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Monday, September 14, 2020

Guest Lecture: Thinking Modernity from the Perspective of the Capitalocene

Please join us in welcoming guest lecturer Professor Nick Lawrence from the University of Warwick Department of English and Comparative Literary Studies Department. Thinking Modernity from the Perspective of the Capitalocene This talk examines a cluster of related concepts – modernity, ‘enlightenment,’ the Anthropocene – in response to... More

Thursday, August 13, 2020

Focus on publications: Fighting Sleep. The War for the Mind and the US Military

  Focus on publications: congratulations to ICSLAC professor Franny Nudelman (English/ICSLAC) on the publication of her new monograph, Fighting Sleep. The War for the Mind and the US Military, published by Verso Books and reviewed in the Los Angeles Review of... More

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Focus on grants and research: Worlding Public Cultures: The Arts and Social Innovation

Focus on grants and research:  Worlding Public Cultures: The Arts and Social Innovation is an internationally-funded research project spearheaded by ICSLAC professors Birgit Hopfener and Ming Tiampo, leading members of the Transnational and Transcultural Art and Culture Exchange (TrACE). Read more: Worlding Public Cultures: The Arts and... More

Tuesday, June 30, 2020

CONGRATULATIONS TO PROFESSOR RUTH PHILLIPS ON HER RETIREMENT 

The Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and Culture extends its warm congratulations to Professor Ruth Phillips on her retirement. A fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and co-founder of the Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures (GRASAC), Professor Phillips (ICSLAC/SSAC/Sociology and... More

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Congrats to our 2020 Graduates!

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Thursday, June 18, 2020

K. Ulujuk Zawadski wins Polar Northern Resident Scholarship

Krista Ulujuk Zawadski, a PhD student in Cultural Mediations, has been awarded a Polar Northern Resident Scholarship from the Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (ACUNS) for her research on Qatiktalik: Nexus of Colonial Encounters. Krista is one of three Carleton PhD students who have been awarded scholarships from ACUNS.... More

Thursday, June 18, 2020

Congratulations to M. Purvis

Some warm congratulations to Cultural Mediations PhD candidate Matthew Purvis (and his Supervisor, Dr. Brian Foss) for the successful defence of his doctoral thesis John Boyle, Greg Curnoe and Joyce Wieland: Erotic Art and English Canadian... More

Wednesday, May 13, 2020

Gemey Kelly Wins 2020 Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation Award

Gemey Kelly, a PhD student in Cultural Mediations, has been awarded the Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation (SHMF) Scholarship. Please join us in congratulating Gemey on this honour! The 2020 Sheila Mackay Advanced Studies Scholarship is awarded to a prominent member of the New Brunswick arts community. Kelly is preparing a dissertation on the New... More

Monday, April 27, 2020

Grad Research: The Repatriation of Cultural Artifacts to the Global South

—The following story was written by Taia Goguen-Garner and published by the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Affairs. Pansee Abou Elatta is also completing the Curatorial Studies Graduate Diploma. Museums are full of cultural artifacts. These artifacts are often circulated, displayed, and seen throughout the world. The reality of this is... More

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Congratulations to D. Koutras

Some warm congratulations to Cultural Mediations PhD candidate Konstantinos (Dino) Koutras (and his Supervisor, Dr. Marc Furstenau) for the successful defence of his doctoral thesis Screening Politics: The Egalitarian Film Theory of Jacques... More

Monday, March 16, 2020

Update on campus activities: March 16th

In light of the current public health environment, Carleton University is open to essential services only today therefore ICSLAC's office is closed with some staff and faculty working remotely. Any questions not answered by Carleton’s COVID-19 information website and its FAQ section should be forwarded to covidinfo@carleton.ca. Please ensure... More

Friday, March 13, 2020

COVID-19 Update – Plan for Remainder of Term

Please check our coronavirus information website for details. MARCH 13, 2020  As the COVID-19 situation continues to evolve in the Ottawa region and around the world, we have been constantly re-evaluating our plans in light of new information. Preview Changes (opens in a new tab)Being both prepared and flexible is essential to making the best... More

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