I will be offering an online course for seniors about Royal Parenting from Medieval Times to Modern Times for Etobicoke Learning Unlimited in January-March 2024.
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For more about the history of Royal Parenting, read my book, Raising Royalty: 1000 Years of Royal Parenting (Dundurn Press: 2017)
In January-February 2024, I will be teaching my popular online course about The Romanovs and the Russian Revolution at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies.
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The consequences of the Russian Revolution continue to influence Russia’s politics and society, and indeed the whole world’s. In 2017, Russia quietly marked the 100th anniversary of the turning points: the abdication of Czar Nicholas II and Lenin’s seizure of power for the Bolshevik party. Follow the quick succession of crises: the collapse of the Romanov dynasty, the end of Russia’s participation in the First World War, the emergence of the Provisional Government, and the fateful rise of Lenin and the Soviet Union.
I discussed the recent Canadian tour by Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, King Charles III’s 75th birthday and the new statue of Queen Elizabeth II in Toronto’s Queen’s Park with Janet Davison at CBC News.
Click here to read this week’s edition of The Royal Fascinator Newsletter at CBC News.
My new article in the Historica Canada Canadian Encyclopedia is about Frederick William Beechey, Arctic explorer, naval officer, hydrographer, artist and author. Beechey sailed with Sir John Franklin and William Edward Parry and made many sketches of the Arctic. Lake Beechey, Nunavut, and Beechey Point, Alaska, were named in his honour. Beechey was also a godson of the future King William IV, the first member of the royal family to visit what is now Canada.
Click here to read my article about Frederick William Beechey in the Canadian Encyclopedia.
I also recent wrote a Canadian Encyclopedia article about Frederick William Beechey’s daughter, Frances Anne Hopkins, who became a prominent Canadian artist.
I discussed King Charles III’s upcoming visit to Kenya and his role as a constitutional monarch with Mark Landler at the New York Times.
Click here to read “In Kenya, King Charles Will ‘Walk a Tightrope’ on Britain’s Past” in the New York Times. The article will appear in the print edition on October 31.
My new article in the Historica Canada Canadian Encyclopedia is about Anna Brownell Jameson, an nineteenth century artist, art historian, traveler, feminist and author of numerous books including Winter Studies and Summer Rambles in Canada (1838).
Click here to read my article about Anna Brownell Jameson in the Canadian Encyclopedia
Links to all 90 of my articles in the Canadian Encyclopedia are available here.
In this week’s edition of The Royal Fascinator newsletter at CBC News, I discussed recent royal events including King Charles III’s forthcoming visit to Kenya (the first Commonwealth visit of his reign), the Duchess of Edinburgh’s recent visit to Ethiopia and the final season of The Crown series on Netflix.
The Fall 2023 Carolyn Harris Royal Historian Newsletter is now available online including links to my recent articles in the Historica Canada Canadian Encyclopedia, recent media interviews and information about my Fall 2023 courses at the University of Toronto School of Continuing Studies.
Click here to read the Fall 2023 Carolyn Harris Royal Historian Newsletter
My new article in the Canadian Encyclopedia is about Robert Laidlaw MacMillan, a cardiologist and professor of medicine at the University of Toronto and co-founder of the world’s first coronary care unit in 1962. MacMillan is the father of acclaimed historian and author, Margaret MacMillan.
Click here to read my article in the Canadian Encyclopedia about Robert Laidlaw MacMillan
Click here to read my article in the Canadian Encyclopedia about Margaret MacMillan
I will be delivering an evening lecture (7pm) at North York Central Library in Toronto on Friday October 13 about the history of royal weddings from Victoria and Albert to Harry and Meghan! All are welcome.