Kirrily Freeman is Associate Professor of History at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax. Her teaching and research focus on the social and cultural history of the two world wars. Her first book, Bronzes to Bullets: Vichy and the Destruction of French Public Statuary (Stanford UP, 2009) dealt with the French campaign to melt metal statues during WWII. Her current book looks at the town of Vichy and its efforts to reinvent itself since the Second World War.
Janet Kitz, a Fellow of the Royal Nova Scotia Historical Society, passed away last week at the age of 89. She was a remarkable woman with a passion..
Tonight we explore the aftermath of the sinking of the HMS Jervis Bay, through the stories of the survivors, who arrived in Halifax in November..
The next RNSHS public lecture will be held at the Nova Scotia Archives on Wed. May 15th, 7:30 p.m. following the Society’s AGM. This talk will..
Women and the War at Home: Pictou County Women in Industrialized Work, 1939 to 1945: The New Women Worker of Shipbuilding
The RNSHS Annual Dinner and Lecture is tonight! We’ll be making our best effort to stream Kirby Ross’ presentation ‘Women & the War at Home:..
@AnneMarieLaneJ1 Interesting indeed, well done! twitter.com/ACST_SMU/statu…
Don’t miss tonight’s Heritage Trust of Nova Scotia hosted presentation “At Home with the Horses of Halifax: The Bell Road Stables from 1908 to Present Day” by Dr. Claire Halstead, happening at 7:30pm in the Museum of Natural History Auditorium following the @HTNovaScotia AGM!
