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Monday, March 18, 2024

Canadian Studies Research Talk – Assembled Bodies: Museum Curation as Apparatus of Bodily Production in Canada and the United Kingdom

PhD Cultural Mediations Candidate Casey Gray will present a Canadian Studies Research Talk titled Assembled Bodies: Museum Curation as Apparatus of Bodily Production in Canada and the United Kingdom on March 20th at 2:30 pm in Dunton Tower 1216. This presentation examines the curatorial decision-making process made by museums to display or not... More

Friday, March 1, 2024

Curatorial Studies Fall 2025 Application Deadline is March 15th

We are now accepting applications for the Fall 2025 program. Complete applications received by March 15th will be assessed by mid-April. Late applications can be submitted after March 15th, but they will only be assessed if space remains in the program. To find out more, visit https://carleton.ca/curatorial-studies/application-and-admission/ Or... More

Thursday, February 22, 2024

Rebecca Friend Writes Article for Muse

Curatorial Studies graduate, instructor, and Ph.D. candidate in Public History, Rebecca Friend, wrote for the Canadian Museums Association’s magazine, Muse. The article, “Considering Children in Museums” is available... More

Thursday, June 22, 2023

Non-Credit 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

Let’s Celebrate our Spring 2023 Graduates!

The warmest of congratulations to all Spring 2023 graduates! Patricia Bérubé Amanda Boyd Sonya Gray Michelle Liteplo Kirstan Schamuhn Anna Verhoeven... More

Thursday, March 23, 2023

ICSLAC 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

Monday, February 13, 2023

ICSLAC Turns 20: Program of Events

Over the winter term and early spring, ICSLAC is marking 20 years of innovative interdisciplinary graduate research and teaching with a series of events and celebrations involving alumni, students, faculty and friends of the Institute. We look forward to greeting you at any of the following (follow each link for further details, some RSVP... More

Wednesday, February 1, 2023

ICSLAC Workshop on University Teaching

Current graduate students in the Cultural Mediations and Curatorial Studies programs are warmly invited to attend a hybrid alumni-led discussion focused on all things university teaching. The workshop will he held on Wednesday February 8 from 1-3 pm (SP210D and online, RSVP for Zoom information). The following ICSLAC members will be sharing their... More

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

Employment Opportunity: faculty position, Indigenous museology and public history

The Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art, and Culture (ICSLAC) and the Department of History invite applications from qualified Indigenous candidates for a preliminary (tenure-track) cross- appointment at the rank of assistant professor, beginning July 1, 2023, specializing in Indigenous practices in museology, broadly defined. For... More

Tuesday, November 1, 2022

Hands-on Curatorial Studies Graduate Course for Winter 2023

Are you a graduate student who is:  Looking for a graduate seminar with a practical component?  Looking for an opportunity to gain professional experience in the museum industry?  Interested in curating, exhibitions, or museums?  Interested in participating in a seminar with students working in different fields to collaboratively curate an... More

Monday, September 26, 2022

Where We Stand: student-curated exhibition opens at CUAG

An exhibition curated by students of our CURA 5001 studio course (visual arts stream) is currently on display at the Carleton University Art Gallery. Developed under the supervision of Dr. Rachelle Dickenson, Where We Stand “brings together artworks selected from CUAG’s collection, made by artists from the eighteenth century to the present, to... More

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