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
POSTPONED: Andrew Johnston: “Zurich Congress of the WILPF in 1919 – on the occasion of the centenary”
TOMORROW: February 7, 2019 – “Communities of Peace and Violence with Max Bergholz”
Max Bergholz is Associate Professor of History at Concordia University in Montreal. His interests include microhistorical approaches to the history of modern Europe, the dynamics of local nationalism, intercommunal violence, and historical memory. His scholarly articles have been published in journals such as American Historical Review, and his book has won numerous awards, including the 2017 Herbert Baxter Adams Prize from the American Historical Association. Please see the abstract below.
Abstract: During two terrifying days and nights in early September 1941, the lives of nearly two thousand men, women, and children were taken savagely by their neighbors in Kulen Vakuf, a small rural community straddling today’s border between northwest Bosnia and Croatia. In his prize-winning book, Violence as a Generative Force: Identity, Nationalism, and Memory in a Balkan Community, Max Bergholz tells the story of the sudden and perplexing descent of this once peaceful multiethnic community into extreme violence.
February 7, 2019
5:30PM to 7:00PM
2202 Canal Building
Please RSVP by emailing bgins@carleton.ca.
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.
February 13, 2019 – “The uncertain promise of future happiness: Women, youth and urban change in Ibadan, Nigeria”
1:00 PM to 2:30 PM
Room 482 (Discovery Centre) MacOdrum Library
Speaker: Professor Grace Adeniyi Ogunyankin (Pauline Jewett Institute of Women’s and Gender Studies, Carleton University)
February 13, 2019 – “Chet Mitchell Memorial Lecture with Leilani Farha”
The Department of Law and Legal Studies is very pleased to announce that the upcoming Chet Mitchell Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Leilani Farha, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Adequate Housing.
Time: Wednesday, February 13, 2019, 6:00 – 8:00 pm
Location: Dunton Tower, room 2017
A light reception will accompany the event.
Please RSVP here.
March 22, 2019 – Michael Petrou: “Yugoslav-Canadians in the Special Operations Executive during the Second World War”
The History Department invites you to a talk by Adjunct Professor Michael Petrou 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.
March 29, 2019 – Chinnaiah Jangam: “Caste, Humiliation and Violence against Dalits in India”
March 29, 2019 at 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM
The History Department invites you to a talk by Professor Chinnaiah Jangam, Assistant Professor in the History Department, 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
CAPITAL RESEARCH DAY – Deadline for Applications is February 15, 2019
Celebrate Carleton University undergraduate research, with a focus on Ottawa and Gatineau! Please encourage undergraduate students in your courses to complete the application form online: https://carleton.ca/geography/capital-research-day-abstract-submission/
Posters, projects, papers, poems, and other experiments are all welcome. Please see the attached poster for full details.
REQUEST FOR SUGGESTIONS: SHANNON LECTURES IN HISTORY
Bruce Elliott would be pleased to receive proposals from faculty or senior doctoral students for the autumn 2019 Shannon Lectures in History, the department’s annual public lecture series. Though the series deals with the social history of Canada, broadly defined, the terms of reference encourage linkages between approaches to Canadian history and the wider body of international scholarship on a theme, so we also encourage non-Canadianists to propose series. At least two of the sessions should be about Canada. The series is funded through a major gift from the late Lois M. Long, a long-time friend of the Department of History. The fund allows for speakers to be brought from throughout North America and overseas. Some colleagues have chosen to organize the series in connection with a seminar course, so that the students can meet with and hear the people they are reading. Dominique and Ann have arranged for a slot to be reserved on Fridays next fall so that it would be possible for anyone contemplating this to overlap a seminar with the time of the lecture. Anyone offering to organize the series will receive plenty of help and guidance along the way. If you have any thoughts as to a topic, please contact Bruce Elliott at bruce.elliott@carleton.ca.
Book Arts Lab
Carleton is developing a book arts laboratory that will soon be under construction on the main floor of the library. If all goes according to plan, the lab will open in approx. October 2019. The library hopes to host a number of workshops for faculty, library staff, and graduate students during Fall 2019. During Winter 2020, one year from now, we hope to welcome courses into the lab for visits and modules. Instructors should email robin.norris@carleton.ca if they are interested in incorporating Winter 2020 courses into the lab. This opportunity may be of interest to public historians, Canadianists, book history scholars, Early Modernists, medievalists, and anyone else who is interested in the book as artifact.
Call for Papers
On March 22 and 23, 2019, Nipissing University will host its 12th Annual Undergraduate Research Conference. The conference is open to all undergraduates from all universities. Please pass this message on to any interested students. Registration for paper, poster, or art submissions is open until February 15.
For more information, and to register, please go to www.nipissingu.ca/ugrc
THE 2019 SWITZER-COOPERSTOCK STUDENT PRIZE IN WESTERN CANADIAN JEWISH HISTORY
The Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada invites applications for the 2019 Switzer-Cooperstock Prize in Western Canadian Jewish History The prize is for the best essay on Jewish history in Western Canada by a student who has not yet taken comprehensive Ph.D. exams. The winner will receive $1,000. Students from Manitoba institutions will be required and others invited to present a public lecture to the Jewish Heritage Centre in Fall 2019, preferably in September.
Applications are due on May 1, 2019 and the decision will be announced about June 15, 2019. Some additional funding will be available for those making a public presentation.
Submissions should be no longer than 35 pages double-spaced and should be accompanied by a letter of nomination from a faculty member involved with the student’s supervision. Electronic submissions are encouraged.
Anyone interested in applying for the prize is urged to request a full description of the prize and contact:
Mr. Stanislao Carbone
Director of Programs and Exhibits
Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada
123 Doncaster Street, Winnipeg Canada, R3N 2B2
Tel: (204) 477 – 7467
Email: scarbone@jhcwc.org
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