I have very mixed feelings waking up today. Usually on Thursday mornings, I have the pleasure to be in a classroom with approx 50 students over two hours, discussing primary sources and learning new skills for what I termed our "historian's toolbox".

Recently I was nominated and joined the board of the Kingston Historical Society. Just last night- I became the Vice President of the Kingston Historical Society! I feel like it's still not real, but I am incredibly excited and grateful for this opportunity so early in my heritage career.

I received news that I get to teach a course I proposed on public history/Canadian heritage next year 😭 I am incredibly excited to get to bring my passion for working with the community & heritage and introduce this beautiful field to students.

One of the best parts of being a co-chair for a conference is getting to read all the submissions and just seeing the amazing work graduate students are producing. It truly feels like a honour- and makes me so excited to meet them!!

Last call for submissions!📣 Histories Unbound welcomes graduate students to consider the different ways we examine the past. View our Call for Papers on our website at historiesunbound.wordpress.com #GradLife #GradStudents #GraduateConference #HistoryConference @queenshistory.bsky.social

Are you a #graduatestudent doing some cool research? Submit an abstract to the McGill-Queen's Conference! You can find the full call for papers on our website: historiesunbound.wordpress.com Would love to see some #publichistory and #heritage research represented! #GradLife #Academic #Conference

AÀC : Conférence d’histoire des cycles supérieurs de McGill-Queen’s. Date limite : le 25 février 2025. #histoire #colloque cha-shc.ca/fr/aac-confe...

CFP: McGill-Queen’s Graduate History Conference. Deadline: February 25, 2025. #cdnhist #gradstudent #conference cha-shc.ca/cfp-mcgill-q...

I taught my last seminars of the semester on Wednesday and as always, I gave a little speech at the end to my students. Being a teaching fellow in the year 2024 is challenging. Trying to balance the workload of dissertation writing, research, and dissemination of said research...

Welcome to my little corner of the internet! My name is Kat and I am currently a PhD candidate and public historian at Queen's University. I research, study, and examine representations and commercializations of the past in the heritage and tourism industry in Kingston, Ontario.