe Fine The Covid-19 pandemic has stretched our healthcare system's resources and capabilities as we have never seen before. This...
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Remembrance Day and the end of WWI
By Alex Wodzicki Remembrance Day, which we celebrated this Wednesday, is one of Canada’s most important holidays. It commemorates the...
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The Importance of National Aboriginal Veteran's Day
By: Chloe Fine This Sunday marks the 26th celebration of National Aboriginal Veterans Day. The holiday was established in Manitoba and...
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A Collection of Fun History Resources
Hey everyone! As History students we’re blessed to be absolutely inundated with History content on every conceivable platform. There is...
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The History of Grave Robbing in Kingston
By: Chloe Fine As a city known to have several supposedly haunted hotspots, it is unsurprising that Kingston has some rather spooky...
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