Revisiting Persuasion: Jane Austen on history and History

April 27, 2018

Today’s guest post is by Daniel Woolf, Professor of History, and Principal and Vice-Chancellor, at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario. …

Sir Walter Elliot Sleeps Through History

April 13, 2018

Bao Bui is a lecturer in the Department of History at Stephen F. Austin State University in Texas, and he …

July 14, 2017

Jane Austen died two hundred years ago this month, on July 18, 1817. Readers around the world are commemorating the …

June 9, 2017

Later this month, Sheila Johnson Kindred and I are giving a joint lecture for the Jane Austen Society, UK conference …

November 27, 2015

A trip to McNabs Island this past summer inspired me to revisit Thomas Raddall’s descriptions of the island in his …

September 18, 2015

I love thinking about the history of Halifax when I’m running. Long runs give me a chance to explore my …