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| Borealia's canoe: out of the water for a while |
Borealia, the Early Canadian History blog from (but not exclusively about) Atlantic Canada, has announced a sabbatical. For the time being, I've deleted it from the list of History Blogs at right.
It has now been almost a decade since Borealia was launched with the intention of amplifying scholarship on northern North America before the twentieth century. We hoped it would be a forum where historians of different sub-fields could make connections, and to bring this great work to educators, non-specialists, and an interested general readership. We are grateful for the community of contributors and readers who have encouraged us and made this a worthwhile venture.
Much has changed in the landscape of digital scholarship and social media since 2015, yet we remain convinced of the ongoing value of an online forum of the sort Borealia aspires to be.
But ten years is a long time, and for a variety of entirely normal professional and personal reasons, we need a break. We have decided to take a year-long sabbatical, until summer 2025.
Well, I can understand all that. Best wishes to all who have served -- and may again!
Most of the sites listed at the left have been been going quite a while, but all still seem to be active -- and I do use my own links to look around from time to time.
Podcasts have been the new blogs for quite some time now. So my list is now titled "History Sites of Note", not History Blogs, and I'm about to add to the list a few history-centered podcasting sites.
