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Upcoming Book Launch For Sarah Casteel’s Black Lives Under Nazism: Making History Visible In Literature And Art

Carleton’s own Sarah Phillips Casteel will be launching her new book, Black Lives Under Nazism: Making History Visible in Literature and Art, at the National…

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Carleton Announces the Second Cohort of QES Advanced Scholars West Africa Program

Carleton University’s Queen Elizabeth Scholarship Advanced Scholars West Africa (QES-AS-WA) program is pleased to announce the selection of nine scholars for its second and final…

Prof. Nduka Otiono's First Book Celebrates 25 years with a New Anniversary Edition

Professor Nduka Otiono's first book The Night Hides with a Knife was first published in 1995. On April 8, 2021, a silver jubilee anniversary edition…

War Against Mediocrity: Pius Adesanmi’s Legacy for Africans

By Seyi Isbola The first time I met the renowned professor and political commentator Pius Adesanmi was in 2010, when I first arrived at Carleton…

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The Institute of African Studies at 10

On Thursday, March 12, 2020, affiliated scholars, friends and supporters of Carleton's Institute of African Studies (IAS) gathered to celebrate its anniversary and reflect on…

Shireen Hassim Releases New Book on the Life of Fatima Meer

African Film Festival of Ottawa

About the Festival When: February 9-16 Where: Alma Duncan Salon, Ottawa Art Gallery, 10 Daly Ave, Ottawa, ON K1N 6E2 For more information visit the Canadian…

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History Professor Selected to be Une Professeure Invitée at l’Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle (Paris 3) in 2019

Professor in the Department of History Audra A. Diptee will be holding the post of Professeure Invitée at the Université Sorbonne-Nouvelle in Paris (January –…

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Researching Modern Day Slavery: History Professor Receives Rockefeller Fellowship

Professor Audra Diptee Professor in the Department of History Audra Diptee has won a Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Centre Residency Fellowship for 2018. She will embark…

Exhibit - Metropolitan Nomads: A Journey Through Johannesburg's Little Mogadishu

Metropolitan Nomads. A Journey Through Joburg’s Little Mogadishu Mayfair, a Johannesburg suburb, is a place where the lives of hundreds of Somalis intersect; a space of opportunity…

2016 African Film Festival of Ottawa (AFFO)

Press Release  Following the tremendous success of our inaugural festival last year, Carleton University’s Film Studies Department and Institute of African Studies, and the Canadian…

Of Africa: CU Conference Looks at Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability

Of Africa: Conference at Carleton University Looks at Climate Change and Environmental Sustainability, By Yiagadeesen Samy Please RSVP for this conference On May 4th, the…

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