May 24, 2018
To all FASS Faculty & Staff,
On behalf of the Search Committee for The Chair in the Study of the Conjuring Arts, we invite you to participate in the selection process for Carleton University’s Allan Slaight Chair for the Study of the Conjuring Arts.
From a pool of over a hundred impressive applicants, the Committee has selected three final candidates.
Next week, each of these three scholars will deliver a thirty-minute public talk in the College of Humanities Lecture Hall, 303 Paterson Hall, followed by a thirty-minute question and answer period.
You are invited to attend:
If you are unable to attend, videos of the public talks will be made available the day following each event at this private link: https://carleton.ca/fass/2018/search-for-the-chair-in-the-study-of-the-conjuring-arts/. The page can be accessed using the password FASSCOMMUNITY.
You are encouraged to email any and all thoughts and feedback to emma.fraser@carleton.ca.
Please see the below abstracts for more information on each candidate for the Allan Slaight Chair for the Study of the Conjuring Arts.
(University of South Carolina, Department of History)
Public talk: Monday, May 28, 2018, 10:30 AM, 303 Paterson Hall
Current Position
Education
Key Publications
Brief Biography
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Anthropology)
Public talk: Wednesday, May 30, 2018, 10:30 AM, 303 Paterson Hall
(University of Michigan, Department of Screen Arts & Cultures)
Public talk: Thursday, May 31, 2018, 10:30 AM, 303 Paterson Hall