Are Canadian academics interested in Canada?
Obviously some are, but this seems to be a question worth asking. I have an essay coming out in next month's issue in the Dorchester Review about the diminishing importance of Canadian history in Canada's universities, especially the big research universities.
But it seems this isn't only about history.
Colin Coates, a historian from York University and current president of the Canadian Studies Network, drew my attention to a study of Canadian economics departments. It found the same thing. Fewer and fewer Canadian economists are publishing work on their own country.
Then there are the comments from those in English departments. They report the same phenomenon. Just read Thomas Hodd in the Globe from last week.
It seems 'there's something happenin here'...
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