A new issue of Making History Matter, the Carleton undergraduate e-journal edited by Audra Diptee, associate professor of History, has just been published. The issue includes “From Columbus to Kony: Old Tropes in a New Era,” an analysis of the social media campaign, Kony 2012, by Stephanie Vizi; “Power of the Image: The Rwandan Genocide (1994) by Emma Bider; and two works of historical fiction: “The Life of a Slave in Brazil,” by Brendan McBride and “Witchcraft in 17th Century Bahia,” by Emily Hersey. All contributors are undergraduate students at Carleton.
See see this issue, and past issues of Making History Matter at http://www.makinghistorymatter.ca/. Submissions for future issues are welcome.