Steven Maynard
@stevenmaynard.bsky.social
Historian of sexuality. Queer writer. Foucault freak.
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Karen Dubinsky, Professor Emerita of History and Global Development Studies at Queen’s U, passed away on 4 Sept. 2026 after a brief illness. Karen was a longtime supporter of—and contributor to—Active History. We mourn her loss, even as we celebrate her life.
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Remembering Karen Dubinsky (1957-2026)
Karen Dubinsky, Professor Emerita of History and Global Development Studies at Queen’s University, brilliant scholar and generous friend to so many, passed away on 4 September 2026 after a br…
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September 22, 2026 at 9:21 PM
Karen Dubinsky, Professor Emerita of History and Global Development Studies at Queen’s U, passed away on 4 Sept. 2026 after a brief illness. Karen was a longtime supporter of—and contributor to—Active History. We mourn her loss, even as we celebrate her life.
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Post by Susan Lord and Scott Rutherford
"Their Presidents shall not be their common referee so much as their poets shall."
Walt Whitman, "By Blue Ontario's Shore."
Walt Whitman, "By Blue Ontario's Shore."
August 29, 2026 at 1:35 PM
"Their Presidents shall not be their common referee so much as their poets shall."
Walt Whitman, "By Blue Ontario's Shore."
Walt Whitman, "By Blue Ontario's Shore."
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Foucault’s Visit to McGill University, and his meetings with Quebec separatists – Stuart Elden and Marcelo Hoffman on the @versobooks.bsky.social blog
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www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/f...
Foucault’s Visit to McGill University and his meetings with Quebec sep
Michel Foucault gave some lectures on Friedrich Nietzsche at McGill University in April 1971. This was his first visit to Canada. He had visited SUNY Buffalo in 1970 and returned there in spring 1972 ...
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July 2, 2026 at 9:10 AM
Foucault’s Visit to McGill University, and his meetings with Quebec separatists – Stuart Elden and Marcelo Hoffman on the @versobooks.bsky.social blog
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/f...
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/f...
News of Carlo Ginzburg's death today reaches me, I kid you not, as I'm re-reading his *Clues, Myths, and the Historical Method.*
June 17, 2026 at 3:50 PM
News of Carlo Ginzburg's death today reaches me, I kid you not, as I'm re-reading his *Clues, Myths, and the Historical Method.*
Over on Insta: www.instagram.com/p/DZZ5Q5djd8Q/
June 10, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Over on Insta: www.instagram.com/p/DZZ5Q5djd8Q/
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Resisting Erasure
Recently, students in a new Department of History course "LGBTQ Lives and Archives" worked with the Kingston LGBTQ2S+ Collection at Queen's University Archives. Their efforts were highlighted in an article in the Queen's Journal. The students have each taken on a mini-history…
Recently, students in a new Department of History course "LGBTQ Lives and Archives" worked with the Kingston LGBTQ2S+ Collection at Queen's University Archives. Their efforts were highlighted in an article in the Queen's Journal. The students have each taken on a mini-history…
Resisting Erasure
Recently, students in a new Department of History course "LGBTQ Lives and Archives" worked with the Kingston LGBTQ2S+ Collection at Queen's University Archives. Their efforts were highlighted in an article in the Queen's Journal. The students have each taken on a mini-history project to explore, and summaries of their findings have been posted on our Instagram page.
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March 27, 2026 at 8:13 PM
Resisting Erasure
Recently, students in a new Department of History course "LGBTQ Lives and Archives" worked with the Kingston LGBTQ2S+ Collection at Queen's University Archives. Their efforts were highlighted in an article in the Queen's Journal. The students have each taken on a mini-history…
Recently, students in a new Department of History course "LGBTQ Lives and Archives" worked with the Kingston LGBTQ2S+ Collection at Queen's University Archives. Their efforts were highlighted in an article in the Queen's Journal. The students have each taken on a mini-history…
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A reminder to consider joining us for next week's Arthur Lower Workshop!
Please note that workshop attendees should read and be prepared to discuss Dr. Churchill's paper. To obtain a copy, please contact Professor Steven Maynard ([email protected]).
Please note that workshop attendees should read and be prepared to discuss Dr. Churchill's paper. To obtain a copy, please contact Professor Steven Maynard ([email protected]).
