Thinking about a graduate degree with a focus on Scottish Studies? The Centre for Scottish Studies is the oldest and most eminent academic unit in North America to carry out research, graduate training and teaching on Scottish history and culture, with special emphasis on their global dimensions.

Interested to learn about graduate studies in History? A Grad School Information Night will take place on Tues Oct 6, from 530-7pm in MCKN 132. Grad chair Alan McDougall and two current MA students will be on hand to discuss all aspects the grad school experience, from application to defence. 🍕🥤🍕

Last week the College of Arts held its summer staff BBQ, during which the winners of its 2026 Teaching Awards were announced. History PhD candidate Aidan Hughes won the Graduate Teaching Assistant Award. And professor Ben Bradley received one of the two Faculty Teaching Awards. Congratulations! 🌞🍔🦨

This summer, PhD candidate Raymond Li was in Tokyo to research propaganda discourse and masculine identity construction in Manchukuo during WW2. He examined pre-war and wartime newspapers and government archives at the Japanese National Diet Library and also in Jimbocho’s historic used book district