Alan MacEachern
Professor
History
- ProfessorHistory
- Western University, History, 1151 Richmond St., London, Ontario, N6A 5K8, Canada
BIO
Prof. Alan MacEachern is a teacher, researcher, & writer of stuff Canadian, historical, & environmental.
Alan has long been a national & international leader in the field of environmental history. He was the founding director of NiCHE: Network of Canadian History & Environment & is the editor of the Canadian History & Environment series at University of Calgary Press. He has co-written & co-edited textbooks on environmental history methodologies, on Canadian history, & on digital history. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
This decade, Alan has published 3 books with McGill-Queen's University Press: The Miramichi Fire: A History (2020), The Summer Trade: A History of Tourism on PEI (with Edward MacDonald, 2022), & Becoming Green Gables (with the companion website GreenGablesDiary.ca, 2024). He is currently working with Western History PhD student Mary Baxter on a history of the Meteorological Service of Canada, 1871-1936.
MEDIA
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
- Assistant/Associate/Full ProfessorWestern University, History, London, Canada2001
- Adjunct ProfessorUniversity of Prince Edward Island, Faculty of Arts, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island2021 - 2027
- InstructorHuazhong University of Science and Technology Hospital, School of Architecture and Urban Planning, Wuhan, China2017 - 2017
- InstructorLudwig-Maximilians-Universität, Amerika Institut, Munich, Germany2011 - 2011
- College ProfessorOkanagan University College, History, Kelowna, Canada2000 - 2001
- Postdoctoral FellowMcGill University, History, Montreal, Canada1998 - 2000
- Adjunct ProfessorQueen's University, History & Environmental Science, Kingston, Canada1997 - 1999
DEGREES
- PhDQueen's University, Kingston, Canada1991 - 1997
- MAQueen's University, Kingston, Canada1989 - 1991
- BA HonoursUniversity of Prince Edward Island, Charlottetown, Canada1984 - 1989
AVAILABILITY
- Collaborative projects
- Join a web conference as a panellist or speaker
- Media enquiries