ActiveHistory.ca has put out a call for blog posts about WWI under the theme Canada’s First World War. They are looking for blog post contributors that “expand perspectives, deepen insights, and challenge assumptions” and posts that will “help complicate, demystify and diversify the history Canada’s First World War.”
You have plenty of time to write your blog post. Submissions are welcome until June 28, 2019, the centenary of the signing of the Treaty of Versailles that ended WWI. Looking at the number of French articles on ActiveHistory.ca, I suspect they will also accept posts written in French.
While I expect many of the history bloggers will focus on events and possibly their impact on Canada, a blog post written by a family history blogger about an ancestor’s role and the impact the war had on him/her and their family could provide a compelling perspective.
Harold H. Piffard, His Constant Companion. Originally appeared in Canada in Khaki, no. 2 (London: The Pictorial Newspaper Co. for the Canadian War Records Office, 1917).
“Ultimately, we are seeking voices that tell an active history of the war and its centennial, voices that tell us why this history matters. While many of ActiveHistory.ca’s contributors are practicing historians, we also welcome contributions from our readership and other interested community members. We welcome a wide range of contributions and seek to reach as wide an audience as possible. Most posts will be blog posts under 1000 words in length, but we will accept longer papers, podcasts, infographics or any form that contributes to telling this story.”
Contributions can be submitted as Word documents, in the body of an email, as a podcast or in any other easily convertible format.
ActiveHistory.ca is a website that connects the work of historians with the wider public and the importance of the past to current events. It is supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), the Avie Bennett Historica Chair in Canadian History, and York University in Toronto.
To learn more about this initiative and where to submit your blog post, visit ActiveHistory.ca.
Try Engdahl, F.W. Century of War, for a view on how “OIL” fueled the sparks of WWI and subsequent wars. Spare me, “God, King and country” for yet another anniversary of yet another “it’s the economy, stupid” war!