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Tuesday, July 23, 2024

‘Possession’, ‘Ownership’, and Tr’ochëk National Historic Site

By Peter Coffman You know the old saying, ‘possession is nine tenths of the law’. Obviously, that’s never been literally true. And even if it had been, it starts to fall... More

Monday, July 15, 2024

Dredging for Dollars

By Peter Coffman Imagine a stream cascading down a mountain, winding through a lush forest of evergreen and deciduous trees, full of moose, elk, caribou, porcupines, squirrels, and the odd bear feeding on abundant salmon. This is what... More

Wednesday, July 10, 2024

Bridging the Gulf of Incomprehension

By Peter Coffman During his one and only Klondike winter, writer Jack London (of Call of the Wild fame) contracted scurvy. He could have avoided it, had he consulted those who had lived in that place for millennia – the Tr’ondek... More

Tuesday, July 9, 2024

Dawson City’s Enclave of Power

By Peter Coffman If I say “Dawson City”, you may think “Gold Rush! Canada’s wild west! The land of Sam McGee and Dan McGrew!” That’s the beloved mythology of Dawson City, but in fact the wild west, gold rush period of the... More

Monday, June 10, 2024

St. Anne’s Church: a Eulogy

By Peter Coffman I don’t enjoy writing eulogies, and I don’t think I’ve ever written one for a building (although I did once write what I called a ‘requiem’ for one). But for St. Anne’s Church in Toronto, which was... More

Thursday, May 16, 2024

Morrisseau Storylines Website Launch

The Morrisseau Project, led by Carleton University Professor Carmen Robertson and partnering with The MacKenzie Art Gallery (MAG) of Regina, SK, has just launched the Morrisseau Storylines Website: www.morrisseaustorylines.com. This... More

Thursday, May 9, 2024

Elgin’s Red Brick Schoolhouse

By Peter Coffman We live in a time when education seems under siege, politically and financially. But there have been times in the past when education was seen as one of the most important – even one of the noblest – indicators of... More

Thursday, March 14, 2024

24 Sussex: A Parting Thought

(This blog resumes a discussion of 24 Sussex Drive begun here and continued here.) What if, in spite of all the compelling counter-arguments, the demolitionists won the day? What would happen if we tore down 24 Sussex and replaced it... More

Wednesday, February 28, 2024

24 Sussex Drive: Why It Matters Part 2

Last week, I examined the strange (and untenable) claim that 24 Sussex Drive was not a historically important building. Another argument put forward in favour of its demolition runs roughly as follows: 24 Sussex is a relic from the... More

Friday, February 23, 2024

Professor Michael Windover Contributes to New Online Exhibition Exploring Early Canadian Radio

Radio in Canada has a very special place on the world stage. On May 20th 1920, the radio station XWA broadcasted the first public radio... More

Thursday, February 22, 2024

24 Sussex Drive: Why It Matters Part 1

24 Sussex Drive, the currently unused (and semi-derelict) official residence of the Prime Minister of Canada, has been in the news again lately. On February 21st, Heritage Ottawa hosted a panel discussion on the building’s future at... More

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Oro African Methodist Episcopal Church

In Ontario’s Simcoe County, at the intersection of Old Barrie Road and Line 3, is a modest log building that is also a symbol. It’s a symbol of freedom, or at least of the aspiration to be free. And it’s a symbol of a promise... More

Monday, February 12, 2024

Africville, Nova Scotia

If you visit Africville, Nova Scotia, the first thing you’ll notice is that it's not there anymore. Once the home of a tightly-knit community founded by black loyalists, Africville was appropriated by the municipality of Halifax and... More

Tuesday, January 23, 2024

Join Us for the FASS Fair on February 10th!

Our Arts and Social Sciences Fair brings students - current and future - and professors together at our downtown Arts, Performance and Learning Centre, the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre, to celebrate what makes the... More

Friday, January 12, 2024

Race and Representation in the Arts Course Covers New Ground

A new interdisciplinary course, co-taught by School for Studies in Art and Culture Professors Malini Guha (Film Studies), Gül Kale (Art and Architectural History), and Kathy... More

Thursday, November 16, 2023

Alumni Profile: Evangeline Mann

Evangeline Mann is the Public Programming and Education Coordinator at the Art Gallery of Algoma. In this interview we learn about her experience in the MA Art & Architectural History program at Carleton, and the beginnings of an... More

