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
May 9, 2018
Nationalist Populism and Illiberalism in Hungary: Historical Origins, Current Trajectories
On behalf of the Jean Monnet Chair “Democracy in the European Union” at Carleton University, we are pleased to invite you to attend the research lecture, “Nationalist Populism and Illiberalism in Hungary: Historical Origins, Current Trajectories” with Dr. Attila Antal, on Wednesday, May 09, 2018, from 12:00PM to 1:30PM, in the Discovery Centre (Room 482), MacOdrum Library, Carleton University (campus map here).
This lecture analyzes the historical origins and theoretical background of Viktor Orbán’s regime in Hungary, which gained its last landslide electoral success in April 2018. It investigates the contemporary nationalist populism in the context of liberal democracy and shows how the crisis of Hungarian democracy before 2010 led to the creation of a hybrid political regime based on a permanent state of exception.
Attila Antal is senior lecturer in the Faculty of Law at Eötvös Loránd University in Budapest; he also coordinates the Social Theory Research Group in the Institute of Political History. His research focuses on the political theory of populism, social and critical theory, democratic theory, green political thought, constitutionalism, and political history.
This event is free and open to the public. Registration is required to attend. A light lunch will be provided for attendees.
Please register at the CES webpage by clicking here.
May 17, 2018
What am I to do to save my children? – Childhood, Youth, and Nuclear War
Join us for our 3rd talk in our 2018 Lecture Series, What am I to do to save my children? – Childhood, Youth, and Nuclear War, presented by Dr. Andrew Burtch.
The atomic bomb cast a long shadow over children during the Cold War. At this event, Dr. Andrew Burtch of the Canadian War Museum will discuss what plans were developed to provide for the survival of children at home or at school, the involvement of children in civil defence, and the response of children and adults to nuclear war preparations from the 1950s to the 1980s.
Andrew Burtch is the Canadian War Museum’s post-1945 Historian. As curator of Gallery 4: A Violent Peace, he is responsible for all questions relating to conflicts from the beginning of the Cold War to the present day. He has worked to develop temporary and permanent exhibitions about the Afghanistan war, the Cyprus peacekeeping mission, the Korean War, military medicine, and war and media. His most recent exhibition is a new module in the Museum’s Experience Gallery: New World Disorder – tracing Canada’s involvement overseas from the fall of the Berlin Wall to the conclusion of the Afghanistan mission. Dr. Burtch’s book, Give Me Shelter: The Failure of Canada’s Cold War Civil Defence, received the 2012 CP Stacey Award for military history.
Date: Thursday May 17, 2018
Time: 7 pm – 9 pm
Cost: Free – suggested donation $5.00
*The Diefenbunker Museum is a registered Charity: 869747691 RR0001.
Tax receipts available for donations of $20.00 or more.
Announcements
Summer Position at the Wallis House
The Wallis House, a 1873 landmark located at the corner of Rideau and Charlotte, is recruiting a Heritage Research Assistant this summer. Please see attachment for details. Questions can be directed to Caroline Lavoie at thewallishouse@gmail.com.
Writing Opportunity for Students
Do you want to write about Movies, TV, Anime, Arts, Comics, Games, Literature or other art forms? Do you want to get your foot in the door and enter the big-wide world of the online media and have your work read and shared by millions of readers? We invite you to The Artifice: http://www.the-artifice.com
The Artifice is an online magazine that covers a wide spectrum of art forms. We do not run The Artifice, you do. The Artifice is collaboratively built and maintained by your fellow writers. It is structured to let you focus on the quality of the content while it deals with the exposure of it to an audience of millions.
Instead of recycling the same entertainment news stories or publishing commonplace editorials, The Artifice focus on unique topics that are intellectually stimulating and meaningful.
Our current writers range from undergraduates, to graduates, to emeritus professors and a bit of everyone in between.
Grab the opportunity and join our team of writers. Join now:
http://the-artifice.com/write/
2018 CAHP Conference and Student Subsidy
Are you a full-time student planning to attend the 2018 CAHP|ACECP-National Trust Joint Conference in Fredericton, NB from Oct.18-20th?
Want to get a $100.00 off for your conference attendance? Apply Now for the CAHP|ACECP Student Subsidy! Deadline for applications is May 31st, 2018 @ 11:59 pm EST.
Please note, recipients are chosen on a first come, first serve basis. There are only 20 spots available for this subsidy, so apply early!