Syl Beaudreau

Associate Professor of History. My research interests are national identities, collective memory, literature and cultural geography of cities.

[Muse @xmuse_]

What did 1,400 BC sound like in ancient Persia? Hear this! 🔊

Sarah Parsaei plays the Arjan harp, an instrument with roots reaching back almost 3,400 years.

Tehran, Iran

[Alexander Verbeek 🌍 @Alex_Verbeek]

Christmas Eve in the Netherlands, where every year children light candles on the graves Canadian soldiers who liberated the Netherlands in '44-'45.

Thank you Canada! 🇨🇦

[Margaret E Atwood @MargaretAtwood]

Happy Holidays & Merry Xmas to all, and may 2026 be less chaotic!

[Bobbie @bo66ie29]

Stunning footage of New York on Easter Sunday in 1929. Glamorously dressed ladies and gentlemen stroll down Fifth Avenue for the Easter Parade and queue outside St Patrick's Cathedral.

[Syl Beaudreau @FlaneuseEnVille]

I thought the amaryllis was a Christmas-flowering plant, but I planted a bulb and few weeks ago and it rewarded me with this glorious double blossom!

[Syl Beaudreau @FlaneuseEnVille]

There are some interesting slogans offered on these patriotic Canadian chocolate bars made by Halifax-based company “Peace By Chocolate”.

[Syl Beaudreau @FlaneuseEnVille]

@jrislate @jacktodd46 Just read these words: “You have embarrassed a nation, made a complete fool of yourself, and tarnished your reputation forevermore. And to what? To support a grifter and fraud who makes your former agent, Alan Eagleson, look like an all-around standup guy.” - @jacktodd46

[Syl Beaudreau @FlaneuseEnVille]

@jrislate @jacktodd46 I’m still struggling to wrap my mind around this...

[Syl Beaudreau @FlaneuseEnVille]

@jacktodd46 @jacktodd46 I appreciate what you wrote here. https://t.co/OwIvKSCS3U

[Syl Beaudreau @FlaneuseEnVille]

@jacktodd46 I was surprised to see Wayne Gretzky on your “Zeroes” list, but did a quick Google News search and found out why...Ugh 😩

[History Today @HistoryToday]

In the popular imagination, #WilliamtheConqueror is, without doubt, the villain, yet the sources we have for his life are ambivalent.

⌛ Last chance to read this archive article for free

https://t.co/R6bBrcGLPL

[WalkMontreal @WalkMontreal]

Sherbrooke Street West -1930.
The Roddick gates for McGill are on the right, centre. The street on left intersecting Sherbrooke is Victoria Street. The highrise in rear on left is the Maxwelton Apartments, where a 15 year old Norma Shearer gave a piano solo for charity in 1917.

[History Today @HistoryToday]

#OnThisDay in 1814 the British captured Washington, DC, torching the Capitol.

What legacy did the ‘greatest disgrace ever dealt to American arms’ leave on the US, Britain and Canada?

🔓 This article from the archive is free to read for the next 7 days

https://t.co/egJDoN4idJ

[Andrew Earis @AndrewEaris]

Just finished my fifth broadcast of the week! Tune in at 8.10am tomorrow for @BBCRadio4 Sunday Worship - a meditation for Mental Health Awareness Week featuring poems of @lauradarrall and reflections by Isabelle Hamley @RidleyHall https://t.co/jJFq5zr5Rx

[Syl Beaudreau @FlaneuseEnVille]

1961 photo of a young boy on Boulevard Dorchester (now René Lévesque), Montréal, looking east. You can see CIBC skyscraper rising above Dominion Square in background. Across the street from the Hotel Dorchester is the Ford Hotel which for a time served as headquarters of the CBC

[Bryn Rich @brynrich]

The Smiths saw the cruelty of life and found the humor in it.

The Cure saw the cruelty of life and found the beauty in it.

Depeche Mode saw the cruelty of life and found themselves strangely aroused.

[Britain and the World @BATW_tweets]

Psst...it's here! We're excited to announce the Call for Papers to our annual BATW conference. Join us 20-22 June, 2024 in Winchester.

Don't forget to share with your networks and start those #batw2024 tweets! Stay tuned for more details.

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[Syl Beaudreau @FlaneuseEnVille]

I’m teaching a new freshman seminar called “Handwriting for the Hunanities” at #SUNYplattsburgh We go from cuneiform on clay tablets, to papyrus scrolls, to medieval parchment codices to the Gutenberg printing press and beyond. Students also learn to master cursive #handwriting

[Syl Beaudreau @FlaneuseEnVille]

A photo my friend took of me before the Depeche Mode concert held at the Bell Center in Montreal on Friday, November 3rd. I am standing at the side door of St. George’s Anglican Church. I like the eerie Gothic vibe here...Very appropriate before enjoying the dark sound of DM...