John C. Walsh
Associate Professor / Co-director of the Carleton Centre for Public History - 18th-20th c. social history; public history; governmentality; space and place; epistemology
| Degrees: | M.A. (Ottawa), Ph.D. (Guelph) |
| Email: | john.walsh@carleton.ca |
| Office: | 429 Paterson Hall |
Research Interests
- Canadian History and Public History
- Space and place
- Governmentality
- Epistemology
- Maps and mapping
Select Publications
(with James Opp) Home, Work, and Play: Situating Canadian Social History third edition (Oxford University Press, 2015)
(with James Opp) Placing Memory and Remembering Place in Canada (UBC Press, 2010)
Recent Public History Projects
From the North to Ottawa’s Southway Inn, A Chapter from the Lost Stories Project
Outside the Frame: The Making of Qamutiik: From the North to Ottawa’s Southway Inn
Recent Completed Graduate Supervisions
Please note that I welcome expressions of interest for supervision of both traditional and non-traditional modes of historical research and dissemination.
PHD
Breanna Lester, “Lest We Commemorate: Assembling Canada’s Great War Centenary, 2014-2018.” PhD Dissertation, 2021
Rick Duthie, “‘One Day Stronger’: A Public History Theatrical Experiment about Remembered Sudbury Strikes, 1958-2010,” PhD Dissertation, 2021 (co-supervised with David Dean)
Romalie Murphy, “Colonising Space and Producing Territory: John and Elizabeth Simcoe and Water, Power, and Empire in Upper Canada, 1791-1796,” PhD Dissertation, 2018
MA
Kirstan Schamuhn, “Starting with the Small: Decolonizing Collections Management Policies for Small and Mid-Sized Alberta Museums,” Sample Collections Policy and Major Research Essay in Public History, 2023 (co-supervision with James Opp)
Sara Nicholls, “ ‘Doing the Local’: Public Histories, Curriculum, and Games-Based Learning in Kingston, Ontario,” Major Research Essay in Public History, 2023
Chloe Dennis, “Re-Visiting Beechwood Cemetery and Encountering the Past,” Historical virtual tour and Major Research Essay in Public History, 2022
Danielle Mahon, “Making Walking Africville: Co-production and Intimacy in Public History,” Historical Audio Walking Tour and Major Research Essay in Public History, 2022
Meranda Gallupe-Paton, “Memories of Mechanicsville: A Personal Public History,” Podcast Series and MRE in Public History, Major Research Essay in Public History, 2022
Emmanuelle Masclet, “Grosse Île and the Marine Hospital for Emigrants in Quebec City: Perspectives from Government and Non-Government Institutions during the Typhus Epidemic of 1847,” Major Research Essay in History, 2022 (co-supervision with Roderick Phillips)
Eliza Hinton, “Margaret Carr’s “Cooking Chat”: Health, Economy, and Food Writing in Toronto, 1951-1966,” Major Research Essay in History, 2022
Fiona Lane, “Appleton for the Teacher: Developing New Educational Programming Materials for the North Lanark Regional Museum,” Education Materials and M.A. Major Research Essay in Public History, 2021
Marissa Foley, “Reclaiming Jamesville,” Podcast Series and M.A. Major Research Essay in Public History, June 2020
Stephanie Lett, “Garnet’s Journey: Developing New aids for Teaching the Topic of Residential Schools to Ontario High School Students,” Education Guide and M.A. Major Research Essay in Public History (co-supervision with Michel Hogue), 2020
Cassandra Marsillo, “Exhibiting the Yellow Line: Italo-Canadian Oral Histories from Montreal’s Backyards and Schoolyards,” Museum Exhibit, Website, and M.A. Major Research Essay in Public History, 2019
Kirsten Widdes, “Dedicated Shoppers: Examining Teenage Consumer Culture in Postwar Canada, 1947-1972,” M.A. Major Research Essay, 2018
Kira Smith, “The Red Chair: Reflections on Writing Patient Centered Fiction of the Brockville Asylum,” Novella and M.A. Major Research Essay in Public History (co-supervision with James Miller), 2018
Jennifer Halsall, “Rooted in Land: Community, Memory, and Placemaking in Ottawa’s Greenbelt,” Website and M.A. Major Research Essay in Public History (co-supervision with Bruce Elliott), 2018
Adam Mahoney “Voicing the Silence: Curating the History of Slavery in New Brunswick,” M.A. Major Research Essay in Public History, 2018
Rebecca Sykes, “Kitchen Table Conversations: Halal Foodways and Foodscapes of the Turkish Muslim Community in Ottawa,” M.A. Major Research Essay in Public History, 2018