Below are upcoming events as well as announcements that may be of interest. (A bulletin will be sent out each week with upcoming events and announcements.) Departmental events are also posted on our website.

Events

 

Now – December 2017

Launch of Carleton’s United Way Campaign

Carleton’s United Way Campaign creates a great opportunity for staff and faculty on campus to connect, network and raise funds for a great cause. 100% of the funds raised by our campaign are invested locally helping kids achieve their potential, moving people from poverty to possibility, and bringing people and resources together to build a strong, healthy, safe community for all residents of Ottawa.

Please join us in making this year’s campaign a success.

All events that have been confirmed to date will be posted to the Carleton United Way website at: https://carleton.ca/unitedway/

TODAY: November 15, 2017

The 2017 Japan Lower House Election: Domestic and Foreign Policy Aspects  

Lecture no. 1 in the 2017-18 Japan Lecture Series. Sponsored by the Carleton University History Department

Speaker: Dr. Jacob Kovalio, Department of History

Wednesday, November 15, 2017, at 7 PM

303 Paterson Hall, Carleton University

Parking available  in  Parking  no. 2

TODAY: Until November 17, 2017

History Booksale This Week!

November 14-15: In the History Lounge, 433 Paterson from 10:00am-5:00pm

November 16-17: In the Unicentre Atrium from 9:00am-7:00pm

 

Fall 2017

Shannon Lecture Series for 2017

The History Department’s Shannon Lecture Series for 2017, will commence on September 22, 2017. This year’s lecture series looks at Expo 67 as the highlight of Canada’s centennial. A world’s fair held in Montreal, it dazzled the world with its daring architecture, innovative exhibits, and high-minded theme, “Man and His World.” Many Canadians regarded it as Canada’s coming-out party, a moment when the young nation burst into the international limelight and strutted its stuff to universal acclaim. Substitute “Quebec” or “Indigenous Peoples” for “Canada” in the previous sentence and it would be equally true – Expo 67 was a rich, multivalent spectacle that generated diverse messages. In Canada’s 150th anniversary year, the Carleton Department of History is revisiting Expo 67 to reflect upon the meaning of it all. A select group of lecturers will address key topics such as Expo’s intellectual origins, how it became a proud emblem of modernization for both Canadian and Quebec nationalists, its impact on Indigenous rights and culture, and its iconic stature in the histories of architecture and cinema. X out the dates in your calendar to experience exposition by Expo experts that will expand your mind exponentially. Visit the Shannon Lectures website for more information or click the upcoming individual event listings below.

 

November 17, 2017

Let’s Talk: Borders, Refugees, Sanctuaries
Please join us for “Let’s Talk: Borders, Refugees, Sanctuaries”, an evening conversation with international and local scholars and activists:

  • Teuntje VOSTERS (Leiden, NL)
  • Sinda GARZIZ (Ottawa)
  • Salina ABJI (Toronto/Ottawa)

Friday, November 17th, 2017
6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.
25oneCommunity, 251 Bank Street, Ottawa
Public event. No prior registration necessary. Everyone welcome!

November 17, 2017

Keynote Lecture on “The Future of Europe”
We are delighted to invite you to a special keynote lecture featuring Herman Van Rompuy, President emeritus of the European Council. The event will be held on Friday, November 17, 2017, from 5:00PM—6:30PM, Ground Floor of MacOdrum Library, Carleton University campus.
Registration for this event is required. To register, and for more information about the event, please visit the registration page.
This event is co-hosted by the Centre for European Studies (Jean Monnet Centre of Excellence), the Office of the President of Carleton University, and the Embassy of the Kingdom of Belgium. Jean Monnet Centre events are co-funded by a grant from the Erasmus+ Programme of the European Union.
For more information on upcoming CES events, please visit: https://carleton.ca/ces/events/.

 

November 17, 2017

Carleton University OpenStreet Map Mapathon

OpenStreetMap is a collaborative project to create a free editable map of the world where people can download the data. I would describe OpenStreetMap as the “Wikipedia of Maps”.

Canadian OpenStreetMap Mapathon will be taking place on November 17th, 2:30-5:00 PM in Loeb A220 and everyone is welcome to participate. A Mapathon is a coordinated mapping event where people bring their laptops and contribute map features (roads, buildings) to a specific mapping task. The theme of this particular event will work in conjunction with the Building Canada 2020 vision to map all buildings in Canada by the year 2020. We will be focusing on remote/rural/first nations regions in Canada for the Mapathon mainly because building data does not exist in OpenStreetMap for these locations.

No mapping experience is required!

