Clio’s Perspective on Election 2015: Introduction

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Clio’s Perspective on Election 2015: Introduction

This week we are beginning a series at Clio’s Current to coincide with the 2015 Canadian election. For the next ten weeks, we will be writing about various aspects of Canadian political history. For our non-Canadian readers, we hope that you enjoy this extended foray and maybe learn a bit about Canada’s fascinating political history (well, we think it is!). If you want a primer on recent events leading up to the 2015 election, you should check out Paul Wells’ excellent overview in Maclean’s before plunging into the past.

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Clio’s Current Schedule Update

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We’ve always been open at Clio’s Current about the process and purpose of this blog. Explaining to our readers the choices we make and the reasons behind them is an important part of our mandate. As much as possible, we try to draw back the curtain to the decisions we make as content creators.  After all, as content consumers, you have a vital role in that process one way or another.  So let’s talk about our most recent decision.

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Clio's Current at One Year

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July 1 marked the anniversary of Clio's Current – one year ago we published our first blog post on Canadian views of the world. A lot has changed over the last year, and as historians we like to look back to better understand what we are doing here and what the future might hold. So for today, we're setting historical investigation aside to reflect on the past and future direction of our site.

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Clio’s Current’s Year in Review, 2013-2014

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In his book, The Rites of Spring, historian Modris Eksteins tries to encapsulate what Europeans thought on the eve of the First World War in 1914. He turned to culture and the arts, and attempted to gauge whether Europeans knew that one of the costliest and deadliest wars in global history was going to envelop the continent in a few short months.

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Reflections on Clio's Current

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It has been almost three months since we launched Clio's Current.  We are about to introduce a four-part series where we explain our idea of history and its practice in the 21st century.  Before we do that, it is worthwhile to take a day and reflect on our time as authors of this blog.  We will examine our goals, the challenges and failures we've faced, and discuss our experience of blogging history.

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