Friday, November 10, 2023

Adjunct Research Professor Stephen Inglis Curates an Exhibition in India

Kovilpatti: The Town That Papered India is a new exhibition at DakshinaChitra Heritage Museum, in Muthukadu, Tamil Nadu, India. Curated by Art & Architectural History Adjunct... More

Friday, October 6, 2023

Connected Architecture: Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

By Peter Coffman (During my current sabbatical, I am gathering material from across the country for a new course we're planning on Canadian architecture. I’ll occasionally use this blog to think out loud about some of the... More

Monday, October 2, 2023

The HTA Podcast: Music and Public Places

By Maximilien Sonier This is a milestone for the HTA Podcast: the first episode produced by one of our students. Maximilien Sonier is a recent (spring 2023) graduate of the History & Theory of Architecture program –... More

Wednesday, September 6, 2023

New Book on Toronto’s Casa Loma Co-Edited by Michael Windover

Professor Michael Windover's book Casa Loma: Millionaires, Medievalism, and Modernity in Toronto’s Gilded Age, co-edited with Matthew M. Reeve, was released on the first of... More

Tuesday, June 20, 2023

In Search of Canadian Architecture

By Peter Coffman I’m on sabbatical for the 2023/24 academic year, and I’m hitting the road in search of Canadian architecture. And I need your help! I need suggestions about where to go, and what to see. The end game is the... More

Saturday, May 27, 2023

Practicum Stories: Crafting Careers in Art and Culture

The path to building a career in the dynamic, ever-changing arts world isn’t always a straight line. That’s why the School for Studies in Art and Culture (SSAC) at Carleton offers... More

Monday, April 17, 2023

Publications from Recent Graduates

Recent graduates of the MA and HTA program have published articles in the latest issue of the Journal of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada (JSSAC). Amanda Buessecker recently completed her MA in Art History with a... More

Tuesday, April 4, 2023

Professor Emeritus Ruth Phillips Celebrated in New Collaborative Publication

In honour of our esteemed colleague Ruth B. Phillips, her years of knowledge production and committed service, members from the departments of Art and Architecture History, the... More

Friday, March 31, 2023

HTA Podcast: The Presence of the Past in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia

A conversation with Hilary Grant, Heritage Officer and Senior Planner for the town of Lunenburg, Nova Scotia. This podcast served as the final virtual ‘lecture’ in my 2nd-year... More

Thursday, March 30, 2023

The Minôjitonigewin Scholarship

The Minôjitonigewin Scholarship is awarded annually on the recommendation of the Director of the School for Studies in Art and Culture to an outstanding full-time undergraduate student who is entering or proceeding from one year to... More

Thursday, March 30, 2023

The Rawlson King and Linda Grussani Scholarship for Indigenous, Black, and Other Racialized Students

The Rawlson King and Linda Grussani Scholarship for Indigenous, Black, and Other Racialized Students is awarded annually on the... More

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Research in Action: Reflections on Methods in Architectural History

We are continuing our series of student blogs with a number of reflections on the “Small Modernisms” symposium, a public event held at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre on... More

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Reflections from the Tour Guides, Part 2

We are continuing our series of student blogs with a number of reflections on the “Small Modernisms” symposium, a public event held at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre on May 12-13, 2022. The event was organized by... More

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Reflections from the Tour Guides, Part 1

We are continuing our series of student blogs with a number of reflections on the “Small Modernisms” symposium, a public event held at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre on May 12-13, 2022. The event was organized by... More

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

The WPC 2023 Worlding Tiohtià:ke/Montreal colloque and exhibition

Worlding Public Cultures (WPC) is a series of international gatherings led by a group of scholars, including Carleton Professors Ming Tiampo, Birgit Hopfener, and Carmen... More

Sunday, March 19, 2023

Student Blog: Modern Community Building

  We are continuing our series of student blogs with a number of reflections on the “Small Modernisms” symposium, a public event held at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre on May 12-13, 2022. The event was organized by... More

Tuesday, March 14, 2023

Student Blog: Making Visible Minority Experiences

We are continuing our series of student blogs with a number of reflections on the “Small Modernisms” symposium, a public event held at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre on May 12-13, 2022. The event was organized by... More

Sunday, March 12, 2023

Student Blog: Rethinking ‘Modern’ Architecture

We are continuing our series of student blogs with a number of reflections on the “Small Modernisms” symposium, a public event held at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre on May... More

Monday, March 6, 2023

Student Blog: Ordinary Places, Extraordinary Stories

We are continuing our series of student blogs with a number of reflections on the “Small Modernisms” symposium, a public event held at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre on May... More

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