If interested please RSVP so the organizers have an idea of how many will be attending: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/carleton-university-building-canada-2020-openstreetmap-mapathon-tickets-39467928637

OSM Geo Week: http://osmgeoweek.org

 

November 20, 2017

Catharine Parr Traill and the Colonial Politics of Food
Catharine Parr Traill and the Colonial Politics of Food is an event to launch the Carleton Library Series’ new edition of The Female Emigrant’s Guide, first published in 1855 by a writer whose family settled on Michi Saagig Anishnaabe lands near Rice Lake, Ontario. It is also an opportunity to think about Canadian culinary history within a longer history of Indigenous foodways. Food historian Ian Mosby will talk about settler cookbooks and the history of Indigenous dispossession between their lines. The editors of the new, expanded edition of Traill’s guide, Nathalie Cooke (McGill University) and Fiona Lucas (co-founder of the Culinary Historians of Canada), will address their repackaging of the book as a toolkit for historical cookery. Cezin Nottaway (owner of Wawatay Catering) will talk about being an Algonquin chef today and will demonstrate the preparation of several dishes. The event will be catered by Wawatay Catering and is open to all.

Monday, November 20th, 4:30 – 6:30

MacOdrum Library
Sponsored by: The Carleton Library Series, the MacOdrum Library, the Office of the Dean of FASS, the Department of English, the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies, the Department of History, the Department of Sociology and Anthropology, and McGill-Queen’s University Press.
For information, please contact: jennifer.henderson@carleton.ca or judy.senecal@carleton.ca

 

November 21, 2017

Between Hostility and Cosmopolitanism: Somali migrant women in Nairobi and Johannesburg

Nereida Ripero-Muñiz, PhD

University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 

Tuesday, November 21, 2:30 pm, Paterson 433 (the History Lounge), Carleton University

Nereida Ripero-Muñiz is a lecturer and researcher from Spain based at the University of the Witwatersrand. She started researching the Somali community in Nairobi in 2007. In 2016, she was awarded a PhD by the University of the Witwatersrand. Her doctoral thesis investigated identity construction among Somali women living in Nairobi and Johannesburg. Her current research focuses on the transnational cultural links of the global Somali diaspora. She also was the researcher behind the collaborative photography project “Metropolitan Nomads: A Journey Through Johannesburg’s Little Mogadishu” currently on display on the 4th Floor of Paterson Hall.

November 21, 2017

Ottawa Book Launch: Victor and Evie

Tuesday, November 21st, 2017, 7:30pm
Glebe-St James United Church, 650 Lyon Street South, Ottawa, ON
Please join Dorothy Anne Phillips for the launch of her book, Victor and Evie: British Aristocrats in Wartime Rideau Hall. In Victor and Evie, Dorothy Anne Phillips provides an intimate portrait of a family at the centre of Canadian social and political life. Using letters released in 2005, the correspondence of an aide-de-camp, the duke’s diary, and other primary documents, Phillips constructs a detailed inquiry into the family’s relationships with each other and with the prominent people they met.

November 21, 2017

War and Peace in International Relations: “What has changed?”

You are invited to attend an EURUS lecture, “War and Peace in International Relations: “What has changed?” with Dr. Wendelin Ettmayer, on Tuesday, November 21, 2017, from 2:30PM- 4:00PM, in the Alumni Boardroom, 617 Robertson Hall, Carleton Campus. The speaker will discuss international relations and the development of foreign policies today.

Dr. Wendelin Ettmayer is the former Austrian ambassador to Finland (1994-2000), Canada (2000-2003), and the Council of Europe (2005-2008). Before becoming an ambassador, he was a member of the Austrian Parliament for 16 years. He is also the former Head of the Department for Bilateral and Multilateral Economic Relations in the Austrian Foreign Ministry.

This event is co-hosted by EURUS and the Austrian Embassy Ottawa. No registration is required to attend.

November 22, 2017

Screening of Finding Dawn

The students of SOWK 5000: Foundations in Structural Social Work warmly extend an invite to attend our end-of-term event. The event aims to raise awareness of the issue of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) and discuss ways we may collectively take action against the ongoing injustices. The evening will comprise a screening of the film Finding Dawn followed by a facilitated panel discussion and question period with an Elder present.

The screening will take place from 6:30 p.m. – 8:30 p.m. on Wednesday, November 22ndon campus at the Kailash Mital Theatre, located in Southam Hall. This venue is wheelchair accessible. An active listener will be on-site and available for debriefing, should attendees require support. All are welcome.

Questions or comments regarding this event can be directed to Jessica Lyall at jessicalyall@cmail.carleton.ca.

