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Friday, September 7, 2018

Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) Statement on Visa Refusals

Visa Refusals at Canadian Association of African Studies Conferences 29 August 2018. In light of recent media attention to Canada’s broken system for allocating visas to international scholars, the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) is adding its voice. CAAS organises a conference at a different Canadian university each year. The... More

Thursday, August 23, 2018

“Missing The Cues. Tales of a Newcomer’s Life in Canada. A Memoir” by IAS Adjunct Research Professor, Annette Isaac

Annette Isaac A memoir about missed messages and subtle hints that elude most newcomers as they try to establish social and career relationships in Canada. Often these missed cues lead to amusing, and in some cases lost opportunities. Book signing:  Saturday Sept 22, at Books on Beechwood, 35 Beechwood Ave, Ottawa. Corner of Beechwood and... More

Thursday, July 12, 2018

Glennys Egan – Alumni who inspire!

Glennys Egan is a Senior Gender and Research Specialist with Digital Opportunity Trust, a non-governmental organization that supports young people in Africa and the Middle East who are applying technological innovations to community... More

Thursday, June 14, 2018

Professors Doris Buss & Blair Rutherford awarded SSHRC grant for Gender Equity research

The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) has awarded Partnership Development Grants to Carleton University’s Doris Buss, Department of Law and Legal Studies, and Blair Rutherford, Department of Sociology and Anthropology.  The funding amounts to nearly $200,000 and will be distributed over three years. See more... More

Thursday, June 14, 2018

Professor James Milner wins $3.6million research grant

Carleton University’s James Milner, professor in the Department of Political Science, will receive $2.5 million from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), in addition to funds from other partners, for a total of $3,676,103 to research refugee policy. “Responding to the needs of refugees is a global challenge,” said... More

Thursday, May 10, 2018

IAS Adjunct Research Professor, Hany Besada publishes paper “China’s Energy Strategy in the MENA Region”

Please join us in warmly congratulating our Adjunct Research Professor, Hany Besada on his latest co-written paper titled "China's Energy Strategy in the MENA Region" which appeared in the latest issue of the China Quarterly of International Strategic Studies (CQISS). The journal is published by the Shanghai Institute for International Studies.... More

Thursday, May 10, 2018

Professor Blair Rutherford wins Joel Gregory Prize

Professor Blair Rutherford of the Department of Sociology & Anthropology is the co-winner of the Canadian Association of African Studies’ Joel Gregory Prize for the best social sciences or humanities book in African Studies written by a Canadian or someone linked to a Canadian institution in 2016 and 2017 for his book Farm Labor... More

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Archives & Research Collections: The Uganda Collection

Archives and Research Collections, Carleton University Library The Uganda Collection... More

Tuesday, April 17, 2018

Professor of Anthropology & former IAS Director Receives Humboldt-University 2018/2019 Fellowship

Blair Rutherford, Professor of Anthropology and former IAS Director will be a fellow for the 2018-19 academic year at the International Research Center Work and Human Lifecycle in Global History at Humboldt University in Berlin, Germany. There he will be doing research on "Labour and Social Citizenship in Neoliberal Times: Lessons from Rural... More

Thursday, March 22, 2018

Podcast of Dr. Pablo Idahosa’s BHM Lecture

In this podcast Dr. Pablo Idahosa of York University discusses the politics of displacement and the varied meanings of diaspora to different communities. Pablo Idahosa's: founders.laps.yorku.ca/about/message…college-head/ About Pablo Idahosa: Dr. Pablo Idahosa is a professor in the Faculty of Social Sciences at York University. He is an... More

Thursday, March 22, 2018

IAS congratulates Professor Teddy Samy on his new co-authored textbook, African Economic Development

Please join us in warmly congratulating our colleague, Professor Yiagadeesen (Teddy) Samy (Director of NPSIA, cross-appointed to African Studies), whose textbook on African Economic Development, co-authored with Steven Langdon and Arch Ritter, was just published and is now available for purchase at:... More

Monday, March 5, 2018

Carleton Hosts Major African Studies Conference on March 1-2

By Tyrone Burke When tanks rolled through Harare in November 2017, Zimbabwe’s generals insisted it wasn’t a coup. But it sure looked like one. After 37 years in power, Robert Mugabe – once a revolutionary who liberated Zimbabwe from white minority rule – was ousted. Then in February, South African President Jacob Zuma was... More

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