58 years ago today Ruth and Elliot Handler, founders of Mattel Creations, launched the famous children’s toy, the Barbie doll. The Barbie...

Tomorrow is going to be a busy day full of some fun opportunities! Event One: Bring Your Thing | 9:30AM - 11:30AM Tomorrow morning...

This article was originally posted on the Kingston Association of Museums' blog and is written by a Queen's History student participating...

On May 16th, 1929, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) hosted the first ever Academy Awards at the Hollywood...

This article was originally posted on the Kingston Association of Museums' blog and is written by a Queen's History student...

February 23rd 1945 is the date, Associate Press Combat Photographer, Joe Rosenthal took the iconic photo “Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima.”...

For this week’s Throwback here are two Valentine’s Day historic facts you may not have known about: 1) The phrase “wear your heart on...

Canada’s 19th Prime Minister, Lester B. Pearson, is perhaps known more for his feats preceding his prime ministership than those...

In commemoration of Black History Month, the History Department and Muslim, Societies Global Perspectives invites you to Canadian Black...

On February 8, 1587, after 19 years imprisonment for her complicity in the plot to murder Queen Elizabeth I, Mary Queen of Scots was...

How much do you really know about the grand buildings you walk past every day? Theological Hall One of the oldest buildings on campus,...

On this day in 1971, Ugandan dictator Idi Amin declared himself as the new president of the country, the third in it’s history. Amin was...

A few years ago, a friend and fellow Canadian historian found at an old-paper show in Toronto a Queen’s student handbook from 1910-11....

On this day in history in 1838, the state of Tennessee passed a bill that prohibited the sale of all alcoholic beverages. This was the...

The Queen’s history department where I arrived as an eager undergraduate in the fall of 1968 epitomized the academic patriarchy that had...

On January 18, 1803 (yes, I know that’s one day ago, but close enough) Thomas Jefferson asked the United States Congress for money to...

“Do women have to be naked to get into the MET museum?” The Guerrilla Girls, an anonymous feminist art collective, asks this important...

On this day in history in 1913, Josef Dzhugashvili publicly signed his name “Joseph Stalin” for the first time in a letter to the Social...

Hello! Happy New Year and welcome back! We hope that you enjoyed the break and that this term is shaping up to be a fantastic one. With...

With exam season well underway and the snow continually accumulating we believe now is the perfect time to extend our office hours. If...