November 27, 2017

Miracles of Modern Medicine
Library and Archives Canada cordially invites you to a free screening of the film that made thousands faint at Expo 67: Miracles of Modern Medicine
Library and Archives Canada, Auditorium, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa
Monday, November 27, 2017, Doors open at 6:30 p.m., Screening starts at 7:00 p.m.
With a presentation by Steven Palmer, Professor of History, University of Windsor
Over the six months of Expo 67, some 2.5 million people watched Robert Cordier’s multimedia show at the so-called Meditheatre; some 200 of them fainted each day. Cutting-edge medical procedures in Montréal hospitals, filmed and edited using avant-garde cinematic techniques, were projected on giant screens above actors who interacted with the film as they performed medical roles on sets that included real hospital equipment. The film showed the first-ever explicit depiction of a live birth seen by a mass public, and it also contained revolutionary footage of open-heart and brain surgery. Lost for almost 50 years, this revolutionary film was rediscovered in pristine condition at Library and Archives Canada, and a stunning new version scanned from the negative will be shown in Ottawa for the first time. Before the screening, medical historian Steven Palmer will give a brief presentation explaining the context in which the film was originally viewed at Expo 67, as well as crucial details about the filmmakers and the subjects.
http://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/about-us/events/Pages/2017/Miracles-Modern-Medicine.aspx

 

November 30, 2017

Film Screening: The Workers’ History Museum Presents CLiFF

November 30, 2017 at 7:00pm
233 Gilmour Street, Ottawa

CLiFF is a national film festival about issues important to working people from Canada and around the world. Sponsored by the Workers’ History Museum.

2017–2018

History Department Brown Bag Occasions

The History Department invites you to a series of Brown Bag Occasions taking place in our History Lounge (433 Paterson), starting at 12:30. Bring your lunch and join us for any of the following talks:

Announcements

 

Carleton – United Way Payroll Deductions Now Open

Payroll deduction is the easiest way to donate to the United Way, you can choose any amount you wish, and they are tax-deductible. Set it up once and then forget about it! You can find instructions here along with FAQs and contact information: https://carleton.ca/unitedway/donate-now/

Did you know that you can even use the United Way campaign to donate to another registered Canadian charity? So if you contribute to both a United Way program and a charity of your choice, you can now do it all in one place! When making your donation, just specify which charity you want to help using their name and registered CRA number (e.g. “Ottawa Humane Society” 123264715 RR0001). All you have to do next is specify how much you’re donating to which cause.

Message from our Subject Librarian

Last time I wandered into the History Department in Paterson Hall, I noticed there were some wonderful standing exhibits on display.  I believe one was about Bytown. We (the library) love to host exhibits here.   The Envisioning Technologies exhibit began on the walls of the History hallway but was a great fit for the library thanks to Beth Robertson.

We have the 2 large wall spaces for hanging ( The Gallery Wall and the West Wing Hallway), the Thom Board or the main glass display case as well as the SSR Board. We can also always explore  opportunities for freestanding exhibits on floor 2 or even floor 5.

So, if you are interested in lending your exhibit to the library, or coming up with something new, let me know at MargaretMcLeod@Cunet.Carleton.Ca.  I’ll bring it to the Exhibits Committee for consideration.

Submissions to The Carleton Review of International Affairs vol. 5 are now open

CRIA is a student-run, peer-reviewed journal sponsored by Carleton’s United Nations Society, alongside its partnership with MacOdrum Library, that features undergraduate papers on any topic related to international affairs. To be published by the summer of 2018, students across Canada are encouraged to submit their papers of 3000-10,000 words with Chicago-style citations. Papers that were originally written for school courses are valid for submission, and research essays completed at the mid to senior level of study are sought after for publication. All papers should be submitted via email in .doc format to criateam@unsociety.com.

This is a fantastic opportunity for undergraduate students to add a strong experience on their CV for graduate school applications, and we’d greatly appreciate if you’d share this with your students. The submission date is January 1st, 2018. Any questions about papers or the submission process can be answered by reaching out to the CRIA team by email, or by checking the UNSociety website at https://unsociety.com/cria/ for references from previous volumes.

Spring University Prague 2018: Understanding Europe in an Age of Uncertainty

More details are now available on the academic program “Spring University Prague 2018: Understanding Europe in an Age of Uncertainty”, taking place at Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic) during April 2018 (April 8 – 19). This study programme is internationally acknowledged, successful participants will be given 8 ECTS credits. For detailed information please see our official homepage www.spring-university.fsv.cuni.cz

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