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Thursday, April 18, 2024
This Winter semester, Jennifer Evans and PhD student Noë Bourdeau have team taught a fourth-year seminar on Trans History. On Saturday April 20th, students in that class will present their work to community in a partnership with the Ottawa Trans Library. Students have explored various topics and themes in their research from trans musicology... More
Monday, January 8, 2024
The following excerpt is from the article by Emily Putnam. The full article, "Decoding the Decades: Looking at Canada in the 1980s in New Object-based History Course," can be viewed online. A brand-new history course called From Walkmans to West Edmonton Mall: The material culture of the 1980s in Canada offers a hands-on exploration of... More
Wednesday, September 6, 2023
Richard Marchese is a 4th Year student in Honors Political Science with a Minor in History. Over the past summer, and after completing several courses in History, Richard completed an undergraduate research assistantship under the joint supervision of Chris Trainor, Head of Carleton's Archives and Special Collections (ASC) and cross-appointed to... More
Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Our popular course, History of Sports, with Professor Matthew Bellamy is now available under a course number: HIST 1901. Please note that students who have already completed a previous version of this course (under course number HIST 1900: History of Sports) should not take HIST 1901. Any questions regarding this should be directed to... More
Monday, June 5, 2023
The History Department is proud to congratulate the following History students: Danielle Lyn Carron (MA History) for winning the Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement at the Graduate Level. Sarah Amalie Margaret Ham (BA Combined Honours in English and in History) for winning the University Medal (Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences);... More
Wednesday, May 3, 2023
“Electricity is everywhere, so researching its impact was an intimidating task. Breaking it down into specific objects, like the oven or a streetcar, and focusing on Ottawa made it far more manageable and felt more personal. Studying historic moments through objects has allowed us to create more of a connection between us and our... More
Monday, December 12, 2022
Undergraduate student Ana Teodorescu recently had an article published in the peer-reviewed Columbia Journal of Asia. Her essay, "Tiger Symbolism in the British Raj: Colonialism and Animal History of the Indian Subcontinent", was written as part of the coursework in HIST 3310: History of Animals, with Prof. Joanna Dean. Abstract This research... More
Wednesday, July 27, 2022
FYSM 1405C: The Long Civil Rights Movement, one of our small seminars geared towards first year university students still has some spots available. You can learn more about this unique course and student reactions on our course description page. In a supportive atmosphere of no more than 25 students, Professor Pamela Walker guides new... More
Friday, June 3, 2022
The History Department is proud to congratulate the following History students: Nigel Rose Heathcliff Klemencic-Puglisevich (BA Combined Honours in Greek and Roman Studies and in History) for winning the Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement at the Undergraduate Level; Pascale Therese Malenfant (BJ Honours in Journalism with English... More
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
Nicholas Surges has published a research blog on the digital moderation strategies of social media corporations like Meta (formerly Facebook) and the challenges these pose in the misinformation age, especially around historical facts and themes. This follows on from his work as a research assistant in the Populist Publics project directed by... More
Monday, June 21, 2021
The History Department is proud to congratulate the following History students: Danka Davidovic (BA Combined Honours in Greek and Roman Studies and in History) for winning the Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement at the Undergraduate Level; Giovanni Jonathan Falcone (BA Honours in Political Science with History Minor) for winning the... More
Monday, April 12, 2021
The History Department is thrilled to announce that two History students have won prestigious 2021 FASS Undergraduate Summer Research Internships. Please join us in congratulating the following: Raeann Au, History: "Disney, DreamWorks, and Settler Colonialism: A Comparative Critical Analysis of Atlantis: The Lost Empire and The Road to El Dorado"... More
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