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Thursday, July 11, 2019

Jennifer Evans Delivers Two Papers in Europe

Professor Jennifer Evans gave two papers in Europe in late June.  One, delivered at the international Memory Studies Association meeting in Madrid Spain, examined ways in which historians can analyze Facebook to better understand how far-right groups use historical referents in their online appeal to adherents. The other, at the ALMS Conference... More

Thursday, July 11, 2019

Professor Rod Phillips speaks at symposium in Melbourne, Australia

Professor Rod Phillips gave a paper at the "Living the French Revolution" symposium at the University of Melbourne, in Melbourne, Australia, 9-10 June.  The symposium was held to honour Professor Peter McPhee, one of the world's leading historians of the Revolution. It was attended by historians from France, the United Kingdom, the... More

Wednesday, July 10, 2019

July 10 Roundup: History Events and Announcements

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   July 17, 2019 – Introduction to cuPortfolio (for Instructors) Join the Educational Development Centre (EDC) on... More

Friday, July 5, 2019

Shawn Graham Interviewed by APTN

Associate Professor Shawn Graham was interviewed by Martha Troian of APTN News. Below is a short excerpt of the article "Federal Conservative candidate gives boyfriend human skull for birthday". The full article can be viewed online. Prof. Graham was also a guest on the Evan Solomon Show talking more about the story. (The part... More

Thursday, July 4, 2019

Norman Hillmer Interviewed About O.D. Skelton

Chancellor's Professor, Norman Hillmer, was recently interviewed for a podcast that has been posted on The Champlain Society website. The podcast is available online and details on the interview can be found below. Episode Details: "Witness to Yesterday: The Drama of Oscar Skelton" O.D. Skelton was a key thinker in getting Canada out of... More

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Rick Duthie Discusses How He Uses the Stage as the Platform for His Dissertation Research

The following excerpt is from Rick Duthie's interview with Mia Jensen from the Sudbury Star. The full article, "New Play Explorers Sudbury's Labour Strife" can be viewed online. He was also recently interviewed by Heidi Ulrichsen of Sudbury.com for the article "This PhD Student is Using the Stage to Explore City's Tumultuous Labour History".... More

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Daniel McNeil Becomes First Person to Hold the Visiting Public Humanities Faculty Fellowship

Daniel McNeil (Ph.D. History, University of Toronto, 2007) will be the first person to hold the Visiting Public Humanities Faculty Fellowship. He brings to the position many years of experience nurturing interdisciplinary communities, fostering innovations in pedagogy, and leading public outreach work in Canada (as an Associate Professor of... More

Tuesday, July 2, 2019

Sam McCready Awarded Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Grant

The Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) and Teaching and Learning Services (TLS) has just announced the 2019 Discovery Centre Fellowship and Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Grant recipients.The History Department is pleased to see that one of our Contract Instructors among this year's recipients: Samuel McCready, from... More

Thursday, June 27, 2019

Professor Shawn Graham Contributes to Major Report on Antiquities Trafficking on Facebook

The Antiquities Trafficking and Heritage Anthropology Research (ATHAR) Project is an investigative study led by a collection of anthropologists and heritage experts digging into the digital underworld of transnational trafficking, terrorism financing, and organized crime. They have just released a new report entitled "Facebook's Black Market in... More

Monday, June 24, 2019

Professor Shawn Graham talks to the Ottawa Citizen about digital humanities and the “red market”

Professor Shawn Graham was recently interviewed by the Ottawa Citizen about the online sales of human remains. A short excerpt is included below with the full article by Joanna Laucius entitled "Carleton prof harnesses machine learning to explore the bone trade netherworld" can be viewed online. If someone in the world is willing to... More

Monday, June 24, 2019

Professor Rod Phillips launches book, gives lectures in Shanghai

Professor Rod Phillips spent 12 days in Shanghai, China, in June. He participated in the “Changing Minds: Societies, States, the Sciences and Psychoactive Substances in History” conference at Shanghai University, 11-14 June. It was sponsored by the Center for Drug Policy Studies at Shanghai University, the Centre for Social History of Health... More

Tuesday, June 11, 2019

Cristina Wood Featured in the Ottawa Citizen

Below is a short excerpt from the Ottawa Citizen article about Cristina Wood's research as part of her MA in Public History here at Carleton University. The full article by Tom Spears, "The Ottawa River's history re-told in musical notes," can be found online. To tell the history of the Ottawa River, Cristina Wood... More

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