It is finally summer, a hot and steamy summer here in Ottawa. Our students\u00a0are spending time away at conferences, doing research, and some might even be enjoying a trip to the beach! \u00a0For me, the summer is\u00a0already standing out as different from past summers – we have the pleasure of hosting the first of two post-doctoral fellows in ICSLAC. \u00a0Dr. Melissa Otis arrived in June so please introduce yourself to her the next time you are on campus. Her work is primarily focussing on Iroquoian and Algonquian peoples histories in the 19th and 20th centuries. She will be joined by a second fellow in September (more on her arrival later!). We also have a visitor from the University of Edinburgh — Carleton\u00a0University\u00a0alumni, Kaitlin McCormick is visiting us for the summer as she finishes her final draft of her PhD thesis.<\/p>\n
We can’t forget our Cultural Mediations\u00a0students who have been working in the seminar room – sometimes having a little company and peer review is a great incentive to keep that thesis writing moving. \u00a0Drop in anytime from 9:30 – 4:30, Monday to Thursday. If any Digital Humanities students are currently working on a thesis or major research paper, feel free to drop in as well. As always, the coffee pot is ready to go and we will all help to keep you motivated. \u00a0The first year successfully finished their Comprehensive I exams and there are a number of students preparing for their Comprehensive II exams. With the second option for Comp II currently on trial, reading lists and approval forms are on a lot of minds these days!<\/p>\n
And, of course, Dr. Sarah Casteel’s\u00a0move to 201 St. Patrick’s is now complete and\u00a0she will be getting to know all of\u00a0you over the next few months. As our incoming Graduate Supervisor, if you haven’t met Dr. Casteel\u00a0yet, you will want to make the effort soon. \u00a0You will find her\u00a0in Room 201J. I will be asking for updated research profiles soon to help Dr. Casteel learn more about you so watch for that request or better yet, send me an update whenever you can!<\/p>\n
Dr. Ming Tiampo was renewed for a further two years as the Director of ICSLAC \u2013 congratulations, Ming! We\u2019re lucky to have you!<\/p>\n
It’s time for a heartfelt thank you to Dr. Paul Th\u00e9berge who recently stepped down as Graduate Supervisor for ICSLAC and\u00a0to Professor Emeritus, Christopher Faulkner for his support of our Cultural Mediations students over the past years and I know the words\u00a0thank you<\/em> seem small as both of them have given us all so much and yet the words are heartfelt from me! \u00a0We will find an opportunity to\u00a0publicly thank them for their service to ICSLAC in the next few months.\u00a0You will still find Paul Th\u00e9berge in room 201G as he embraces his new role as Assistant Director of Music for SSAC and we\u2019re very happy to have him nearby.<\/p>\n At spring convocation, we were able to celebrate our new PhDs, Dr. Anna Khimasia and Dr. Owen Lyons!\u00a0 Congratulations from all of us for all of your hard work over the years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It is finally summer, a hot and steamy summer here in Ottawa. Our students\u00a0are spending time away at conferences, doing research, and some might even be enjoying a trip to the beach! \u00a0For me, the summer is\u00a0already standing out as different from past summers – we have the pleasure of hosting the first of two […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_mi_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n