Protecting the Peel Watershed; Lecture Jan Grabowski; Structural Changes in a World in Flux; Catholic Missions, Liberation Theology, and Humanitarianism; Annual Screening of HIST 4302 documentaries; Underhill Undergraduate Colloquium; …
Below are events taking place soon as well as announcements that may be of interest. (An emailed bulletin is sent out each Wednesday with upcoming events and announcements. To sign up, please send an email to tanya.schwartz@carleton.ca or history@carleton.ca.) Departmental events are also posted on our website.
Events
CANCELLED: The Friday Occasion with Dr. Candace Sobers scheduled for this Friday has been postponed.
March 23, 2017
Protecting the Peel Watershed: Indigenous rights, conservation and the law
You are invited to attend a unique panel discussion at the MacOdrum Library on Thursday, March 23 at 3:00 p.m. Renowned Indigenous rights lawyer, Thomas R. Berger, will be joined by First Nations and environmental leaders who have been part of the legal battle to protect the Peel Watershed, a vast and unspoiled northern wilderness in the Yukon Territory.
First Nations and environmental groups have been resisting the Yukon Government’s efforts to industrialize the region and have taken their case – being presented by Thomas Berger – to the Supreme Court of Canada on March 22. The Supreme Court ruling will require a landmark interpretation of the Yukon’s modern-day treaties that could have impacts for land use planning across the entire country. The panellists will share insights from this milestone case in which conservation and reconciliation are at the forefront. PLEASE RSVP HERE…
While you are in the library, please visit Thunder in Our Voices, an interactive exhibit about the 1970s Berger Inquiry into the Construction of a Pipeline in the Mackenzie Valley. Forty years after Justice Berger’s report was published, you can watch interviews with the original Dene, Inuvialuit and corporate witnesses before the Inquiry, recorded then and now. The exhibit will be open March 18 to 25. Admission is free to the exhibit and all events.
March 23, 2017
Lecture at SJCC by Professor Jan Grabowski
Jan Grabowski, Professor of history of the Holocaust at the University of Ottawa and the co-founder of the Polish Centre for Holocaust research at the Institute of Philosophy and Sociology of the Polish Academy of Sciences (Warsaw), will be speaking the evening of March 23, (7:30 pm) at the SJCC. Professor Grabowski is currently working on a project which seeks to shed light on the involvement of the Polish “Blue” police in the Holocaust. The evening lecture will focus on the role of the “Blue” police during the 1942-43 period when Polish officers took part in the liquidation of ghettos in Poland.
March 24, 2017
The EU and Canada in a Changing World Order: Addressing Structural Changes in a World in Flux
The Centre for European Studies’ Jean Monnet EU Centre of Excellence is pleased to invite you to attend a conference on “The EU and Canada in a Changing World Order: Addressing Structural Changes in a World in Flux,” on Friday, March 24, 2017, from 9:30 A.M. to 4:30 P.M., in the Second Floor Conference Rooms in Richcraft Hall, Carleton University.
This one-day conference will feature distinguished scholars and speakers from Canada, Europe, and the United States. Panel sessions will discuss issues related to transatlantic relations, global governance, cyber security, terrorism, the Middle East, Russia, energy policy and climate change, and security policy.
Registration for this conference is required. Please register at the Centre for European Studies website.
March 24, 2017
Remembrance and Hope Within and Against the Biopolitical Enclosure: The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum as Exemplar
Barbara Biesecker, Professor, Department of Communication Studies, University of Georgia.
Friday, March 24, 3:00 – 4:30pm, Gordon Wood Lounge, 1811 Dunton Tower.
March 27-28, 2017
International workshop on Canada’s Past and Future in the Americas
The workshop will assemble a distinguished list of experts from across Canada, United States and Latin America with support from Carleton University and a series of institutional funders and private supporters. The proposed topics are: historical determinants of Canada’s role in the Americas, bilateral and multilateral foreign policy relations, trade and investment relations, security issues, extractive industries, migration, human rights and democracy. Our panelists will come from or bring specific knowledge on aspects relevant to Canada from Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Haiti, Mexico, Peru, and the United States.
