Launch of Carleton’s United Way Campaign; Jihad & Co.; Feminist Incubator Series; Shannon Lecture Series 2017; Brown Bag Occasions;…
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
October – 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/
October 26, 2017
Jihad & Co.: Black Markets and Islamist Power
Thursday, October 26, 2017, 7:30 p.m.
Barney Danson Theatre
Tickets: $10; $7 for students, seniors and Members
What’s the key to success for militant Islamists? In her book Jihad & Co.: Black Markets and Islamist Power, political scientist Aisha Ahmad offers a new explanation for the success of some ideologically-inspired groups: their ability to work within and exploit local economies. In this lecture, part of our World at War – International Speaker Series, she demonstrates that while civil wars and insurgencies provide opportunities to establish political control, it’s through business savvy that extremists gain and maintain their power. Ahmad, an expert in international security and conflict dynamics at the University of Toronto, tracked the activities of modern Islamist groups to uncover the economic drivers of complex security crises. Her ground-breaking research, including extensive interviews with jihadists and merchants from Somalia, Afghanistan and Pakistan, and new fieldwork on the wars in Mali, Syria and Iraq, challenges conventional wisdom by offering a rationalist explanation for the rise of Islamism.
Seating is limited. Tickets may be purchased at Ticketing, by calling 819-776-7000 or from our website at warmuseum.ca.
October 31, 2017
Feminist Incubator Series – “#Feminism: Popular Culture and the Representation of a Movement”
We are pleased to invite you to the next session of the Feminist Incubator Series, which will take place on Tuesday, October 31, 2017 at the University of Ottawa, from 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm, FSS 4015. Coffee/tea and snacks will also be provided.
Please find attached the submission to be discussed: “#Feminism: Popular Culture and the Representation of a Movement”. We’d love your feedback on this idea! We’d like to thank Katharine Bausch for her submission to this series.
If you have any questions, please email me: ummni_khan@carleton.ca.
November 2-4, 2017
Canadian premiere of the musical Sir John A. Macdonald
Maple Leaf Theatre Productions is presenting the Canadian premiere of the musical Sir John A. Macdonald at Centrepointe Theatre on November 2nd, 3rd, and 4th as one of the official Ottawa 2017 events celebrating Confederation.
Centrepointe Theatre has established a student price of $20.
Students can order tickets easily either online at www.centrepointetheatres.com, by phoning the box office at 613 580 2700 or of course directly at the box office.
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 3: Carmen Robertson: “Visibility/Invisibility: Art and the Indians of Canada Pavilion at Expo ’67”
- 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 6, 2017
Chris Andersen on University Reconciliation
On November 6, we’re hosting a talk with Dr. Chris Andersen, Professor and Dean of the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta.
Here is the URL for further info on this event – Nov 7, 4:00 p.m. start, DT 2017: https://carleton.ca/sics/2017/evening-chris-andersen/
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 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.
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.