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/
LAST DAY: November 1-8, 2017
Library’s United Way Online Auction
The Library’s United Way Online Auction runs until Nov. 8th. (Closing at 4:30 pm) Check out the 81 items which include ice time, Beats headphones, Horizon LED desk lamp, handcrafted/baked items, gift cards, the ever-popular department baskets, plus much more. A HUGE thank you to our wonderful donors, who make this auction possible. Here is the site: https://auction.library.carleton.ca/ Bid away!
TODAY: November 8, 2017
Home Truths in Canada: Insights into Time, Place and Identity from Susanna Moodie, Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Wallace Stegner and Margaret Laurence
The Ottawa Society for the Arts and Sciences will host a lecture by Dr. Brian McKillop, the distinguished cultural and intellectual historian, on: HOME TRUTHS IN CANADA: Insights into Time, Place and Identity from Susanna Moodie, Thomas Chandler Haliburton, Wallace Stegner and Margaret Laurence.
Place: Ottawa Public Library (The Auditorium), Main Branch, 120 Metcalfe St.
Time: Wednesday, November 8, 2017 at 7:00 pm.
Dr. Brian McKillop is Professor Emeritus of History at Carleton University; Distinguished Research Professor and Chancellor’s Professor and former Chair of the History Department (2005–2009) of Carleton University; he is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (2001). In 2002 he was a finalist for the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction. Among his publications is Pierre Berton: A Biography (Toronto: McClelland and Stewart, 2008).
For more information on the Ottawa Society for the Arts and Sciences, please visit the OSFAS website.
November 9, 2017
European Social Democracy: Crisis and Renewal
We are delighted to invite you to a public lecture “European Social Democracy: Crisis and Renewal” with Rolf Mützenich on Thursday, November 9, 2017, from 2:30 – 4:00PM, in Dunton Tower 2017, Carleton University.
About the Lecture: Following difficult election results in Germany, Austria and the Czech Republic this fall, Social Democracy in Europe is facing yet again calls for a fundamental renewal. What led to the current crisis of a political movement that contributed like few others to shape contemporary Europe and modern Germany.
About the Speaker: Rolf Mützenich has been a Member of the German Bundestag for the Social Democratic Party (SPD) since 2002. He is the SPD’s Deputy Parliamentary Leader in charge of foreign policy, defence, and human rights.
Registration for this event is required. To register, and for more information about the event, please visit the registration page.
For more information on upcoming CES events, please visit: https://carleton.ca/ces/events/.
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:
- November 10: Candace Sobers: “Aspect of US foreign relations history related to Vietnam”
- 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
November 14, 2017
Canada, the First World War, and Military Scottishness
The Ottawa Historical Association Presents Canada, the First World War, and Military Scottishness.
Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 7:00 pm
Library and Archives Canada
395 Wellington Street, 2nd Floor
Presentation in English. This lecture is FREE and all are welcome. Please register on the First Floor in front of the Commissionaire’s Desk
November 14, 2017
Muslim Women: Identities, Labels, and Lived Experience
The Joint Chair in Women’s Studies (Carleton University/University of Ottawa) invites you to a full-day symposium “Muslim Women: Identities, Labels, and Lived Experiences.”
9:00 am to 5:15 pm, Tuesday, November 14
University of Ottawa, Desmarais building (55 Laurier), room 12102
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
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: Inderbir Singh Riar: “Expo 67: Some Notes on Architecture, Nationhood, and Late Modernity”
- December 1: Janine Marchessault: “The Missing Archive of Expo 67”
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 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.
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.
Welcome to Teuntje Vosters, a visiting PhD student from Leiden
Ms. Teuntje Vosters, a PhD candidate from the University of Leiden, the Netherlands, will be joining Carleton, the Department of Political Science and the Department of History, as a short-term visitor this month (invited by Profs Dominique Marshall and Martin Geiger).
Teuntje examines the history of NGOs and how NGOs have influenced international refugee policies. She focuses on several key moments of debate, crisis and/or change in international refugee policies in the 20th century and explores what role NGOs have played during those periods. https://www.universiteitleiden.nl/en/staffmembers/teuntje-vosters#tab-1
Before her PhD, Teuntje studied European Studies at the University of Amsterdam and also did the Migration and Global Interdependence History Masters at Leiden University. Previously she worked for an international research and advocacy institute called Transnational Institute and she was also an intern at the International Rescue Committee in Oakland.
Teuntje Vosters would be happy to make new connections at Carleton and has already committed to provide some guest lectures in some classes. Furthermore, she will provide a guest talk during an off-campus community outreach event later this month (poster will be circulated soon). In case you would like to invite her to your classes or meet Teuntje, you can reach her at: t.s.vosters@hum.leidenuniv.nl
Teuntje would be very happy to hear from you and meet other faculty members and students of Carleton!
Nominate an Undergraduate Student for the NCUR
Want to nominate an exceptional undergraduate student to be part of Carleton’s team of students going to US National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR)? The Discovery Centre and the Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) are looking to faculty for recommendations of outstanding undergraduate students to represent Carleton University at the US National Conference on Undergraduate Research (NCUR) at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond, Oklahoma from April 4-7, 2018.
NCUR provides students with the opportunity to present research to their peers, receive feedback from faculty from other institutions, network with undergraduate and graduate school representatives and hear from inspiring plenary speakers.
