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The four jurors joining Michael Ignatieff for the Cundill History Prize this year are based in India, the United Kingdom, and the United States.
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Shortlist Expected in September
Having announced that former Canadian Liberal Party leader Michael Ignatieff is the 2021 jury chair for the Montreal-based Cundill History Prize, we have news today (May 12) of the four historians who will join him on the panel for this year’s US$75,000 competition.
Since it began a re-introduction of itself with its 10th anniversary in 2017, the Cundill has become one of the most-watched programs of its kind, not least because its focus is inherently political in an age of politicization. Not for nothing was the best known of its jurors last year the political analyst, author, and
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GLOVERSVILLE The Fulton County Historical Society, 237 Kingsboro Ave., will partner again with the Schoharie Crossing State Historic Site for a virtual program exchange. These programs will be streamed live via the FCHS YouTube page, according to a news release.
David Brooks, education director, SCSHS, will present DeWitt’s Duel: Political Rivalry at Ten Paces at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday on the life of DeWitt Clinton. Recognized now as the “Father of the Erie Canal,” New York state governor and former mayor of New York City, Clinton had tended to personal and political rivalries to accomplish legislative goals. Discover some of the politics that lead to DeWitt’s Duel on the plains of Weehawken, N.J.
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Meet John Wilkinson, a ‘man of uncommon vision,’ who brought the railroad to Syracuse
Posted Apr 28, 2021
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By Robert Searing | Curator of history, Onondaga Historical Association
One Hundred Eighty-Six Years Ago: In the spring of 1834, Syracuse was one of many small, but growing villages that had sprung up along the Erie Canal since the completion of the first section in 1820.
The engineering marvel of its day, the Erie Canal drastically reduced the costs and time associated with transporting everything from goods, to people and ideas, and turned New York into the Empire State. At the same time, a new technology, the railroad, was emerging that ultimately displaced the canal after years of stout competition.