Public Archaeology Twitter Conference; Ottawa International Writers Festival; Book Launch on the History of the Red Cross; The Middle East Un-Rebound; Migration/Representation/Stereotypes; Under the Influence; …
Below are events taking place soon as well as announcements that may be of interest. (A bulletin will now be sent out each Wednesday with upcoming events and announcements.) Departmental events are also posted on our website.
Events
April 27-28, 2017
Public Archaeology Twitter Conference
This event is meant to bring together public archaeologists from around the world in an online setting to encourage communication and collaboration, which also happens to be free, easy to follow and allows for multi-stranded communications, without the hassle of flights, accommodation and canapés.
There will be over 50 papers presented, from a wide variety of locations across the world, and paper timings will run all day so that the conference can cover multiple time zones. The conference will be taking place on Twitter, so you don’t need to be anywhere, or travel, or even get out of bed! Even if you don’t have a Twitter account, just go to https://twitter.com/search?q=%23patc&src=typd
There will be two key note presentations from Professor Shawn Graham (@electricarchaeo) from Carleton University and Dr Colleen Morgan (@clmorgan) from York University. Both are active and very well respected researchers, teachers, and authors on numerous publications related to the subject of digital archaeology.
April 27-May 2, 2017
Ottawa International Writers Festival
As Carleton University is one of the main sponsors of this event, Carleton students get in free. Visit the website for more details on the events, authors, and other information.
April 28, 2017
Book Launch on the History of the Red Cross with Sarah Glassford
Please join us on Friday, April 28th from 5:30-7:30pm in the History Lounge (433 Paterson Hall) for the book launch of “Mobilizing Mercy: A History of the Canadian Red Cross” by Dr. Sarah Glassford. Dr. Glassford is a social historian of Canada who earned her PhD at York University and has taught at Carleton University as a contract instructor. The event is sponsored by the Canadian network of humanitarian history/Réseau canadien sur l’histoire de l’humanitaire.
April 28-29, 2017
Muslim Societies, Global Perspectives and the History Department of Queen’s University invite you to an International Workshop on April 28th – 29th 2017 in Watson Hall Rm 517. History colleague and Contract Instructor Egemen Ozbek is presenting at this workshop on “Historiographic Détente: Reconciling Competing Memories of the Armenian Genocide and Track Two Diplomacy.”
More details are available on their website.
April 28-30, 2017
Migration/Representation/Stereotypes
The Department of History is pleased to be sponsoring an international conference, Migration/Representation/Stereotypes to be held at the University of Ottawa from April 28 to April 30, 2017. Co-organized by the Carleton Centre for Public History, Carleton’s Migration & Diaspora Studies, and the Department of Theatre, University of Ottawa.
Recently awarded a SSHRC connections grant, this international, interdisciplinary, and bilingual conference aims to address the questions of the (ab)use of stereotypes when it comes to the representation of migration and refugees in various public discourses, both historically, conceptually and practically.
You can find out more by turning to the the conference’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MRSCOttawa/
and website: http://artsites.uottawa.ca/studies-migration/en/conference/conference-program/
or by contacting David Dean (david_dean@carleton.ca) or Daniel McNeil (Daniel.mcneil@carleton.ca)
May 5-6, 2017
28th Canadian Military History Colloquium
Hosted by the Laurier Centre for Military, Strategic and Disarmament Studies, the 28th Canadian Military History Colloquium will be held at Wilfrid Laurier University from 5-6 May, 2017.
Keynote Speakers:
- Tim Cook, Canadian War Museum
- Holger Herwig, University of Calgary
- Gary Sheffield, University of Wolverhampton
For general updates on the conference, panels, and accommodations, check the colloquium site HERE.
If you have any questions, contact us at conference@canadianmilitaryhistory.ca.
May 7, 2017
Book Launch: Science of the Seance
Join Beth Robertson for the launch of her new book, Science of the Seance: Transnational Networks and Gendered Bodies in the Study of Psychic Phenomena, 1918-1940.
- Sunday, May 7, 2017 from 6:30 PM to 9:30 PM (EDT)
Black Squirrel Books & Espresso Bar
1073 Bank Street Ottawa, ON K1S 3W9 Canada
May 8, 2017
Under the Influence: How Labatt and its Allies Brewed up a Nation of Canadian Beer Drinkers
LifeLong Learning Markham is a volunteer, not for profit organization dedicated to providing intellectually stimulating and thought provoking lectures for adults in the Markham area. The goal is to provide a series of 5-6 lectures on a wide variety of topics in both the Spring and Fall of each year. Lectures will be given by university professors, authors, medical experts and people who are acknowledged leaders in their field. Lectures will be held on Monday mornings at the Angus Glen Golf Club on Kennedy Road.
