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
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/
TONIGHT: November 22, 2017
Film Screening
FREE: FILM SCREENING: The Carleton University Religion MA Students Invite You to Enjoy a Screening of: Martin Scorsese’s: SILENCE
Wednesday, November 22 – 7:00pm
303 Paterson Hall
TONIGHT: 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.
TOMORROW: November 23, 2017
Cultural Memory Workshop
This event is the cultural memory workshops’ tour of the new Canada Science and Technology Museum. We will be meeting in the lobby of the Museum at 6 PM and the event ends at 8 PM. Our website is culturalmemoryworkshops.ca.
TOMORROW: November 23, 2017
Tubman Talks: Irrelevant No More? Wrestling with Diasporic Thought in the Great White North
Dr. Daniel McNeil will present a paper entitled, “Irrelevant No More? Wrestling with Diasporic Thought in the Great White North,” on November 23, 2017 at the Harriet Tubman Institute of York University from 2:30 – 4:30 in room 314 York Lanes.
This talk places Richard Iton’s In Search of the Black Fantastic: Politics and Popular Culture in the Post-Civil Rights Era in conversation with Paul Gilroy’s The Black Atlantic: Modernity and Double Consciousness to think through unity and differentiation in Black Canada and the Black diaspora. It contends that both Gilroy and Iton drew on their extra-academic experiences as musicians and DJs to map the life and work of Black intellectuals who were able to: remain in contact with the “insinuating rhythms of everyday life” and “read the signs in the street in defiance of contemporary pressures to retreat into a contemplative state;”[1] translate sacred discussions about the soul into the profane and secular realms of Black vernacular cultures; contribute to our understanding of deliberative democracy in the call and response between responsible troubadours and their audiences; and carefully deposit clues in their writing that not only smuggled moments of dissidence into liberal, bourgeois public spheres but also slapped and embraced audiences accustomed to commodified forms of corporate multiculturalism.
November 26, 2017
Casablanca Screening
Here’s looking at you, friends of Carleton University…
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Film Studies program (School for Studies in Art and Culture) invite you to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Casablanca with a free screening and discussion of the iconic Hollywood film.
Starring Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman, the classic wartime melodrama made its debut in theatres on November 26th, 1942.
As fate would have it, 1942 was also the year a group of visionary citizens opened the doors of Carleton College in Ottawa to students building their careers after the Depression and military service in the Second World War. 75 years later, Carleton University is now a leading post-secondary institution, one that has provided a unique educational experience to more than 145,000 graduates over seven decades.
The evening will be hosted by Dr. Marc Furstenau, Associate Professor and Director of the Film Studies program. He will introduce and briefly consider the significance of Casablanca. The program will include a Warner Brothers short film and cartoon from the time, as well as excerpts from early Carleton University promotional films.
Join us at the Carleton Campus Cinema, in the Richcraft Hall Theatre, on Sunday, November 26th at 6:30 pm – 9:00 pm for Carleton University and Casablanca 75th birthday festivities. An informal reception will follow the film and discussion. There will be a wine bar, snacks, and, of course, unlimited popcorn will be provided throughout the evening.
Visit the website for more details and to RSVP: https://carleton.ca/fass/2017/film-screening-casablanca/
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.
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.
December 4, 2017
What is the future for Subaltern Studies? A debate discussion
Join students of HIST 5003 as they examine the ways in Subaltern Studies have evolved and whether this theoretical perspective can grow with changing ideas about history and society.
Monday, December 4, 2017 at 12:00, Paterson 433 (The History Lounge)
All welcome and audience participation is encouraged.
January 18, 2018
The European Union and Russia: Where Now?
The Jean Monnet Chair in EU Relations with Russia and the Eastern Neighborhood (EUREAST), Carleton University, cordially invites you to the workshop “The European Union and Russia: Where Now?”.
During this half-day event, European, Russian, and Canadian experts will discuss the current state and future directions for relations between the European Union and Russia in the face of the ongoing Ukraine crisis and sanctions regimes.
The event will also highlight the launch of a newly published book, edited by Tom Casier and Joan DeBardeleben, EU-Russia Relations in Crisis: Understanding Diverging Perceptions (Routledge, 2018).
For updated information, please visit carleton.ca/eureast
When: Thursday, January 18, 2018
Time: 1:00 PM – 5:00 PM
Location: 608 Robertson Hall, Carleton University
Event contact: Idris Colakovic, idris.colakovic@carleton.ca
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:
- January 26: Kerry Abel: “Finding Mrs. Simcoe: The Historian’s Craft Revisited”
- February 9: Mary Margaret Johnston-Miller and James Miller: “How Extraordinary! Preserving the Psychiatric Art of Scotland.”
- March 23: Chinnaiah Jangam: Report on sabbatical research
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.