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/
TOMORROW: 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.
TOMORROW: November 30, 2017
Our Climate is Nuclear
Political Science Speaker Series event: “Our Climate is Nuclear” with Scott Hamilton, Banting Fellow, Balsillie School of International Affairs
Thursday, November 30, 2017, 2.30-4.00 pm, A602 Loeb
This talk explores how the concept of ‘global climate change’ emerged only recently, from a surprising source: the sciences and technologies tracing atomic bomb fallout during the Cold War. It thus argues that the global climate and anthropogenic climate change are not the ‘natural’ or immutable scientific objects that we commonly assume today; rather, they are the conceptual echoes of mushroom clouds and apocalyptic fears over a global nuclear winter. At its root, our climate is nuclear.
Bio: Dr. Hamilton is a Banting Fellow (2017-19) researching crises of global governance at the Balsillie School of International Affairs. His work has recently been published in International Theory, European Journal of International Relations, and Globalizations. He also edited Millennium: Journal of International Studies (vol. 44). He specializes in International Relations, continental philosophy, and global environmental politics.
Dr. Hamilton is a Carleton alum, having attained a BA in Political Science (2011), before moving on to an MPhil in International Relations at the University of Oxford, UK (2013), and a PhD in International Relations at the LSE, UK (2017).
TOMORROW: November 30, 2017
the Department of Sociology and Anthropology will be hosting a colloquium this Thursday, November 30th at 2:30 p.m. in A720 Loeb. This lecture is part of the Department of Sociology and Anthropology Colloquium Series and is co-sponsored by The Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies. All are welcome to attend.
As a critical scholar from the global South, Dr. Nguyen is interested in exploring the politics of disability research and activism in engaging girls and women with disabilities. Specifically, she asks: What theories and methods can participants in the global South use to re-shape their experiences in the context of power imbalance between global North and South? Dr. Nguyen reflects on a collaborative and participatory research project that she is leading in Vietnam to provide a space for critically engaging and challenging Northern discourses on disability. Dr. Nguyen argues that activist scholars can challenge power dynamics by reflecting on their privileges, while making space for Southern voices to be heard.
Xuan Thuy Nguyen is an Assistant Professor in the Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies at Carleton University. She is the Principal Investigator of a collaborative research project on Transforming disability knowledge, research, and activism (TDKRA), funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada [2016-2020]. Her research focuses on the transdisciplinary areas of critical disability studies, human rights, inclusive education, and critical childhood studies.
For more information, please contact Nahla Abdo at Nahla.Abdo@carleton.ca.
FRIDAY: 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 1-3, 2017
Roundtable – Media and Mass Atrocity: the Rwanda Genocide and Beyond
The School of Journalism and Communication, in collaboration with the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) and the Montreal Institute for Genocide and Human Rights Studies (MIGS) at Concordia University, will host a major international roundtable, Media and Mass Atrocity: the Rwanda Genocide and Beyond, from December 1-3, 2017, at Carleton University.
As the 25th anniversary of the 1994 Rwanda Genocide approaches, there is still much to learn about the nexus between mass atrocity and the media, an issue laid bare by the Rwanda tragedy. The roundtable will bring together an international network of leading scholars, journalists, activists and observers, to explore this issue in detail.
Members of the university and the wider public are invited to join is this unique three-day event, to observe the proceedings, take part in question-and-answer sessions and interact with members of the roundtable.
The full conference registration package includes a dinner and event opening ceremony on Friday, December 1 in the Atrium on the second floor of Richcraft Hall, as well as coffee breaks and lunches on Saturday and Sunday during the roundtable, which will be held in the 3rd floor conference room of the Residence Commons Building. The registration fee is being charged on a cost-recovery basis:
- $125 – Institutional Fee (if your registration costs are covered by your employer)
- $100 – Individual Registration and Seniors
- $40 – Student registration, for those currently registered in a post-secondary institution
Those who are interested must register online in advance at the following site: https://media-atrocity.eventbrite.ca
We also encourage you to follow along on the event’s Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/MediaAndMassAtrocity/
December 4, 2017
Jose Venturelli Eade, Muralist. Carleton celebrates 45 years with the Chilean diaspora
December 4, 2017 at 6:00 PM to 7:30 PM, 4th floor Paterson Hall
We are delighted to invite you to the launch of an exhibition of murals by Jose Venturelli Eade. We look forward to welcoming you to an enjoyable and informative evening of discussion and reflection about the relations between Chile and Canada, and the role of art in Latin American social movements.
