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
December 13, 2018 – Film: Thermae Romae
Time: 6:15 p.m.
Location: Embassy of Japan, 255 Sussex Drive, Ottawa
Lucius, an architect of spa baths for the Roman Empire, inadvertently travels through time and finds himself in a modern Japanese bathhouse. He takes elements of Japanese culture back to Rome and is hugely successful, leading the Emperor to command him to build a massive spa. (Director: Hideki Takeuchi, 2012, 108 min.)
The film is in Japanese with English subtitles. This event is free and open to the public!
Lecture Series 3: A History of Financial Crises, Tuesdays, January 8th – February 12th
Lecturer Dr. Monia Mazigh, through the Learning in Retirement program (open to all ages)
This lecture series is an introduction to the history of financial crises. This isn’t a class about number crunching and hard graphics to decipher. No economic or mathematical background is required. We will explore the main economic theories underlying capitalism, and how capitalism survived dangerous financial crises throughout history. This lecture series will cover the classical Adam Smith school of economics to modern economic approaches. We will examine five main financial crises, from 1792 to the most recent one in 2008. Reflections about the future of capitalism will be explored and discussed as well.
Time: 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Cost: $140.00 (HST included) Register online today using our online registration form or call us at 613-520-3699. For a complete listing of all class descriptions, dates, times and lecturer biographies for winter 2019 please visit our website.
Lecture Series 4: The History of Jazz, Tuesdays, January 8th – February 12th
Lecturer Dr. Dave Schroeder, through the Learning in Retirement program (open to all ages)
This lecture series will look at the genre that is generally referred to as jazz, from the roots of its inception and creation, through to the present day. The sociological context that facilitated the birth of this music will be considered in depth. The slave trade, cultural influence and appropriation, and socioeconomic factors will be explored in relation to various significant works and artists over time. The lives of major artists will be examined for their artistic inspiration, vision, and influence. Recorded audio and video examples will be played for examination and discussion, and some live performances will also be featured. Various jazz-related genres and pieces will also be considered; jazz in Ottawa will be referenced regularly.
Time: 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $140.00 (HST included) Register online today using our online registration form or call us at 613-520-3699. For a complete listing of all class descriptions, dates, times and lecturer biographies for winter 2019 please visit our website.
Lecture Series 8: African American Music of the 1940s-1970s: Blues, R&B, Soul and Funk, Thursdays, January 10th – February 14th
Lecturer Keith McCuaig, through the Learning in Retirement program (open to all ages)
This lecture series will give an overview of some of the most popular musical genres from the 1940s to the 1970s. We will cover the history of this music, including the main figures, important recordings, and the musical features of each style. The cultural importance and impact of this music will also be discussed, including the overlap between these genres, and the ways in which one genre influenced another. From Muddy Waters and Marvin Gaye, to Aretha Franklin and James Brown, this class will be an exciting musical journey.
Time: 10:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Cost: $140.00 (HST included) Register online today using our online registration form or call us at 613-520-3699. For a complete listing of all class descriptions, dates, times and lecturer biographies for winter 2019 please visit our website.
Lecture Series 10: Into the Mystic: Perspectives on Sacred Architecture, Thursdays, January 10th – February 14th
Lecturer Marie Clausén, through the Learning in Retirement program (open to all ages)
Have you ever wondered what makes certain spaces feel sacred, or pondered whether we in today’s secular Western society still need such spaces? Should edifices dedicated to existential and metaphysical contemplation be perceived and preserved primarily as artefacts of quaint but irrelevant world views? Or can they in some sense be said to actually complete the human habitat? This lecture series explores such questions by taking a non-denominational and interdisciplinary look at how we make and unmake sacred space, and the meanings we attach to sacred architecture. We will also explore the implications of those meanings for the continued relevance of sacred architecture.
Time: 1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
Cost: $140.00 (HST included) Register online today using our online registration form or call us at 613-520-3699. For a complete listing of all class descriptions, dates, times and lecturer biographies for winter 2019 please visit our website.
January 17-19, 2019 – Conference – Canada 1919: A Country Shaped by War
Thursday, January 17, 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. (doors open at 6:30 p.m.)
Friday, January 18, 9 a.m. to 10 p.m.
Saturday, January 19, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
LeBreton Gallery, Barney Danson Theatre, Ateliers C and D
Full conference: $175; $125 for students, seniors and members.
One-day registration: $100, $75 for students, seniors and students.
Join world-renowned historians to explore different aspects of the First World War and its many legacies: the return of Indigenous veterans, the conflict’s impact on French Canada, the contributions of nurses, the challenges of forging peace from the ashes of war, and much more. Scholars and history buffs won’t want to miss this bilingual academic conference, organized by the Canadian War Museum in conjunction with the exhibition Victory 1918 – The Last 100 Days and in commemoration of the centenary of the end of the conflict.
Speakers include international and Canadian experts like Michael Neiberg, Catriona Pennell, J. L. Granatstein, David Bercuson, Tim Cook, and Margaret MacMillan, author of Paris 1919. For more information, to see the conference schedule or to register, visit https://www.warmuseum.ca/event/country-shaped-by-war-canada-1919/.
February 8, 2019 – workshop: “The EU’s 2004 Enlargements in Central and Eastern Europe: Assessing the Impact 15 Years On”
We are pleased to invite you to a day-long workshop organized by the Jean Monnet Chair in EU Relations with Russia and the Eastern Neighbourhood, “The EU’s 2004 Enlargements in Central and Eastern Europe: Assessing the Impact 15 Years On” on Friday, February 8, 2019, from 9:00AM – 4:15PM, in the Senate Room, 608 Robertson Hall, Carleton University (campus map).
