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Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Melissa Armstrong Discusses her New Book “An Ambulance on Safari”

History Alumna Melissa Armstrong sits down with Carleton's Nick Ward to discuss her new book An Ambulance on Safari: The ANC and the Making of a Health Department in Exile. A short excerpt is included below, with the full article, "Discussing 'An Ambulance on Safari'" available online. Recent History PhD graduate Melissa Armstrong’s new... More

Wednesday, November 25, 2020

Shawn Graham and Other Archaeologists Discuss the Benefits of Convolutional Neural Network

The following excerpt is from an article in the New York Times by Zach Zorich. The full article, entitled "How Archaeologists Are Using Deep Learning to Dig Deeper: Trawling ancient history with neural nets," is available online. Shawn Graham, a professor of digital humanities at Carleton University in Ottawa, uses a convolutional neural network... More

Thursday, November 19, 2020

Jennifer Evans Speaks at the American Historical Association’s Crisis of Democracy Roundtable

Four scholars of social movements, protest, and political culture examine the perceived "crisis of democracy" and the extension of authoritarianism from comparative and historical standpoints. Panelists include experts on Chinese, Brazilian, central European, and US history. This was the Crisis of Democracy Roundtable, part of the American... More

Wednesday, November 18, 2020

New Book by Patrizia Gentile: Queen of the Maple Leaf

Professor Patrizia Gentile, cross-appointed with the departments of History, Sociology and Canadian Studies has written a new book entitled Queen of the Maple Leaf: Beauty Contests and Settler Femininity (UBC Press, 2020). About the Book As modern versions of the settler nation took root in twentieth-century Canada, beauty became a business. But... More

Monday, November 16, 2020

History Grad Lorie-Ann Savard Profiled by Carleton Newsroom

The following excerpt is taken from the article "Fall Graduation 2020: Carleton History Grad and Military Member Opts for Graduate Studies" by Jack Moulton. Congratulations Lorie-Ann! Savard is herself a member of the Canadian Forces. She joined as a student, attracted by an offer of a full-time summer job and part-time hours the rest... More

Tuesday, November 10, 2020

Jennifer Evans Examines the Future of American Democracy after Trump’s Defeat

History Professor Jennifer Evans has written a piece in The Conversation that looks at the long-term effects of the Trump presidency, despite his loss to President-Elect Joe Biden. A short excerpt is included below with the full article, "Trump lost, but racism is alive and infused in U.S. history," available online. The United States... More

Monday, November 2, 2020

Congratulations! History Students Win Medals at November Convocation

The History Department is proud to congratulate the following History students: Tanyss Anne Sharp (M.A. History) for winning the Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement at the Graduate Level; Shannon Mae Foss (B.A. General in History with high distinction) for winning the Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement at the... More

Monday, November 2, 2020

Jennifer Evans Crafts Open Letter of Concern Signed by Scholars of Fascism, Authoritarianism, and Populism

Jennifer Evans, together with the editorial board of the New Fascism Syllabus project, crafted a letter of concern which garnered the signatures of over 150 scholars, warning of the need to strengthen democratic principles and institutions following the US Election. It has been covered in The Guardian and the Washington Post Excerpt from "Scholars... More

Monday, November 2, 2020

Congratulations to Jeff Sahadeo for Winning Taylor and Francis Book Prize

The History Department congratulates Professor Jeff Sahadeo, Director of EURUS, on winning the 2020 Canadian Association of Slavists/Taylor and Francis Book Prize for his book Voices from the Soviet Edge (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2019). A short excerpt is provided below, with more details available on the Faculty of Public Affairs... More

Tuesday, October 27, 2020

Jennifer Evans Writes about QAnon in The Conversation

History Professor Jennifer Evans explores QAnon, comparing the moral panic it unleashes on social media with similar threats to the social order throughout history. A short excerpt can be found below with the full article, "Folk devils and fear: QAnon feeds into a culture of moral panic," online. Using conspiracy theories that include child... More

Thursday, October 22, 2020

Melissa Armstrong Publishes New Book: An Ambulance on Safari

Hot off the press! An Ambulance on Safari: The ANC and the Making of a Health Department in Exile, the first medical and political history of emergency health care services for MK cadres, South Africans in exile, and local patients in numerous ANC bases in Southern Africa from the 1960s to 1990. This important... More

Tuesday, October 20, 2020

Dominique Marshall’s Efforts to Increase Accessibility Result in Contactless Elevator in Paterson Hall

Thanks in part to the collaborative efforts of History Professor Dominique Marshall, a co-primary investigator in Carleton University’s Disability Research Group, the elevator in Paterson Hall is now more accessible to all users. While a short excerpt has been included below, you can read about the full process from conception to completion in... More

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