Jose Venturelli Eade (1924-1988) was a painter, engraver, stage designer and Italian-Chilean muralist. His work includes the mural “América, I do not invoke your name in vain”, which is housed in the library of the Central House of the University of Chile (1950) and the mural “Chile” for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development III in 1972. After the military coup in Chile in 1973, Eade went into exile in Switzerland. He died in China in 1988, where he had served as Latin American ambassador and general secretary of the Movement for Peace for the countries of Asia, Africa and the Pacific.
One of the first Chilean refugees to arrive in Ottawa, Leonore Leon, has acquired the rights to print and display reproductions of the murals and of the stained-glass windows he made for the oldest church in Geneva during his stay there, as well as a few murals from his teacher.
Carleton will be the first venue because of how welcoming the University was to Chilean refugees at the time, and also because of the mural painted by Chilean students of Carleton in the early 1970s, which is a permanent fixture in the foyer of the Department of History.
After the launch, the exhibit will stay in the Department until mid-December. You can learn more about the event online.
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.
December 8, 2017
Please join us from Friday, December 8th – Sunday, December 10th for a symposium and workshop entitled “Disability | Technology | Inclusion”. This symposium seeks to draw researchers and teachers from across the university and beyond to discuss and workshop the ongoing work of Carleton University’s Disability Research Group (CUDRG).
The Sunday of the symposium may be of particular interest to the MDS community as we present Episode 6: Refugees, Disability & Technology in Transnational Postwar Canada, 1946-1953, and a Keynote presentation from Jay Dolmage, a scholar currently working on the rhetorical co-construction of categories of race and disability through turn-of-the-century immigration promotion and restriction.
The following is a direct link to the new episode for CUDRG’s Envisioning Technologies that we hope will serve as the beginning of a stand-a-lone exhibit on histories of disability and technology in transnational perspective. It is a work in progress that will be discussed at the symposium, and hopefully more will be added to the project.
For more information and to register for this free event, click here.
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
March 15-17, 2018
Underhill Graduate Student Colloquium
The Underhill Graduate Student Colloquium is one of the longest running history graduate conferences in Canada. In March 2018, the Department of History, Carleton University, will be hosting the 24th Annual Colloquium. This year’s theme, “Storying Our Pasts: Historical Narrative and Representations” highlights historical output and means of storytelling. We hope to draw on different methodologies in a self-reflexive dialogue about how historians present and share their research.
Announcements
United Way 50/50 raffle tickets on sale
Come buy your United Way 50/50 raffle tickets from Tanya in the main office of 400 Paterson. All proceeds go directly to Carleton’s United Way campaign. Previous winners have taken home up to $1,500. Tickets are 3 for $5.
New Course: HIST 2508 – “France since 1889”
This course introduces students to the key topics, themes, and problems that have absorbed historians writing the history of twentieth-century France. It begins in the late nineteenth century, paying special attention to the major social, cultural, political, and economic developments that have shaped twentieth-century French history. Examining how the French have remembered and commemorated both the first and second world wars and the country’s complicated colonial past will be central preoccupations of the course, just as they have been central preoccupations of twentieth-century French life.
See the full description on our website: https://carleton.ca/history/hist-2508a/
Call for Papers – Underhill Graduate Student Colloquium
The Underhill Graduate Student Colloquium is one of the longest running history graduate conferences in Canada. In March 2018, the Department of History, Carleton University, will be hosting the 24th Annual Colloquium. This year’s theme, “Storying Our Pasts: Historical Narrative and Representations” highlights historical output and means of storytelling. We hope to draw on different methodologies in a self-reflexive dialogue about how historians present and share their research.
In order to be considered, submissions must include a proposal of no more than 300 words, along with a brief biographical statement. Please send your submission to underhill.colloquium@gmail.com no later than January 21st, 2018.
Should you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us!