Because 2017 is Canada’s 150th Birthday, the Spring Lecture series focuses on Canada. Professor Matthew Bellamy will be speaking on May 8, 2017: “Under the Influence: How Labatt and its Allies Brewed up a Nation of Canadian Beer Drinkers”.
The full list of speakers as well as information on registration and ticket sales is available online.
May 17, 2017
Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Street, at 6:30pm.
This free event is presented with Library and Archives Canada and Society Canadian Immigration Historical Society in association with the Ottawa Asian Heritage Month Society, the Canadian Chamber of Commerce Cambodia and the Vietnamese Canadian Community of Ottawa.
From the 1960s through the 1970s Canada’s dominant value system shifted from Europe centered to a diversity based, multicultural model. One of the tangible expressions of this major change was the response of Canadians and their government to the terrible refugee tragedy, impacting millions of lives, in Southeast Asia.
May 17-20, 2017
Digital Humanities Summer Institute: Technologies East
Explore the possibilities that the digital humanities open up for your research at DHSITE this may! Registration is now open for a series of workshops at the University of Ottawa and at Carleton exploring everything from social media analysis to mapping, twitter bots to game studies. See the website at https://dhsite.org or talk to Prof. Shawn Graham for more information.
May 18, 2017
Beyond SDG5: African Women Innovation and the Future
Forthcoming IAS – African Heads of Mission conference: 8:30am-5:00pm in room 270-274 of Residence Commons. RSVP: 2017IASConference.eventbrite.ca. For more details contact the Institute of African Studies.
May 24-26, 2017
Marx’s Capital after 150 Years: Critique and Alternative to Capitalism Conference
The conference which will be held at York University from May 24-26, 2017 and will play host to a number of speakers including: Immanuel Wallerstein, Saskia Sassen, Etienne Balibar, Himani Bannerji, Marcello Musto and many more. Everyone is welcome. Admission is free.
For more information on the Conference, including the conference program, please visit: http://www.marxcollegium.org/
June 14, 2017
Workshop: Canadian Foreign Intelligence History Project (CFIHP)
This is a one-day workshop that the CFIHP will be holding in Ottawa on 14 June. Full details are available on the attached pdf as well as on the CFIHP webpage: https://carleton.ca/csids/canadian-foreign-intelligence-history-project/.
This will be an opportunity discuss the documentation available through the CFIHP database and opportunities for research and collaboration.
July 17-22, 2017
Historical Thinking Summer Institute
The Historical Thinking Summer Institute is designed for teachers, curriculum developers, professional development leaders, historians, museum educators and curators who want to enhance their expertise at designing history programs, courses, units, lessons, projects, or educational resources that explicitly focus on historical thinking.
Attendees of the 2017 Historical Thinking Summer Institute will participate in a variety of activities including presentations and workshops, learning activities at the Canadian Museum of History and the Canadian War Museum, discussions of readings, guest
lectures, and group work to explore six historical thinking concepts: evidence, significance, continuity & change, cause & consequence, perspective-taking, and the ethical dimension of history. Visit the website for more details: http://www.canadashistory.ca/HTSI.
Announcements
Call for Papers – The Carleton Graduate Journal for Art and Culture
Carleton University’s Art History Graduate Society is pleased to announce the fifth issue of Render, a student-run publication dedicated to the dissemination of ideas rooted in visual culture. In recognizing that academic work can often be an isolated process, it is the purpose of the journal to provide graduate students with an open forum to circulate their ideas to a wider audience.
The journal committee welcomes applications from all Carleton graduate students, at both the MA and PhD levels, whose work is dedicated to visual and material culture—both contemporary and historic. See the attached poster for more information or visit the website: carleton.ca/arthistory/graduate-studies/render/
Call for Papers – 2017 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium
The International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation, in partnership with the Guelph Jazz Festival and the University of Guelph, invites proposals for presentations at our annual interdisciplinary international conference. The colloquium will take place September 13-15, 2017, as part of the 24th annual Guelph Jazz Festival. Featuring panel discussions, debates, performances, immersive experiences, a sharing of stories and best practices, and dialogues among researchers, artists, and audiences, the colloquium fosters a spirit of collaborative, boundary defying inquiry and dialogue, and an international exchange of cultural forms and knowledges.
Please send proposals (300 words for 15-minute papers, 500 words for alternative format presentations) and a short bio (maximum 250 words) by April 30, 2017 to The 2017 Guelph Jazz Festival Colloquium, c/o Dr. Ajay Heble: jazzcoll@uoguelph.ca. Poster attached.