Recent News Friday, April 19, 2024Krenare Recaj Reflects on PhD Training in “Active History”Krenare Recaj, PhD Candidate, has written an article for Active History reflecting on her PhD training. An excerpt is included below with the full article, "Sadness, and sacrifice: A reflection on PhD training, comprehensive exams, and the discipline of history," available online. In the third year of my undergrad, I was sitting beside my... MoreThursday, April 18, 2024Community Event With Trans LibraryThis 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... MoreThursday, April 18, 2024Former PhD Student is New Book Review Editor at Gender and HistoryJane Freeland, who received her PhD in 2016 with an award winning dissertation on domestic violence in postwar East and West Germany, has taken on the position of book review editor of the journal Gender and History. The journal is one of the highest impact addresses for work in the history of gender and sexuality,... MoreTuesday, April 16, 2024Krenare Recaj, Norman Hillmer, and Laura Madokoro Awarded a SSHRC Connection GrantKrenare Recaj, PhD Candidate, and History Professors Norman Hillmer and Laura Madokoro have been awarded a SSHRC Connection Grant for an upcoming conference titled "Memory, Politics, and Precedent: Canada and the Kosovar Refugee Diaspora 25 Years On". The conference will be held on 2 November 2024 at the University of Toronto and is being... MoreFriday, April 12, 2024Rod Phillips discusses BIG bottles of wineProfessor Rod Phillips was interviewed by The Forward, an online Jewish publication in the US. They were interested in the reason why the names of kings and other men featured in the Torah are given to so many large-format wine bottles. For example, a 3-litre wine bottle is called a Jeroboam, a 12-litre wine... MoreLoad More → Upcoming Events Want to learn more about History events, announcements, and opportunities? Sign up for our newsletter! May23 Refugee Solidarities 9:00 AM — 4:00 PM Load More → Share: Twitter, Facebook Short URL: https://carleton.ca/history/?p=315