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Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Film on abolitionist Mary Ann Shadd by Allison Smith (MA 2015) to be released for International Women’s Day

“Mary Ann Shadd Revisited: Echoes from an Old House” is going to be launched on the Heritage Toronto website as a part of their programming for International Women’s Day on Tuesday March 8. The documentary was the central component of Smith's major research paper for her MA in Public History. The film is about... More

Saturday, November 21, 2015

Carleton’s contributions to the World War Women Exhibit at the Canadian War Museum

Several Carleton alumni and grad students worked on the Canadian War Museum's new exhibit, "World War Women."  The exhibit historian, Dr. Stacey Barker, completed her BA and MA at Carleton.  Laura Brown, who received her MA here in 2013, Dr. Laura Brandon, who completed her doctorate in History at Carleton,  and Sarah Hogenbirk, who is... More

Thursday, November 19, 2015

Carleton History students create Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences digital timeline

Carleton University students have produced a digital timeline of the Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences from its beginnings in 1938 to the present. Their timeline has been posted on the Federation website to celebrate its 75th anniversary. Fourth-year undergraduate student Andrew Narraway says that the practicum provided him with... More

Tuesday, November 17, 2015

Congratulations to Our Recent Graduates!

On Saturday, November 14, Carleton History graduates returned from as far afield as Nova Scotia and Manitoba in order to attend convocation ceremonies. MA in History graduates include Lee Benson, Kathryn Boschmann, Andrew Sopko, and Mallory White. Degrees in Public History were conferred on Joanne DeCosse, Amy Macdonald, Sara Nixon, Jesse... More

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

PhD Student William Tait Blogs About Master Class With Dr. Gil Loescher

As part of the the three-day workshop “Power and Influence in the Global Refugee Regime,” held by Migration and Diaspora Studies from September 23-25, graduate students were invited to participate in a master class with preeminent historian of refugees Dr. Gil Loescher. Loescher has been a pioneer in the study of the relationship between... More

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Welcome Students! Orientation Events

September is upon us, and the History Department is excited to meet all new History students and to welcome back returning ones. The halls of Paterson sure have been quiet without you. As you prepare for the start of another school year, please take note of some of the welcome events and activities that... More

Wednesday, September 2, 2015

Doctoral candidate Andriata Chironda featured in article on refugee research at Carleton

Chironda's research focuses on the history of international migration and refugee protection policy since the end of the Second World War. She is particularly looking at African refugees. “Government policies and programs affect and define people’s lives and my goal is to contribute towards producing knowledge which puts “people” at the... More

Monday, July 27, 2015

Doctoral student wins silver medal at Pan Am Games

Melissa Armstrong, a doctoral student in the History Department, was awarded a silver medal on Sunday at the Pan Am games in Toronto as a relief pitcher on the Canadian women's baseball team. This was the first time women's baseball was included in a multisport event, like the Pan Am Games, and the team... More

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

Doctoral Candidate Starting Pitcher for Pan Am Baseball Team

Melissa Armstrong, who is working on a doctorate on the provision of health care by the African National Congress under the supervision of Professor Susanne Klausen, has been selected as a starting pitcher for the Canadian women's baseball team. Armstrong, who is also a recipient of a Vanier Scholarship, is quoted in an article... More

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

A Message From the History Graduate Students’ Association

The History Graduate Students’ Association is the centre of the graduate student community here in the Department of History. We are committed to enriching the graduate student experience, holding social and academic events throughout the year. This past 2014/2015 year was particularly exciting. We started off the academic year in September with... More

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Allison Smith Presents “Mary Ann Shadd Revisited: Echoes From an Old House”

Allison Smith, who recently graduated with her Master’s in Public History, submitted a Master’s research project that comprised a 30-minute historical documentary film and a short reflexive essay.  Her film is about a collection of letters to and from African American abolitionist Mary Ann Shadd between 1851 and 1863 – years that she lived... More

Friday, June 12, 2015

Convocation 2015

Congratulations History Grads! Convocation 2015 PhD History: Joel Eugene Kropf* "Pursuing Human Techniques of Progressive Justice: The Ethical Assumptions of Early-to-Mid-Twentieth Century English-Canadian Penal Reformers" Supervisor: B. McKillop MA Public History / MA History Oliver Anderson* Andree Cooper Crawford David Leverette* Alisha Seguin... More

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