Brandon University Dean of Arts and Professor of History Dr. Gregory Kennedy has received one of Canada’s most prestigious honours in French-language historical scholarship. His book Lost in the Crowd: Acadian Soldiers of Canada’s First World War (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2024) has been awarded le Grand Prix de l’Institut d’histoire de l’Amérique française, given annually to the best scholarly book on the history of the French in North America.
A respected Brandon University professor known for his cutting-edge work studying masculinity has received major recognition for one of his recent academic articles. Dr. Jonathan Allan has been awarded the Carl Bode Award for the most outstanding article published in the Journal of American Culture in 2023.
It’s a homecoming of sorts for Brandon University’s new Dean of Arts, who is returning to Manitoba after nearly 25 years away.
Dr. Gregory Kennedy is a specialist of early Canadian history, particularly the history of New France, Acadia, and the larger French Atlantic World.