Registration is required for this event: http://forms.carleton.ca/conferences/workshop-on-canadas-past-and-future-in-the-americas/
There is a charge for registration of $50.00 ($10.00 for students). Space is limited. For more information, please contact Paola Ortiz (PaolaOrtizLoaiza@cunet.carleton.ca)
March 28, 2017
Catholic Missions, Liberation Theology, and Humanitarianism
Please join the Canadian Network on Humanitarian History for an afternoon conversation with McGill University’s historian of Latin America, Dr. Catherine LeGrand.
This event will be held on Tuesday, March 28, 2017 from 3 to 5pm in 436 Paterson at Carleton University, Ottawa. If you are unable to attend, but would still like to engage in the conversation, considering joining the event via Skype.
A reception will be hosted after the talk from 5-6pm.
For further information and for Skype details, please contact Dominique_marshall@carleton.ca.
March 31, 2017
Research Workshop: “Managing Migration in World Society. International Organizations in Migration Politics II”
This International Research Workshop event is organized by Dr. Martin Geiger (Department of Political Science and Institute of European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa) and Dr. Martin Koch (Institute for World Society Studies, Bielefeld University, Germany), and their Canadian and international collaborators in ‘MobPoli’, the transnational Mobility & Politics Research Collective (www.mobpoli.info). This is a public event and no registration is required. Visit website for more details on location, timing, and program: https://carleton.ca/eurus/cu-events/research-workshop-managing-migration-world-society-international-organizations-migration-politics-ii/
April 5, 2017
Annual Screening of HIST 4302 documentaries
The students of HIST 4302 – “Canada: Ideas & Culture – Making Documentary History”, will be presenting their final documentaries on April 5th, 2017. It will take place at 7:00pm in room 100 of St. Patrick’s. After the screening there will be a reception with refreshments, sponsored by the History Department.
April 7, 2017
Underhill Undergraduate Colloquium
Please join us in the Department of History at the 13th Annual Undergraduate Colloquium from 1:30-3:00pm in the History Lounge (433 PA).
We will be showcasing student documentaries, digital projects, and awarding prizes for the best essays and articles published on Making History Matter. There will be a reception for faculty and students after the event.
You may RSVP at https://cu-history-undergrad-underhill2017.eventbrite.ca
April 18, 2017
2017 Achievement Awards
Peter Ricketts, Provost and Vice-President (Academic) and Rafik Goubran, Acting Vice-President (Research and International) invite you to celebrate the achievements of your colleagues at the 2017 Achievement Awards
Tuesday, April 18, 2017
3:00 to 4:30 pm
Rooms 2220-2224-2228 Richcraft Building
RSVP to: http://doodle.com/poll/w93egdbg3gfrshic
3:00 – 3:30 Wine and Cheese Reception / 3:30 – 4:30 Award Presentations
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 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/
The conference abstract is attached.
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.
Announcements
2017 Undergraduate Summer Research Internships
I am very pleased to be able to announce the 2017 edition of our undergraduate summer research internships, the Carleton University Research Opportunity (CUROP). These are now advertised and explained on the FASS website: http://carleton.ca/fass/research/awards/carleton-university-research-opportunity-curop/
I hope you will circulate news of this opportunity widely among your undergraduates.
As the FASS website specifies, FASS will be offering 15 research internships worth $7,500 each. As was the case last year, students are expected to devise a research project and find a full-time faculty member willing to supervise them. Please note that students who apply to assist a faculty member with the faculty member’s research will not be considered eligible. The internships are open to all undergraduates, regardless of year standing. Preference, however, will be given to students with a CGPA of 10.0 or higher. Applications are due on April 10th.
Please note that students must apply through the Discovery Centre’s website, which contains precise instructions about the application process and the application itself. FASS applications will be adjudicated by ODFASS. Students will be directed to the CUROP website from the FASS website.
David Alexander Prize – 2017
The David Alexander Prize is awarded annually for the best essay on the history of Atlantic Canada written in a course by an undergraduate student in any university. The amount of the prize is currently set at $400.
Submissions: Entries shall be submitted by course instructors no later than 30 June 2017. No instructor shall submit more than two entries. Essays must be typed neatly and should not bear the instructor’s comments or a grade.
Visit the website for more details: https://www.acadiensis.ca/david-alexander-prize