On the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the European Union enlargement, this workshop will feature leading experts from Canada, the U.S. and Europe who will address political, social, environmental, and economic impacts of accession for the eight new member states located in Central and Eastern Europe. All of these countries were part of the Soviet Bloc prior to the collapse of the USSR, and thus faced major transition challenges both before and after EU accession.
To view the agenda to register, please click here. This event is free and open to the public. A light lunch will be provided.
Announcements
United Way 50/50 Draw
The winner was drawn on Friday for the $1,295.00 prize. Tim Sullivan then chose to donate his entire winnings back to the United Way Campaign. Thank you to everyone who purchased tickets and helped make this event a success.
Carleton University’s Annual United Way Campaign
Each year, Carleton runs a campaign to raise funds for the United Way.
In 2017, we raised $113,276 for United Way! Thank you to everyone who donated!
Your donation will help kids be all that they can be; move people from poverty to possibility; help people in crisis and create healthy people and strong communities. 100% of your donation stays in Ottawa.
Donations through Payroll Deduction can be set up through Carleton Central (found under the Employee Services tab). A couple of dollars per pay adds up!
Check the website for more details about the campaign and events happening around campus.
New Visiting Scholar: Luc-André Joseph Brunet (2019)
Visiting Scholar (Researcher) from the Open University, Milton Keynes, UK.
Hosted by Professor Dominique Marshall.
Luc-André Brunet studied at Carleton University (Ottawa), Sciences Po (Paris), and l’Université Libre de Bruxelles before earning his PhD in International History at the London School of Economics. Before joining the Open University in 2016, Luc was Pinto Post-doctoral Fellow at LSE and Max Weber Fellow at the European University Institute (Florence) and taught history at LSE and Queen Mary University of London. He has also held visiting fellowships at Sciences Po, LSE, and the University of Ottawa.
Broadly speaking, Luc’s research interests are in the international history of the twentieth century. He has a particular interest in Vichy France. His first monograph, Forging Europe: Industrial Organisation in France, 1940-1952, explores continuities from the Vichy regime to post-war France and the early stages of European integration. You can watch Luc discuss his book here. His current book project on Vichy deals with the regime’s foreign policy, specifically its diplomatic relations with the members of the British Commonwealth during the Second World War. This project draws on archives in France, the UK, Germany, the United States, Ireland, Canada, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand.
Luc’s other main research interest is the Cold War, with a focus on nuclear disarmament and arms control. He is Acting Director of the Cold War Studies Project at LSE IDEAS and Book Reviews Editor for the journal Cold War History. He is currently writing an international history of Canadian nuclear disarmament policies during the final decade of the Cold War, provisionally entitled Canada, Nuclear Weapons, and the End of the Cold War.
At the Open University, Luc co-chairs the Research Group on War and Conflict in the Twentieth Century and coordinates the history department’s research seminar.
His visit to Carleton is to allow him to conduct research towards his book projects. He can be reached at luc-andre.brunet@open.ac.uk.
Recently Published a Book? You can Share it with the Library!
The Library has created a tool that will allow faculty members to let us know about their published books and to choose whether or not you would like to donate a copy to the Library’s collection. It also acts as an outreach tool for future book launch events. You can find the form online.
Call for Papers
Columbia University’s Journal of Politics and Society is currently accepting undergraduate student papers for publication in our Fall 2019 Journal.
We are an academic journal of the social sciences and history, distributed nationally among academics on EBSCO, Google Scholar, and the Library of Congress. In its 29th year of publication, the Journal features exclusively undergraduate work on political and social issues. We are seeking outstanding student research papers from seminars, upper-level electives, independent study and thesis programs.
If you believe your students have produced work that would be suitable for the Journal, it would be greatly appreciated if you would let them know about our call for papers (typically between 20 and 50 pages, although all submissions will be considered). Please feel free to share this information with your current students as well as those with whom you have worked in the past.
The deadline for student paper submissions is January 14th, 2019. To download a Call for Papers PDF, please visit: http://www.helvidius.org/cfp. The PDF document is also attached below.
If you would like to learn more about our organization or to view past editions of the Journal, please visit www.helvidius.org
Call for Papers:
The Dalhousie Graduate History Society is pleased to announce that it is currently accepting submissions for the 21st History Across the Disciplines Conference to be held at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, March 1-3, 2019.
We are excited to announce that our keynote speaker will be El Jones, community activist, poet, and current Nancy’s Chair in Women’s Studies at Mount Saint Vincent University.
This year’s theme is “Investigating Movement: People and Ideas in Motion.” We invite graduate and senior undergraduate papers broadly related to the theme of movement, whether of people or ideas, in any time frame or geographical area. We strongly encourage submissions from related disciplines.
Possible approaches to the conference theme, as well as guidelines for submission, can be found in the attached call for papers. The deadline for submissions is January 4, 2019.
In keeping with the mutidiscplinary nature of the conference, we will also be accepting art submissions. Details for art submissions can be found on the second page of the attached call for papers. The deadline for art submissions is January 18, 2019.
Please direct any questions to the attention of the conference organizers at: historyacrossthedisciplines@gmail.com.
Potential Elective:
MEMS 3001: Researching the Medieval and Early Modern Past. See attached poster for more details.
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