March 3, 2026 at 8:11 PM
A reminder to consider joining us for next week's Arthur Lower Workshop!
Please note that workshop attendees should read and be prepared to discuss Dr. Churchill's paper. To obtain a copy, please contact Professor Steven Maynard ([email protected]).
Please note that workshop attendees should read and be prepared to discuss Dr. Churchill's paper. To obtain a copy, please contact Professor Steven Maynard ([email protected]).
Nouvel article | « Michel and Mathurin : Finding Foucault in the Archives » | Steven Maynard ffl.hypotheses.org/3304
Nouvel article | « Michel and Mathurin : Finding Foucault in the Archives » | Steven Maynard
L’archive ou les archives ? Comme chacun sait, Foucault est depuis longtemps associé à la notion de « l’archive ». Or, dans cet article, Steven Maynard (Queen’s University / Canada) s’appuie sur les...
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January 15, 2026 at 12:59 PM
Nouvel article | « Michel and Mathurin : Finding Foucault in the Archives » | Steven Maynard ffl.hypotheses.org/3304
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Steven Maynard, Michel and Mathurin: Finding Foucault in the Archives (2025)
Steven Maynard, Michel and Mathurin: Finding Foucault in the Archives, Archivaria 100 (Fall/Winter 2025): 44-73 Abstract In this article, we follow Foucault into the archives. Foucault spent much of his working life…
Steven Maynard, Michel and Mathurin: Finding Foucault in the Archives, Archivaria 100 (Fall/Winter 2025): 44-73 Abstract In this article, we follow Foucault into the archives. Foucault spent much of his working life…
Steven Maynard, Michel and Mathurin: Finding Foucault in the Archives (2025)
Steven Maynard, Michel and Mathurin: Finding Foucault in the Archives, Archivaria 100 (Fall/Winter 2025): 44-73 Abstract In this article, we follow Foucault into the archives. Foucault spent much of his working life reading and researching in libraries and archives, and yet he most often figures in the archival literature as the creator of the rarified concept of “the archive.” As a counterpoint, this article explores Foucault’s work in archives, his use of archives in his work, and the significance he attached to archival research.
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January 6, 2026 at 6:07 PM
Steven Maynard, Michel and Mathurin: Finding Foucault in the Archives (2025)
Steven Maynard, Michel and Mathurin: Finding Foucault in the Archives, Archivaria 100 (Fall/Winter 2025): 44-73 Abstract In this article, we follow Foucault into the archives. Foucault spent much of his working life…
Steven Maynard, Michel and Mathurin: Finding Foucault in the Archives, Archivaria 100 (Fall/Winter 2025): 44-73 Abstract In this article, we follow Foucault into the archives. Foucault spent much of his working life…
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The issue contains Steven Maynard, "Michel and Mathurin: Finding Foucault in the Archives", Archivaria 100 (fall/winter 2025): 44-73
Steven has said he is happy to share his piece if you email him at his Queen's address.
www.queensu.ca/history/peop...
Steven has said he is happy to share his piece if you email him at his Queen's address.
www.queensu.ca/history/peop...
Steven Maynard | Department of History, Queen's University
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January 5, 2026 at 8:23 AM
The issue contains Steven Maynard, "Michel and Mathurin: Finding Foucault in the Archives", Archivaria 100 (fall/winter 2025): 44-73
Steven has said he is happy to share his piece if you email him at his Queen's address.
www.queensu.ca/history/peop...
Steven has said he is happy to share his piece if you email him at his Queen's address.
www.queensu.ca/history/peop...
I know not everyone shares my #Foucault obsession, but this just out in #Archivaria 100th anniversary issue "Legacies of Critical Theory in Archives." Thanks guest ed @archivalobjects.bsky.social. Thanks also @historiamagoria.bsky.social for hosting my Messecar Visiting Prof gig, where this began.
December 19, 2025 at 2:30 PM
I know not everyone shares my #Foucault obsession, but this just out in #Archivaria 100th anniversary issue "Legacies of Critical Theory in Archives." Thanks guest ed @archivalobjects.bsky.social. Thanks also @historiamagoria.bsky.social for hosting my Messecar Visiting Prof gig, where this began.
