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Thursday, May 27, 2021

Laura Madokoro and Team Awarded ECampus Ontario Grant to Develop New Course

History Professor Laura Madokoro is part of a project team, led by Dr. Asha Varadharajan at Queen’s University, that has been awarded a $90,000 grant from ECampus Ontario to develop an online course titled Race, Migration and the Canadian Nation. Taking a cross-disciplinary approach, the six course modules will draw from the expertise of... More

Thursday, May 27, 2021

Patrizia Gentile’s Book Nominated for CHA Best Scholarly Book in CA History

Patrizia Gentile‘s book Queen of the Maple Leaf : Beauty Contests and Settler Femininity has been nominated for a 2021 Best Scholarly Book in Canadian History Prize, awarded by the Canadian Historical Association. Congratulations Professor Gentile! The prize is given to the non-fiction work of Canadian history that is deemed to have made the... More

Thursday, May 27, 2021

Laura Madokoro is the 2020-21 Winner of the The Carlton C. Qualey Memorial Article Award

History Professor Laura Madokoro has received The Carlton C. Qualey Memorial Article Award from the Immigration and Ethnic History Society for her article, “’From Citizens to Refugees’: Japanese Canadians and the Search for Wartime Sanctuary,” which appeared in the Journal of American Ethnic History in 2020.Congratulations Professor... More

Friday, May 14, 2021

Activist in Residence Interview: Professor Chinnaiah Jangam

History Professor Chinnaiah Jangam has participated in an interview series that is being hosted by the Department of Law and Legal Studies.  The interview is part of a series of interviews of human rights activists that is being developed as part of the Law Department's Activist in Residence (AiR) program.  More details about this... More

Friday, May 14, 2021

Dominique Marshall Contributes a Chapter to a New Book on Canada’s Nonprofit Sector

History Professor Dominique Marshall was one of the collaborators of a new book on Canada's voluntary sector. It was just published under the auspices of Carleton's Master in Non profit management, under the leadership of Dr. Susan Phillips. The full publication is available online as well as the chapter by Prof. Marshall, "Four Keys... More

Thursday, May 13, 2021

Josh Blank’s article published in Historical Studies in Education

History alumnus Josh Blank has written an article in the most recent issue of Historical Issues in Education. An abstract of his article is included below with the full article, "Thrifty Trustees, Curriculum Clashes, and Gender Disparities: Late Nineteenth- and Early Twentieth-Century Barriers in Education in Rural Renfrew County," available... More

Tuesday, May 4, 2021

Congratulations to Jacob Kovalio for the Conferment of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette by the Japanese Government

History Professor Jacob Kovalio has been honoured with the conferment of the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold Rays with Rosette in the third year of Reiwa by the Government of Japan. The order is awarded to those who have made distinguished achievements in international relations, promotion of Japanese culture, advancements in their field,... More

Friday, April 30, 2021

Laura Madokoro Co-Edits Special Issue of the Urban History Review

History Professor Laura Madokoro has co-edited a special issue of the Urban History Review entitled "Loss and the City" with Steven High of Concordia University and Laura Ishiguro of the University of British Columbia. In addition to being one of the guest editors, Professor Madokoro also co-authored the introduction along with with Professor... More

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Stuart MacKay Discusses Trumpism and Canada’s Foreign Policy

History alumnus Dr. Stuart MacKay has written an article for The Hill Times, looking at how the influence of Trump affected the Republican Party in the United States and how this should influence Canada's future relationship with our American neighbours. A short excerpt is included below, with the full article, "It's time to Trump-proof... More

Monday, April 26, 2021

Laura Madokoro Authors Two New Articles

History Professor Laura Madokoro has two new publications. The first is an article in BC Studies entitled  “Oh, Weldon Chan! Where Are You Hiding?”: Sanctuary and Fugitivity in Memory and Song, 1958 to the Present,”  from the BC Studies No. 209 Spring 2021 edition. The second article is a co-edited special section with Patti Tamara... More

Thursday, April 22, 2021

X-Lab Awarded Funding from Carleton’s Multidisciplinary Research Catalyst Fund

The following excerpt is from the article "A New Start" by History Professor Shawn Graham. We encourage you to check out the full article online to learn more about this exciting collaboration. I am pleased to say that we applied to Carleton University’s internal Multidisciplinary Research Catalyst Fund for funding to lay the groundwork... More

Thursday, April 15, 2021

Chinnaiah Jangam Discusses M. Nagloo, India’s first Dalit hotelier

As part of the Dalit History Month 2021 series, History Professor Chinnaiah Jangam has written an article discussing the historical significance of M. Nagloo and the English biography his son would go on to write about him. A short excerpt of Professor Jangam's article, "Meet M. Nagloo, India’s first Dalit hotelier who was famous... More

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