If you have a student in mind who would be interested and who has been doing exceptional research, please advise your student to fill out an online form by Nov. 22. Do not ask your student to apply directly to NCUR at this time.
The Office of the Provost and Vice President (Academic) will review the abstracts ahead of submission (to NCUR), select students to join Carleton’s team and cover all expenses for the NCUR conference trip.
For more information please contact aleksandra.minic@carleton.ca or cheryl.schramm@carleton.ca
For more information regarding the conference, visit here.
Submit Textbook Adoption Requests to the Carleton Bookstore
Teaching a class next semester? Let the Carleton Bookstore know! Even if your course does not require course materials, or the materials are available online instead of at the Bookstore, letting us know is appreciated. Many students come to the Bookstore without their course outline on the assumption that we’ll know which classes require textbooks, and which do not. Keep reading to learn how to submit a textbook request. There are a number of ways to submit a textbook request to the Bookstore:
Online: Fill out the adoption form at www.carleton.ca/textbooks
Email: Email your textbook order to textbooks@carleton.ca
In person or by phone: You can call the textbook desk at ext 8115, or stop by the Bookstore and place your order on the spot!
When should you submit your textbook adoption request? The earlier the better! The sooner we know which texts are required, the better our odds of getting used textbooks to help keep costs low for your students, or to setup a textbook rental program. Generally 4 months in advance is ideal.
Do you have questions about the textbook ordering process? Feel free to contact me:
Lekan Oyelola
Course Materials Manager
lekan.oyelola@carleton.ca
613-520-2600 ext. 8115
Call for Papers for Concordia University’s History in the Making Conference
Concordia University’s Graduate History Students’ Association is pleased to announce the 23rd annual History in the Making conference, from Friday March 23rd to Saturday, March 24th, 2018. History in the Making provides a cross-disciplinary platform for emerging scholars and artists to share their original research and exchange ideas on new methodological and theoretical challenges. The theme of this year is “Embodiments of Space: Historical relationships between bodies and spatial concepts.
Graduate students from all universities and disciplines are welcomed. Presentations can include scholarly papers, visual arts and performances. Abstracts should be 300 to 400 words and clearly explain your thesis or concept. A short bibliography should also be included. Send your abstracts to him.conference.concordia@gmail.com no later than January 10, 2018. Please see the attached .pdf document for further information.
Applications Invited for 2018-2019 Visiting Fellowships and Travel Grants at the Lewis Walpole Library, Yale University
The Lewis Walpole Library, a department of Yale University Library, funds four-week visiting fellowships and two-week travel grants to support research in the Library’s rich collections of eighteenth-century materials (mainly British). In addition, the Library administers two jointly funded residential fellowships:
the LWL / ASECS Library Fellowship is awarded to an ASECS member in good standing for up to four weeks of research at the Lewis Walpole Library, and The LWL / Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library Fellowship is awarded to support up to eight weeks of research in the collections of both libraries.
The Lewis Walpole Library is a research center for eighteenth-century studies and an essential resource for the study of Horace Walpole and Strawberry Hill. Its collections include important holdings of eighteenth-century British prints, drawings, manuscripts, rare books, paintings, and decorative arts. It is located in Farmington, Connecticut, in several eighteenth-century buildings on a fourteen-acre campus.
Scholars pursuing postdoctoral or advanced research, as well as doctoral candidates at work on a dissertation, are encouraged to apply. The fellowship year runs from July 1, 2018, through June 30, 2019, and all fellowships must be completed within the fellowship year.
Application materials must be submitted directly through the listing in the Yale Grants Database. Search for Visiting Fellowships Lewis Walpole. Please note you will need to login to access the application form. Decisions are based on a number of factors, including the merits of the project and fit with the collections.
Application deadline is Monday, January 8, 2018.
Click or tap here for details.
Great Lakes Journal of Undergraduate History Call for Submissions
On behalf of the Editors and Faculty Advisors, I am writing to inform you that The Great Lakes Journal of Undergraduate History, in cooperation with the Department of History and the History Students’ Association at the University of Windsor, welcomes submissions relating to any historical topic for the sixth volume of The Great Lakes Journal of Undergraduate History, to be printed and published electronically in September 2018. The deadline for submissions is February 26th, 2018.
We look forward to receiving submissions from talented undergraduate students from across the region. To promote this endeavour, we kindly ask you to forward this Call for Submissions to your undergraduate students and to encourage them to submit. Please review the attached document for detailed submission guidelines. If you have any questions, please reply to this email at your convenience.
Our website is http://scholar.uwindsor.ca/gljuh/ – feel free to review previously published material for an idea of what we are looking for.
Distinctively Psych Silent Auction for the Florence Dunlop Scholarship
The Distinctively Psych Silent Auction in support of the Florence Dunlop Scholarship for Undergraduate students is now available to receive your bids online.
To view the rules and list of items, visit: https://carleton.ca/psychology/distinctively-psych-silent-auction/.
There are over 45 amazing items including original art, stunning photography, handmade quilts, and gift baskets that will make your holiday shopping a breeze!
All proceeds from the silent auction will go towards the Florence Dunlop Scholarship for Psychology Undergraduate Students.
Please contact Jessica Whitney if you have any questions.