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
September 10, 2018 – Minding The Brain
Have you ever considered why a painting or song can make you cry? Perhaps you have wondered about the effects of pervasive social media culture, lasting stress, or the casual use of marijuana? Are you curious why we are so obsessed with the lives of the rich and famous? If you asked yourself any of these questions or spent any time at all deliberating the many secrets of the human mind, this Throwback 2018 event is for you!
The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Science invites you to a live recording of the popular podcast Minding the Brain hosted by world-renowned experts and Carleton professors Kim Hellemans (Department of Neuroscience) and Jim Davies (Institute of Cognitive Science).
Minding the Brain is a show about the part of you that’s reading this right now: your brain! The standard format for the show has Hellemans and Davies interviewing each other and other specialists about a different mind-related topic every month. For example, in 2018, episodes covered issues such as concussions, drugs, and how we imagine our futures.
For this special live recording episode of the podcast titled “20 Questions with Kim and Jim”, the award-winning Hellemans and Davies will answer your questions, any and all, about the brain.
You are encouraged to submit your questions in advance of the event by tweeting to @MindingtheBrain or through registering online.
Join the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and the Faculty of Science for a fun and fascinating evening on Monday, September 10, 2018, from 6-8 pm in Dunton Tower, room 2017.
Everyone from the Carleton community and beyond is invited, and admission is free of charge.
September 12, 2018 – cuLearn: The Basics
Did you know you can use cuLearn to post lecture slides, create discussion groups, upload readings or videos, accept online assignment submissions, create self-marking quizzes, send announcements to students, and post grades? And these are just some of the possibilities. So, what’s the best way to get started? Come to the Educational Development Centre’s introductory sessions in September and discover how you can make the most of cuLearn.
Part 1: The Basics
Wednesday, Sept. 12, 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. Join us and learn how to navigate cuLearn. We’ll show you how to add course resources, such as a course outline and external URL links, and learning activities, such as discussion forums. We’ll also show you how to add a TA or co-teacher, make your course visible to students, set up your gradebook, and more.
Learn more and register at https://carleton.ca/edc/events/
September 13, 2018 – 10th Annual Attallah Lecture featuring Will Straw
The School of Journalism and Communication will host the 10th annual Attallah Lecture next Thursday, September 13th at 6:30pm (2nd floor of Richcraft Hall). This lecture will kick off a series of events and activities this year in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the Communication and Media Studies program. More info about those events to come.
This year’s Attallah Lecture will be given by Will Straw, James McGill Professor of Urban Media Studies, McGill University. The title of Dr. Straw’s lecture and a description follows. There is a reception afterward to which you are all invited. Would you please share this announcement with faculty and students in your program?
MEDIA FORENSICS: Reading the Canadian Cultural Commodity
How do Canadian cultural commodities, from films through vinyl records and magazines, reveal their patterns of circulation and use? This presentation will look at practices of disguise and deception, through which the Canadian character of certain cultural commodities has been obscured so as to enhance their cultural legitimacy and commercial appeal. By examining a range of media objects produced in the twentieth century, I will suggest ways in which we might “read” cultural commodities, in hieroglyphic fashion, as evidence of the conditions of their production and the strategies behind their circulation.
Please RSVP >> https://carleton.ca/sjc/cu-events/10th-annual-attallah-lecture-featuring-will-straw/
September 14, 2018 – Jill Campbell-Miller: “Colombo Plan Fellowships and the Changing Landscape of Health Education in Canada, 1950-1968”
The History Department invites you to a talk by Dr. Jill Campbell-Miller, visiting SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow, as part of our Brown Bag Friday Occasion Series. Bring your lunch and join us in the History Department Lounge, 433 Paterson, at 12:30pm.
September 19, 2018 – cuLearn: Tools and Techniques
Did you know you can use cuLearn to post lecture slides, create discussion groups, upload readings or videos, accept online assignment submissions, create self-marking quizzes, send announcements to students, and post grades? And these are just some of the possibilities. So, what’s the best way to get started? Come to the Educational Development Centre’s introductory sessions in September and discover how you can make the most of cuLearn.
Part 2: Tools and Techniques
Wednesday, Sept. 19, 9 a.m. – 12 p.m.Move beyond basic cuLearn navigation to explore and use more of what the tool has to offer. Let us show you how to use cuLearn to schedule meetings with your students, take attendance, solicit anonymous feedback, and set up groups within your class. We’ll also explore the cuLearn activity logs to help you monitor and check in on your students’ course activities, so you can see how they are interacting with the materials.
Learn more and register at https://carleton.ca/edc/events/
September 20, 2018 – 30th anniversary of the Japanese Canadian Redress Agreement
The Ottawa Japanese Community Association (OJCA), in collaboration with Library and Archives Canada (LAC), invites you to a conference to mark the 30th anniversary of the Japanese Canadian Redress Agreement, a historic landmark in the evolution of human rights in Canada.
Time: 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., Doors open at 6:30 p.m.
Location: Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario
Registration: Registration is free. As space is limited, please register below.
The presentation will be in English with simultaneous French translation.
For more information about this event, see the attached poster or email bac.invitation.lac@canada.ca.
September 21, 2018 – Sylvain Cornac: “History of the Mediterranean explored through the case of a trans-imperial actor: Abd al-Qâdir al-Jazairi (1807-1883)”
The History Department invites you to a talk by Dr. Sylvain Cornac, Contract Instructor, as part of our Brown Bag Friday Occasion Series. Bring your lunch and join us in the History Department Lounge, 433 Paterson, at 12:30pm.
Announcements
Submission Portal Open – 26th Int’l Conference of Europeanists – Madrid, June 20-22, 2019
The Submission Portal is now open! The Council for European Studies (CES) at Columbia University is happy to invite you to submit proposals for the 26th International Conference of Europeanists on the themes of Sovereignties in Contention: Nations, Regions and Citizens in Europe. The conference will be held at the Universidad Carlos III de Madrid on June 20-22, 2019. (CES Submission Portal Link: https://bit.ly/2EIrwyD )
Submission Information:
We welcome proposals in the thematic areas above, including cross-thematic and interdisciplinary approaches, as well as proposals in other areas relevant to the study of contemporary Europe.
Proposals may be submitted from August 10 to October 5, 2018. Priority will be given to panel submissions. Participants will be notified of the Program Committee’s decision by December 14, 2018.
To keep up to date with conference developments and more, subscribe to the CES newsletter by visiting the following: https://councilforeuropeanstudies.org/publications. For help on how to submit a proposal, please consult the Submission Help page at https://bit.ly/2N0G2mc
For more details:
- Submission Portal: https://bit.ly/2EIrwyD
- Venue Information: https://bit.ly/2nV0s4R
- Official call for proposals: https://bit.ly/2sZfs4H
- General Conference FAQs: https://bit.ly/2t14BHL
- Contact us via email: events@ces-europe.org
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