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Friday, June 30, 2023

Cultural Mediations Doctoral Student Xiaofan Wu Awarded a Sigg Fellowship for Chinese Art Research

Congratulations to Cultural Mediations doctoral student Xiaofan Wu who, together with co-members of the Shanghai-based Grey Matter research group, was awarded a Sigg Fellowship for Chinese art research! Awarded by Hong Kong’s M+ Global Museum of Visual Art Culture, the fellowship “supports new research on Chinese art in dialogue with the M+... More

Thursday, June 22, 2023

Summer Institute in Museum Studies

Museum and gallery professionals are often so busy that they do not have a chance to step back and reflect on larger issues facing their workplaces. Because responsibilities also tend to be  segmented, one may only hear about institutional challenges through the grapevine, a management memo, or the press, but never be further involved.... More

Friday, June 16, 2023

Patricia Bérubé Awarded Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement

ICSLAC is tremendously proud to share the announcement of a Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement being award to Dr. Patricia Bérubé, a recent graduate from the Cultural Mediations PhD program. Co-supervised by Professors Jesse Stewart and Lois Frankel, Patricia's doctoral dissertation focused on developing multi-sensory approaches... More

Tuesday, June 13, 2023

SOME WARM CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OUR 2023 GRADUATES!

On behalf of all of us at ICSLAC, some sincere congratulations to Marie-Catherine Allard, Patricia Bérubé and Victoria Nolte, who are graduating from the Cultural Mediations PhD program. You should stand proud of your academic achievements and scholarly contributions. With much gratitude as well to their Supervisors for their mentoring and... More

Tuesday, June 6, 2023

ICSLAC faculty member and Cultural Mediations alumnae recognized by the Canadian Historical Association with a Clio Prize (North) and Indigenous History Book Prize

Congratulations to Carleton professor Dr. Carol Payne (SSAC/ICSLAC) and Cultural Mediations Alumnae Drs. Annette de Stecher and Christina Williamson, whose publications received recognition from the Canadian Historical Association (CHA). Drs. Carol Payne and Christina Williamson are the recipients of a CHA Clio Award (North) for their... More

Thursday, April 20, 2023

ICSLAC 2023 Interface Graduate Conference: The Cultural Inbetween, April 27 2023 (Virtual)

ICSLAC is delighted to announce the 2023 Interface Graduate Conference, to be held virtually on April 27. The Cultural Inbetween: Exploring Distinctions Within Popular, High and Low Culture seeks to draw together interdisciplinary presentations to create a generative and multidisciplinary understanding of popular culture. Presentations of 15... More

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

Distinguished cultural theorist Dr. Mieke Bal to deliver 2023 Chris Faulkner Lecture in Cultural Mediations

The Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and Culture (ICSLAC) is delighted to announce that the 2023 Chris Faulkner Lecture in Cultural Mediations will be delivered by distinguished cultural theorist Dr. Mieke Bal, professor emerita at the University of Amsterdam. “Unpacking: concepts and artworks speaking together”  Dr.... More

Thursday, March 23, 2023

ICSLAC Connect Workshop: Alumni on Career Paths after The PhD

Alumni, faculty and current graduate students of the Cultural Mediations and Curatorial Studies programs are warmly invited to attend a hybrid alumni-led discussion focused on career trajectories after the PhD. The workshop will be held on Wednesday March 29 from 1-3 pm in SP201D (hybrid option available). The following ICSLAC members will be... More

Tuesday, March 21, 2023

Worlding Public Cultures 2023 international conference: Worlding Tiohtià:ke/ Montreal Bridging Knowledges, Practices, and Being

Carleton professors Birgit Hopfener, Ruth Phillips, Carmen Robertson and Ming Tiampo (SSAC/ICSLAC) will be presenting at the WPC 2023 Worlding Tiohtià:ke/Montreal conference and exhibition, a 2-day hybrid colloquium held at Concordia University 31 March -1 April 2023. For all information: Worlding Tiohtià:ke/ Montreal Bridging Knowledges,... More

Friday, March 3, 2023

Jessica Marino awarded the David Rebecca Zelikovitz Scholarship

Congratulations to Cultural Mediations PhD Candidate Jessica Paola Marino, who was recently awarded the David Rebecca Zelikovitz Scholarship. Jessica is a fifth-year PhD Candidate in the Cultural Mediations program. Her research interests are centred on cultural representations which mark the interconnections of memory between different... More

Friday, March 3, 2023

Adiba Faizi awarded the Irene Ethel Cockburn Bursary

Congratulations to Cultural Mediations PhD Candidate Adiba Faizi, who was recently awarded the Irene Ethel Cockburn Bursary. Adiba’s research project titled “The Other Other: Politics of Representation of Self-flagellation as part of the Diasporic Shia Muslim Identity in post-9/11 Western Nation States” aims to trouble the ways we think of... More

Wednesday, March 1, 2023

Welcoming Dr. Mohsen Nasrin to our alumni page!

We want to welcome one of our Cultural Mediations graduates joining our alumni page. Dr. Mohsen Nasrin, who holds a PhD from the Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and Culture at Carleton University, is a contract professor in film studies at the University of Calgary, University of Alberta, Mount Royal University, and... More

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