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Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Shawn Graham and Damien Huffer’s Book on the Human Remains Trade is now Published

History Professor Shawn Graham and Adjunct Research Professor Damien Huffer have just published their new book These Were People Once: The Online Trade in Human Remains and Why It Matters. REVIEWS “An easy read on a difficult subject, its beautiful encapsulations of the tragic lives behind their commodified remains highlight the urgency of the... More

Monday, September 18, 2023

Sean Eedy’s Book, Four Colour Communism, Reviewed by Sehepunkte

Dr. Sean Eedy, Carleton alumnus and contract instructor, just had his book Four Colour Communism reviewed in one of Germany's top history magazines. A short excerpt is below, with the full review available online. Over the past two decades, comics research has established itself in German studies and has become a generally recognized field... More

Wednesday, September 6, 2023

RIchard Marchese Completes Undergraduate Research Assistantship

Richard Marchese is a 4th Year student in Honors Political Science with a Minor in History. Over the past summer, and after completing several courses in History, Richard completed an undergraduate research assistantship under the joint supervision of Chris Trainor, Head of Carleton's Archives and Special Collections (ASC) and cross-appointed to... More

Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Laura Madokoro to Speak this Saturday, Sept 9, on North American Perspectives on 1923

History Professor Laura Madokoro will be one of the panelists this Saturday, September 9, 2023, at a special online symposium looking back on a century of global racial exclusion. More details on this event can be found online. Registration is required for this event: https://1923symposium.eventbrite.com   Date and time Sat, Sep 9, 2023 1:00... More

Friday, September 1, 2023

Patrizia Gentile Participates in Stratford Festival Roundtable

Scholars and experts joined host Thom Allison (director of Rent) in a conversation about Canada’s 2SLGBTQ+ history, focusing on post-WW2 through to the present. Guests include Rev. Brent Hawkes, founder of Rainbow Faith and Freedom (an organization working to confront and decrease religious-based 2SLGBTQ+ discrimination worldwide), Raegan... More

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Spots Available! HIST 3907A: The Black Atlantic Before 1900

There are still spots available in the following new course: HIST 3907A: Transnational Topic – “The Black Atlantic Before 1900” Fall 2023  Instructor: Dr. Mary Owusu Introduction: This course offers a deeper understanding of how the slave trade from Africa led to the dispersal of Africans in the Atlantic World, and how this phenomenon has... More

Wednesday, August 9, 2023

Rod Phillips comments on the Trudeaus’ separation

Professor Rod Phillips was interviewed by several media organizations about the recently announced separation of Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau.  Rod is a specialist in the history of marriage and divorce, and the media were interested in changing attitudes toward separation and divorce and the potential political impact of the... More

Monday, July 31, 2023

Rod Phillips speaks on wine and food in art

Professor Rod Phillips will give his annual talk on wine and art at the Timken Art Museum in San Diego, California, on 13 August.  He was first invited to give a talk on wine in art there in 2019, and he was then invited to return annually.  The pandemic prevented talks in 2020 and... More

Thursday, July 20, 2023

Jennifer Evans and Carleton MA Danielle Carron publish article on settler colonialism and Canadian far-rights

  The latest issue of Central European History includes an article jointly written by Jennifer Evans and recent MA Danielle Carron together with Carleton sessional lecturers Swen Steinberg and David Y. Clement. In "Settler Colonialism, Illiberal Memory and German-Canadian Hate Networks in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries," the... More

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

Rod Phillips gives paper on wine in the French Revolution

Professor Rod Phillips gave a paper, “The French Revolution: A Pivotal Period in the History of French Wine,” at the 15th Annual Conference of the American Association of Wine Economists in Cape Town, South Africa, in June.  He discussed the transfer of vineyard land and wine production facilities from Church entities to secular ownership... More

Wednesday, June 28, 2023

History of Sports Course has a new Course Number

Our popular course, History of Sports, with Professor Matthew Bellamy is now available under a course number: HIST 1901. Please note that students who have already completed a previous version of this course (under course number HIST 1900: History of Sports) should not take HIST 1901. Any questions regarding this should be directed to... More

Monday, June 26, 2023

Jennifer Evans Speaks at Packed Auditorium in Berlin

On June 21st, Jennifer Evans gave the Midterm Lecture to a packed auditorium at the Friedrich Meineke Institute at the Freie Universität Berlin. She spoke about her recent book The Queer Art of History: Queer Kinship After Fascism which makes the case for a more subjective, intersectional analysis of trans and queer histories. In an... More

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