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Wednesday, January 25, 2023

New Journal Article is a True Collaborative Effort

The History Department is pleased to announce the publication of a new collaborative article which has involved many people linked to the Department: Jennissen, Therese, Dominique Marshall, Chris Trainor, and Beth Robertson. 2023. “Creating, Archiving and Exhibiting Disability History: The Oral Histories of Disability Activists of the Carleton... More

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Rod Phillips interviewed on the history of alcohol and health

Professor Rod Phillips was interviewed on ‘All in a Day’, CBC Radio 1 Ottawa’s afternoon program, on alcohol and health. He outlined historical attitudes towards alcohol – which until the twentieth century largely focused on the dangers of alcohol to social stability and morality, rather than health. Rod gave historical context to the... More

Friday, January 20, 2023

Rod Phillips interviewed on health warning labels for alcohol.

Professor Rod Phillips was interviewed on Radio QR FM Calgary on the question of health warnings on bottles of alcohol. The issue has arisen with the recent report from the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction that draws attention to the health harms of alcohol consumption. It draws attention to links between alcohol... More

Friday, December 16, 2022

What’s Cooking in the History Department?

The History Department has a cookbook! The recipes in this departmental cookbook were collected as part of a pandemic-era social event held over Zoom in January 2022. Attended by History students and professors alike, the recipes within speak to a time when we couldn’t gather to share food among friends and colleagues. With this cookbook, the... More

Friday, December 16, 2022

Chantal Brousseau Featured in Popular Science

Chantal Brousseau (MA Student in History and Data Science) was featured in Popular Science magazine's recent special print edition on space exploration. She spoke to Popular Science about her work as a researcher, alongside History Prof. Shawn Graham, on the International Space Station Archaeological Project (ISSAP)—the first-ever large-scale... More

Thursday, December 15, 2022

New Shannon Lecture Series Starting in January!

The History Department is happy to announce that our next Shannon Lecture series will be starting up again at the beginning of 2023. This year's series is "Climate Histories" with convenor Professor Joanna Dean: January 9: Climate in the Age of Empire: Three Centuries of Canadian Climate Observations with Victoria Slonosky, McGill University... More

Monday, December 12, 2022

Ana Teodorescu’s Paper Published in Columbia Journal of Asia

Undergraduate student Ana Teodorescu recently had an article published in the peer-reviewed Columbia Journal of Asia. Her essay, "Tiger Symbolism in the British Raj: Colonialism and Animal History of the Indian Subcontinent", was written as part of the coursework in HIST 3310: History of Animals, with Prof. Joanna Dean. Abstract This research... More

Tuesday, November 22, 2022

Shawn Graham Talks About Work with the International Space Station Archaeological Project

The following excerpt is from the Nick Ward article "Preparing for Space Travel". The full article is available online. As long-distance space travel transforms from a science fiction fantasy to a near-future reality, humanity is faced with a complex challenge: Can people socially and culturally adapt to and survive spending years hurtling across... More

Monday, November 21, 2022

NEW: Hollis Peirce Bursary for Students with Disabilities

Hollis Peirce is a physically disabled BA/MA Carleton graduate in History. (He was also an executive member of our History Undergraduate Society - HUgS.) During his years at Carleton University, he very often faced physical boundaries, such as taking a book off the bookshelf at the library, or not being able to hit buttons... More

Friday, November 18, 2022

Rod Phillips interviewed on Beaujolais Nouveau wine

Professor Rod Phillips, a specialist in the history of wine, was interviewed by The Local, a French English-language news network, on Beaujolais Nouveau wine. This is a young (nouveau) wine from the Beaujolais wine region, released for sale each year on the third Thursday of November – 17 November, this year. Some 30 million... More

Friday, October 28, 2022

Jennifer Evans to give the 2026 Mosse Lectures

History Professor Jennifer Evans has been invited to give the 2026 Mosse Lectures at the University of Wisconsin, Madison. Named after the pioneer in the field of nationalism, ideology, and sexuality studies in German History, the Mosse Lectures are a vital component of the ongoing collaboration between the UW-Madison and Hebrew University in... More