Steven High’s presidential address, delivered at York University in May 2023, grapples with many of the issues facing our discipline and what it means to be a historian in the present. Despite the extreme political polarization of our time, he expressed admiration at the courage of so many historians who continue to speak truth to power, even at considerable risk to themselves. He also addresses the structural violence of precarity within our discipline and what we as a professional associ...

Life in a nutshell.A premature baby destined to die, a devastating breakup, a seemingly affectionate couple's suicide, and how a sliding door moment in time can change your life. Together with sixteen more essays of crushing emotional vulnerability, Unforgettable delivers what the book's sub-heading promises: Stories that stay with you forever.The stories in Unforgettable are about love in unexpected places, love as desire, as confusion, or self-betrayal. It is about memori...

Life in a nutshell.A premature baby destined to die, a devastating breakup, a seemingly affectionate couple's suicide, and how a sliding door moment in time can change your life. Together with sixteen more essays of crushing emotional vulnerability, Unforgettable delivers what the book’s sub-heading promises: Stories that stay with you forever.The stories in Unforgettable are about love in unexpected places, love as desire, as confusion, or self-betrayal. It is about memori...