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Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Krenare Recaj Has Article Published in Open Canada

PhD Candidate in History, Krenare Recaj, has an article published by Open Canada, one of Canada's leading foreign policy magazines. The article, "It's Time for Canada to Follow Europe's Lead on Visa Liberalization for Kosovo," is currently the front page of the website. A short excerpt is provided below, with the full article available... More

Monday, January 6, 2025

The History Department Mourns the Loss of Mark Salber Phillips (1946-2024)

We mourn the death of Mark Salber Phillips, who died peacefully in Toronto on December 30. His death ended a life devoted to teaching, historical research and writing, and a politics of social justice. Equally important to him were his wife Ruth and his daughters Sarah Casteel and Emma Phillips, whom he loved and... More

Wednesday, December 11, 2024

Amie Wright Interviewed by The Charlatan

PhD candidate in Public History, Amie Wright, was recently interviewed by Sarah Forrest for the Charlatan. A short excerpt can be found below with the full article, "Q&A: Amie Wright brings librarian and historian background to new comics director role," available online. Amie Wright, a history instructor and public history PhD candidate at... More

Tuesday, December 10, 2024

Mary Owusu Publishes New Book

Congratulations to Mary Owusu on the publication of her new book, Cosmopolitan Nationalism in Ghana: Founding Fathers, Nation-Building, and Transnational Thinkers, published by Cambridge University... More

Monday, November 25, 2024

Rod Phillips’s latest book wins prize

Professor Rod Phillips’s latest book, Un curé dans les vignes, which was co-authored by Jean Bart and published earlier this year by Editions Universitaires de Dijon, has been awarded the Prix Vergnette de Lamotte 2024.  The annual prize recognizes work on the history of wine in Burgundy. Un curé dans les vignes is partly... More

Monday, November 18, 2024

Pamela Walker Talks About Reacting to the Past

History Professor Pamela Walker's use of game play in her courses has been featured in University World News. A short excerpt has been included below with the full article, "How games can teach students more history than lectures," by Nathan M. Greenfield, is available online. On 5 November 2024, his Majesty King Louis XVI’s... More

Monday, November 18, 2024

Rod Phillips talks on CBC about the decline of drinking

Professor Rod Phillips was interviewed on the CBC Radio program, ‘The Cost of Living’, about the current decline in alcohol consumption.  He discussed some of the reasons younger people, in particular, are drinking less or not at all, and the reactions of the alcohol industry to the decline in consumption. You can hear the... More

Friday, November 8, 2024

Congratulations! History Students Win Medals at November Convocation

The History Department is proud to congratulate the following History students: Adison Kathryn Lampert (Bachelor of Computer Science Honours with History minor) for winning the Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement; Taylor Victoria Northwood (Bachelor of Arts Honours in Anthropology and History) for winning the Senate Medal for... More

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

Jen Evans Wins DAAD/GSA Prize for the Best Book in Literature and Cultural Studies

Congratulations to History Professor Jen Evans for winning the DAAD/GSA Prize for her book, The Queer Art of History.  The DAAD/GSA Prize for the Best Book in Literature and Cultural Studies is funded through the North American office of the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD), awarded annually by a GSA committee. The winner receives... More

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Carleton Public History at the 7th World Conference on Public History

Carleton had an impressive presence at the International Federation for Public History’s 7th world conference which was held in Luxembourg 3-6 September. Carleton’s PhD in Public History - the first in Canada - was very well represented in the conference’s poster session. Rebecca Friend spoke to “Capturing Childhood in Canadian Museums:... More

Thursday, September 19, 2024

David Dean Promoted to Distinguished Research Professor

David Dean has been promoted to the rank of Distinguished Research Professor with graduate supervision status for a five year term. The promotion recognizes and celebrates the accomplishments and contributions of a retired full professor during their career who is undertaking significant ongoing research activities. Retired as of 1 July, David... More

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

Jane Freeland wins 2022 book prize

Jane Freeland wins 2022 book prize for her Feminist Transformations and Domestic Violence Activism in Divided Berlin, 1968-2002. Freeland's book, published with Oxford University Press, began its life as a university medal award-winning dissertation under the supervision of Jennifer Evans. Congratulations... More

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