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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Eat, Drink and Be Merry! A Meaningless Hour with King Solomon & the Book of Ecclesiastes Wednesday April 3rd – 7 pm Room 303 Paterson Hall in the College of the Humanities, Carleton University Performance and Audience Talkback FREE... More
Friday, January 5, 2024
The 15 best art, design and archeology discoveries of 2023 The mercurial British monarch Henry VIII may have been a bit out of touch at times, reshaping the country’s religious trajectory to calamitous effect simply to get a divorce, but in other ways he was just like us, doodling in the margins of books.... More
Wednesday, December 6, 2023
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Wednesday, November 8, 2023
Virtual Humanities (Great Books) Spotlight Event Event Date: Dec 02, 2023 Time: 3:00 PM The session will be hosted on zoom Discover what it means to study the ‘Great Books’ at Carleton University by attending the Virtual Humanities (Great Books) Spotlight Event. We will explore the Bachelor of Humanities, the Journalism and Humanities degree,... More
Monday, September 18, 2023
Do you write in your books? Do you annotate your e-books? Perhaps that’s not a bad thing. Marginalia can provide historians with an important source of information about one’s reading habits, ideas, and feelings. On August 13th, the Globe and Mail featured the research of Prof. Micheline White, who has discovered “fresh evidence of... More
Monday, September 11, 2023
Rose Maguire Lecture 2023 Tomson Highway Sept... More
Thursday, July 27, 2023
Greetings from the Director, Shane Hawkins Greetings to all on the occasion of our second BHum newsletter! Although I had hoped to get this edition out earlier, it has been a wonderfully active spring and summer in the College. So, while the newsletter is delayed, it is only for the happiest of reasons. Full... More
Thursday, July 6, 2023
By Jack Guy, CNN Published 6:08 AM EDT, Wed June 28, 2023 Toward the end of his life, England’s King Henry VIII left a series of doodles in a prayer book, revealing his anguish over his health and his past actions, new research shows. Henry, who ruled from 1509 until his death in... More
Monday, June 19, 2023
With a Bachelor of Science in physics and a Master’s in radioastronomy under her belt, Jennifer Murphy entered Britain’s 1960s workforce with a bang. In the years that followed, Murphy built for herself an impressive career in the sciences, moving to Canada to help monitor the Earth through satellite imaging as a physical scientist... More
Thursday, May 11, 2023
Students Reflect on Practicum at Ingenium “Electricity is everywhere, so researching its impact was an intimidating task. Breaking it down into specific objects, like the oven or a streetcar, and focusing on Ottawa made it far more manageable and felt more personal. Studying historic moments through objects has allowed us to create more of... More
Tuesday, May 9, 2023
Congratulations to Humanities student Marina Nekrasova! https://carleton.ca/provost/2023/05/provost-scholar-award-recipients/ Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Marina Nekrasova Marina Nekrasova is a third-year humanities and philosophy student who exemplifies student engagement in her contributions to the community, immersive learning, and... More
Friday, April 28, 2023
The Canadian Institute for Mediterranean Studies and the College of the Humanities announce two awards for students participating in the HUMS 3800 travel abroad course in 2023. The CIMS - Carleton Study Abroad Award for Academic Excellence are merit -based awards meant to serve as incentives to students undertaking research and preparing academic... More
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