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Thursday, November 7, 2019

Congratulations! History Students Win Medals at November Convocation

The History Department is proud to congratulate the following History students: Christine Anna Chisholm (Ph.D. History) for winning the Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement at the Graduate Level; Tristan Clayton Lee-Coughlin (B.A. General in History with high distinction) for winning the Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic... More

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Jennifer Evans Participates in Roundtable on Teaching Difficult Subjects

During the fall break, Jennifer Evans was invited to Winnipeg to participate on a roundtable on teaching difficult subjects, part of a United States Holocaust Memorial Museum educational workshop on structural racism in the Canadian Prairies and Germany during the Third Reich. This was part of a series of outreach events co-sponsored by the... More

Thursday, October 24, 2019

Join us October 26-30 for Five conversations on Lebanese forced migrations (film screening and workshops)

Archive and Display: Five conversations on Lebanese forced migrations Historians Dr. Laura Madokoro and Dr. Dominique Marshall are welcoming Lebanese filmmaker and oral historian Hicham Kayed to Ottawa during October 26-30. Hicham Kayed’s visit is possible due to support from part of the actives of the Local Engagement Refugee Research... More

Thursday, October 24, 2019

Historians on the Job: Dispatches from History Co-Op Students

It was a busy, but rewarding, summer for the fourteen History students who completed co-op work term placements this summer. Carleton’s Co-op program allows students to combine their classroom experiences with paid, hands-on experience in the workplace. Our students took full advantage of these opportunities. For example, three students were... More

Tuesday, October 22, 2019

A Helping Hand for new History Students

A Helping Hand for new History Students October 2019   The Department of History counts among its students a small corps of dedicated student mentors who, as participants in the First Year Connections (FYC) Program, help new students adjust to life on campus during those critical weeks in their first semester. History student Sara... More

Wednesday, October 16, 2019

Jennifer Evans Gave Keynote Lecture at G19 Rethinking Knowledges Conference in Sweden

Jennifer Evans gave a performance-based keynote lecture at the G19 Rethinking Knowledges conference in Gothenburg Sweden October 9th. Her talk, Queer Paths into Queer Libraries or Performing Kinship in Dangerous Times, is part of her collaborative, SSHRC-supported art project with audio-visual artist Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay.... More

Monday, October 7, 2019

Inaugural X-Lab Fellowships Awarded

Dr. Shawn Graham is pleased to announce that the Inaugural X-Lab Fellowships have been awarded to two outstanding History students, Vanessa Finney and Lauren Rollit. Vanessa is a fourth year history student with a minor in archaeology, interested in the perceptions of the body throughout history and application of technological advancements as... More

Monday, September 23, 2019

George Garth Graham Undergraduate Digital History Research Fellowships Awarded, 2019-2020

Shawn Graham is pleased to announce that the Fellowship created in honour of his grandfather has been awarded to two outstanding History students, Chantal Brousseau and Elise Anderson. Chantal is a second year student with a minor in Computer Science. In previous course work, Chantal has designed online exhibitions concerning the Hudson’s Bay... More

Wednesday, September 18, 2019

Katherine Rossy Wins RSC Medal

The History Department is pleased to congratulate SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow Katherine Rossy for winning the Alice Wilson Award. (She is working with Professors Dominique Marshall and Jennifer Evans.) Katherine Rossy is an internationally acclaimed emerging scholar with expertise in international organizations, humanitarian systems and human... More

Monday, September 16, 2019

Carleton History to Meet Prospective Students in Toronto – Join Us!

The History Department will be joining other Carleton University departments at the Ontario Universities’ Fair (OUF) in Toronto. The OUF is Canada’s largest educational fair and it takes place Friday, September 27 to Sunday, September 29, 2019 (10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. daily) at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. Undergraduate Supervisor... More

Monday, September 16, 2019

Chinnaiah Jangam has Article Published in The Wire

Professor Chinnaiah Jangam has written an article for The Wire entitled "After Kashmir, What Does the Hindu Right Have in Store for Dalits?" A short excerpt is below with the full article available online. Electoral politics have become a litmus test for democracy in India. The scrapping of Articles 370 and 35A was the... More

Monday, September 16, 2019

David Dean Talks to Alan Neal of CBC

Last Monday Professor David Dean spoke with Alan Neal of CBC’s All in a Day about the recent debate over the definition of a museum that was a hot topic at the International Council of Museums recent annual meeting in Kyoto, Japan. Listen to the podcast clip... More

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