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
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
January 23, 2018
The Fourth Stage, The National Arts Centre | 1 Elgin St. | Ottawa, ON K1P 5W1 | Canada
Tuesday, 23 January 2018 from 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM (EST)
Leading experts discuss policy-making in an era of political polarization:
- How do we have a productive public debate on a hot-button issue like immigration?
- Why has Canada been more successful than many other countries in dealing with immigration policy?
- How do we avoid the problems that have plagued immigration policy elsewhere?
The panellists are:
- Jennifer Ditchburn, editor-in-chief, Policy Options magazine (moderator)
- Rachel Curran, senior associate, Harper & Associates
- Nicholas Keung, immigration reporter, Toronto Star
- Jamil Jivani, visiting professor, Osgoode Hall Law School
- Andrew Griffith, fellow, the Canadian Global Affairs Institute and the Environics Institute
5-6 p.m. – Cocktail hour (Cash bar)
6-8 p.m – Discussion
Free admission. Seating is limited to those who have registered in advance. Please register at www.riddellforum2018.eventbrite.ca
January 24, 2018
Political Science Speaker Series lecture
Yasuhiro Matsuda, University of Tokyo
The Prospects for Improved Sino-Japanese relations following the 19th Party Congress
3.00-4.30 pm, 2017 Dunton Tower
January 25, 2018
Join the EDC for a cuLearn gradebook session
Explore the power and flexibility of the cuLearn gradebook. Join us at the EDC on Thursday, Jan. 25 from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. for an interactive session where you will setup your gradebook and explore gradebook options, including setting up categories, exporting/importing grades, setting default grades and communicating grades. Find out more about the session and register at: https://carleton.ca/edc/cu-events/culearn-gradebook-session-3/
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
ASB Delivers Program
Carleton faculty and staff are invited to participate in ASB Delivers, a fundraising collaboration between the Student Experience Office and Dining Services that brings a delicious lunch right to your desk! On January 25th, Alternative Spring Break (ASB) participants will be delivering hot lunches directly to campus offices for only $10 per meal. There are three lunch options being offered this year, including a quarter chicken meal with side wedges, the vegan Three Sisters Bowl, and a crispy chicken sandwich with side wedges. A portion of the proceeds from every meal will go to the ASB program.
Your meal will arrive to your requested location between 12:00 p.m. and 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, January 25th 2018. To order a meal, please visit: https://studentapps.carleton.ca/asb/delivers/. Please note that meals must be ordered by 4:30 p.m. on January 19th.
Alternative Spring Break (ASB) is a service-learning initiative that promotes meaningful community service and critical reflection. During the winter Reading Week, students will travel nationally and internationally to support local community projects and learn about specific educational themes. By purchasing a meal with ASB Delivers, you are helping to provide this unique experience to our students. For more information about the program, please visit www.carleton.ca/asb .
The 2018 Gerald Panting Award for New Scholars
The Canadian Nautical Research Society is pleased to announce that the application period for the 2018 Gerald Panting Award for New Scholars is now open. The Gerald Panting Award is a financial award of not more than $1000 to assist new scholars in the
field of nautical research to present a paper at the CNRS annual conference, which will be held at York University, Toronto, Ontario, June 21-23 2018. The person(s) selected as a Gerald Panting New Scholar should be in the early stages of his or her career in the field of maritime research.
Applications are due by 1st March 2018, and applicants who meet the criteria will be automatically considered for the Gerald Panting Award.
Please send a working title, brief abstract, and a short biographical sketch no later than 1 March 2018 to: Dr Sam McLean, sam.mclean@cnrs-scrn.org
Call for Papers, 2018 North American Labor History Conference
Please consider participating in the 40th annual North American Labor History Conference, to be held at Wayne State University (Detroit, MI), October 18-20. The Call for Papers is attached. Proposal are due April 15.
Spring University Prague 2018 offered by Charles University
we would like to invite your students and colleagues to the academic programme “Spring University Prague 2018: Understanding Europe in an Age of Uncertainty”, taking place at Charles University in Prague (Czech Republic) during April 2018 (April 8 – 19). This study programme is internationally acknowledged, successful participants will be given 8 ECTS credits. For detailed information please see our homepage www.spring-university.fsv.cuni.cz or Facebook page Spring and Summer Universities Prague.
Opportunity for PhD graduates and faculty to contribute to science policy
The Canadian Science Policy Fellowship is now accepting applications from prospective fellows interested in undertaking a 12-month policy project with a Canadian government host office. Applicants can apply to up to six approved projects in their area(s) of interest.
Eligible applicants must be:
- Faculty members at Canadian universities or PhD graduates
- Canadian citizens or permanent residents (applicants are responsible for confirming their eligibility for individual projects)
- Able to negotiate a leave of absence from their university or employer, as applicable
The 2018 cohort of fellowships will begin in September 2018. Approved fellows receive remuneration from their host offices and professional development training and networking events facilitated by Mitacs.
Applications will be accepted until March 4, 2018, at 11:59 p.m. PT. For more information, please visit the Canadian Science Policy Fellowship or contact policyfellowship@mitacs.ca.