Archives: History

Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Rod Phillips talks about nineteenth-century German wine

Professor Rod Phillips gave an invited paper at the Eighth Transnational Rhine Conference, held from 19 to 21 May in Oestrich-Winkel and Eltville, Germany.  These towns are on the River Rhine, whose political, economic, and cultural significance in history is the focus of the conferences. Wine and  tourism were among the themes of the... More

Friday, May 13, 2022

Audra Diptée asks “how do we effectively mobilize historical knowledge?”

The following is a short excerpt from Nick Ward's article "Reclaiming the Caribbean’s Historical Truth: History Professor confronts distorted colonial narratives in textbooks and the classroom." “History may be about the past, but it is contested in the present, in a fight for a particular vision of the future,” says Audra Diptée,... More

Friday, May 6, 2022

History Administrators Recognized in FASS Kindness Campaign

Six administrative teams in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences share their experiences, advice and wisdom, including History's own Darlene Moss and Tanya Schwartz. Read the full article, "Get to Know Your FASS Admin Staff!"... More

Friday, May 6, 2022

Three History Faculty Members are 2022-23 FASS Award Winners

Each year, the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences comes together at the vin d'honneur to celebrate our faculty's recent accomplishments. Please visit the FASS site for more details on the event and the honorees. And the History Department would like to take this opportunity to congratulate three of our own faculty members: Professor John... More

Wednesday, May 4, 2022

Rod Phillips interviewed on declining wine consumption in France

Professor Rod Phillips was interviewed recently by the French edition of The Local, a news service for English-speakers living in Europe, on patterns of wine consumption in France. Rod has written extensively on wine, and his books include French Wine: A History (University of California Press, 2016, paperback 2020). The reason for interest in... More

Friday, April 29, 2022

Populist Publics Research Assistant participates in Parliamentary Committee on IMVE

Brandon Rigato, research assistant in Jennifer Evans's SSHRC supported Populist Publics project and a PhD candidate (ABD) in The School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton University, provided a witness statement at the House of Commons’ Standing Committee on Public Safety and National Security panel April 28th for the study of the... More

Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Anna Kozlova Creates Composite Portrait of Lewis Perinbam

Thanks to a grant from the MITACS agency, Carleton University doctoral candidate in History Anna Kozlova was able to conduct a series of interviews with friends, relatives, supervisors, mentees, and co-workers of Lewis Perinbam, exploring his significant role shaping humanitarian work and humanitarian workers in both governmental (CIDA) and... More

Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Shannon Lectures Series Spring 2022 Schedule Announced

The Shannon Lecture Series will run again this spring, beginning on May 27th. We hope to see you there! Introduction to the Series Relations between humans and non-human inhabitants of the environment are old of several millennia. The history of these relations involves regulations of all sorts about use and preservation, contested or... More

Thursday, January 6, 2022

Rod Phillips now has a page on shepherd.com

Shepherd.com is a quite new website where authors are invited to introduce one of their own books and recommend books by other authors on the same or a related topic.  Each entry is called The Best Books on…..  The website already lists hundreds of authors, many of them historians. It’s a useful starting point... More

Thursday, October 28, 2021

Canadian Labour International Film Festival (CLiFF 2021) – Includes Screening of Michael Ostroff’s Documentary

As part of The Canadian Labour International Film Festival in November, the Institute of Political Economy will be screening a selection of this year’s films. After this content becomes available on November 25th at 7:00 pm, you will have 2 hours to start watching. Once you begin, you’ll have 24 hours to finish watching.... More

Friday, September 17, 2021

Jennifer Evans receives funding from Department of Canadian Heritage

Jennifer Evans has received a major grant from the Department of Canadian Heritage's Digital Citizen Contribution Program in support of her research on social media, memory, and misinformation. Her project, "Triangular Hate: digital memory, disinformation, and transnational traffic between Germany, the US, and Canada," engages one aspect of... More

Monday, September 13, 2021

Michael Petrou Interviewed for Article on the History of Sept 11, 2001

Adjunct Research Professor Michael Petrou was interviewed by Erica Alini as part of her article describing what the events of September 11, 2001 mean to today's young adults. A short excerpt is provided below with the full article, "For generation Z, 9/11 is history. How do they relate to it?" available online. The fact... More

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