In this episode of the History Slam podcast, Sean Graham talks with Don Cummer about his new historical fiction book Brothers At War. They also chat about the place of historical fiction, how the past is taught in schools, and how to get people interested in history. [audio http://activehistory.ca/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Don-Cummer.mp3]

In this episode of the History Slam I talk with Scott Crawford, Director of Operations for the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame. We chat about the Hall of Fame’s holdings and archival collections, its exhibits, and the induction process. We also have a lively discussion over who is the best Canadian player of all time […]

This episode of the History Slam features Sean Graham’s conversations with people he met while taking the train from Vancouver to Toronto. Given its popularity as a tourist attraction, he was able to talk with folks from around the world and across Canada. Starting just west of Edmonton, he talked with 12 people as we […]

In this episode of the History Slam (the final one recorded at Congress 2013) Sean Graham talks with Sabine Wieber of the University of Glasgow about her work on death masks, with a particularly focus on Vienna in the early 20th century. They chat about the artistic meaning of the masks and how they affected […]

In this episode of the History Slam, Sean Graham talk with Professor Heather Murray about concepts of family, evolving notions of sexuality, and questions of community. They also chat about the idea of private as public and public as political.

In this episode of the History Slam podcast Sean Graham talks with CHA President Dominique Marshall and CHA Past President Lyle Dick about budget cuts that have had such a significant impact on the study of history in Canada. They chat about the situation at LAC, the CHA’s response, and how historians can increase their […]

In this episode of the History Slam podcast, Sean Graham talks with Simon Fraser University’s Mary-Ellen Kelm about her book A Wilder West: Rodeo in Western Canada. They chat about the rise and professionalization of rodeo, its role in western Canadian development, and the treatment of animals. They also discuss the creation of contact zones […]

In this episode of the History Slam Sean Graham recaps the week that was and chats about some of the issues surrounding Congress and conferences in general. First he talks with Daniel Ross of York University of the President of the CHA Graduate Student Committee about some of the challenges and benefits facing grad students. […]

On Wednesday night there was a screening of four documentary films as part of Northern Scene in Ottawa. The evening’s feature film was Dan Sokolowski’s Degrees Northand it was preceded by three shorts: Andrew Connors’ Come Back Little Star, Daniel Janke’s Finding Milton, and Lulu Keating’s Dawson Town Melted Down. Each of the films presented […]

For the first four days of Northern Scene, the Panorama Room at the National Arts Centre was transformed into a marketplace featuring some of the region’s top artists. In this episode of the History Slam, Sean Graham talks with three of those artists about their work and the changing face of the northern art scene. […]