New database available at the Library
Access to the Migration to New Worlds: The Century of Immigration has been activated (purchased through fundraising via Advancement) and is now available through the databases page. https://library.carleton.ca/find/databases/migration-new-worlds-century-immigration Please note that Carleton only has access to Module 1 of Migration to New Worlds which concentrates on the period from 1800 – 1924.
“Migration to New Worlds provides a wide-ranging and in depth look at the emigration of peoples from Great Britain, mainland Europe and Asia during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Carleton subscribes to The Century of Immigration (Module 1) which concentrates on the period from 1800 to 1924. This collection presents insight into the personal stories of migrants during this period and covers all aspects of the migration experience, from motives and departures to arrival and permanent settlement.”
Fellowship Opportunity
Each year the archives offers the Geraldine and Maurice McWaters Fellowship to a scholar (often an historian) to support three/four weeks of hands-on research in the Queen’s Archives. The fellowship provides $4,000 to cover travel and accommodation needed by the candidate to sustain research in the archives. Precise terms of the award are available on the QU Archives website, as is a search engine for the extensive holdings of the archives (e.g. Queen’s has the Canada Steamship Papers, the Lorne Pierce Papers, the Chubby Powers Papers, the Alan Greg Papers, the list goes on and on).
Profile of the 2017-18 Graduate Fellow in MDS
There is an excellent article in The Graduate that profiles Valerie Stam, the 2017-18 Graduate Fellow in Migration and Diaspora Studies (available here).
Valerie’s research on “Islamophobia, Racism, Resistance, and Belonging” reflects MDS’s distinctive commitment to the arts, social sciences and public affairs by using participatory theatre and semi-structured interviews to examine how second-generation Black and Muslim youth in the Netherlands challenge, contest and reproduce normative constructions of “good” citizenship.
Please join us in congratulating Valerie, and expressing warm appreciation to the outstanding candidates across FPA, FASS and the School of Business who applied for the MDS Fellowship this year. It is always a pleasure to celebrate the outstanding work of our graduate community that initiates as well as responds to innovation within research, policy and practitioner communities beyond the campus.
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.
Part-time position: Academic Journal Manager
The Centre for European Studies (CES) at Carleton University invites applications for a part-time position as Manager of the online journal Review of European and Russian Affairs (RERA), commencing immediately. RERA is a double-blind peer-reviewed journal produced by the Institute of European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies and the Canada-Europe Transatlantic Dialogue of the Centre for European Studies at Carleton University. You may view its website at https://ojs.library.carleton.ca/index.php/rera.
Applicants should provide: (a) a letter of application explaining their interest in the position, as well as relevant skills, experience, and availability; (b) names and contact information (email and phone) for three people whom we may contact to provide references and who are familiar with relevant qualifications and experience; and (c) a curriculum vitae. Consideration of applications will commence on December 8, 2017 and continue until the position is filled. Please send a single email with a single attachment containing all application materials to: CanadaEU@carleton.ca with the subject line: “Application RERA YOUR NAME”. For further information you may contact Prof. DeBardeleben at joan.debardeleben@carleton.ca.
Call for Papers: Premier Undergraduate Conference is Now Accepting Essay Submissions
The Quebec Universities English Undergraduate Conference is now accepting essays for its 9th year. QUEUC is the largest undergraduate conference in Canada, with delegates from all provinces as well as international students.
Bishop’s University will be hosting the conference in Sherbrooke, QC on March 16-17, 2018.
The deadline for essay submissions is January 12th, 2018.
We encourage students from all programs within the Humanities to submit an essay. Successful submissions will be high quality undergraduate research papers that are between 7 and 8 pages in length.
Along with two days of panel discussions, QUEUC 2018 will include an array of social and networking events, including a wine and cheese social and English-themed Cranium game night.
QUEUC began in 2009, and since then has become Canada’s largest undergraduate student conference. QUEUC’s mission is to provide undergraduate students the unique opportunity to share and discuss their research in a welcoming and engaging environment. This conference offers students the change to meet and talk with like-minded undergraduates from across the globe. We hope you will join us to participate in this exciting tradition!
Please send any questions or comments to our email at queuc@ubishops.ca. For more information on registration and submissions, visit our website: www.queuc.com