Excellent use of history about egregious decisions made by the Canadian government, then and now, written by friend and colleague Ishita Pande: www.theglobeandmail.com/life/first-p...
When my parents were denied a tourist visa for a family vacation in Canada, it felt like history repeating itself
I convinced my parents to travel from India to spend time with my family, but even though I have made a home here, it feels like I do not belong
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July 24, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Excellent use of history about egregious decisions made by the Canadian government, then and now, written by friend and colleague Ishita Pande: www.theglobeandmail.com/life/first-p...
Friends who are attending the CHA: the Canadian Committee on the History of Sexuality will be holding a meeting to discuss ongoing attempts to erase trans/queer history from public history venues in the U.S. and Canada. June 3, 12pm-1:30, room WFL-401. Spread the word and hope to see your there!
June 1, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Friends who are attending the CHA: the Canadian Committee on the History of Sexuality will be holding a meeting to discuss ongoing attempts to erase trans/queer history from public history venues in the U.S. and Canada. June 3, 12pm-1:30, room WFL-401. Spread the word and hope to see your there!
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The Association of Canadian Archivists has published a statement on the attacks on US archives.
#archives #library 📚
archivists.ca/Latest-News-...
#archives #library 📚
archivists.ca/Latest-News-...
Association of Canadian Archivists - ACA Support of U.S. Archives, Libraries, Museums, & Cultural Institutions
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archivists.ca
May 2, 2025 at 8:17 PM
The Association of Canadian Archivists has published a statement on the attacks on US archives.
#archives #library 📚
archivists.ca/Latest-News-...
#archives #library 📚
archivists.ca/Latest-News-...
"A university that is not fully free is nothing more than a business of servility. You can't teach under boot heels; you can't speak in the face of the walls of prisons; you can't study when arms threaten." Foucault speaking at a rally of 600 university students, Brazil, October 1975.
April 1, 2025 at 1:42 PM
"A university that is not fully free is nothing more than a business of servility. You can't teach under boot heels; you can't speak in the face of the walls of prisons; you can't study when arms threaten." Foucault speaking at a rally of 600 university students, Brazil, October 1975.
It was truly a wonderful experience ... so great to meet McMaster history people, all doing such interesting, vital work. And now with a soundtrack!
Still processing the amazing lecture @stevenmaynard.bsky.social gave here at McMaster last week on Foucault and his generous contributions to our graduate students’ research plans. It was a full day of all the intensities of academia & we must celebrate through song! open.spotify.com/track/32UM21...
Our Retired Explorer (Dines With Michel Foucault In Paris, 1961)
The Weakerthans · Reconstruction Site · Song · 2003
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March 24, 2025 at 11:07 PM
It was truly a wonderful experience ... so great to meet McMaster history people, all doing such interesting, vital work. And now with a soundtrack!
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So excited to welcome @stevenmaynard.bsky.social to McMaster this Thursday as our Messecar lecturer! His talk, In the Archives of Infamy with Michel Foucault, is going to be fascinating!
March 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
So excited to welcome @stevenmaynard.bsky.social to McMaster this Thursday as our Messecar lecturer! His talk, In the Archives of Infamy with Michel Foucault, is going to be fascinating!
Getting excited ... @historiamagoria.bsky.social
March 16, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Getting excited ... @historiamagoria.bsky.social
Excellent round-up by @lanrickbennett.bsky.social of resources on Jackie Shane for #BlackHistoryMonth. Jackie's decision in the 1950s to leave a transphobic and racist U.S. behind is really resonating today. Not that things were so much better on this side of the border, but ...
February 21st of #BlackHistoryMonth in #TorontoDanforth Who was Jackie Shane?
Jackie Shane was born in Nashville on May 15, 1940, and grew up as a Black transgender child in the Jim Crow South. But she made her name after she moved to Toronto around 1959, becoming a force in our music scene.
Jackie Shane was born in Nashville on May 15, 1940, and grew up as a Black transgender child in the Jim Crow South. But she made her name after she moved to Toronto around 1959, becoming a force in our music scene.
February 21, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Excellent round-up by @lanrickbennett.bsky.social of resources on Jackie Shane for #BlackHistoryMonth. Jackie's decision in the 1950s to leave a transphobic and racist U.S. behind is really resonating today. Not that things were so much better on this side of the border, but ...