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Thursday, June 8, 2023

The Baffler Reviews The Queer Art of History by Jennifer Evans

History Professor Jennifer Evans' book The Queer Art of History: Queer Kinship After Fascism has just been reviewed by Ben Miller of The Baffler, a magazine of art, criticism, and political analysis. A short excerpt is included below, with the full review, "Queer History Now! Learning to Remember Otherwise", available online. Queer historians have... More

Wednesday, May 10, 2023

Join Paul Nelles’ Book Launch on May 16th

Please join History Professor Paul Nelles on Tuesday, May 16 at 11:00 am EST for the launch of his new volume, Connected Mobilities in the Early Modern World: The Practice and Experience of Movement (Amsterdam University Press, 2023), co-edited with Rosa Salzberg. This book offers a panorama of movement, mobility, and exchange in the... More

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

Audra Diptee Writes TED-Ed Video

History professor Audra Diptée has written a TED-Ed video lesson which focuses on her current project. The video, "They Called it Operation Legacy: The records the British Empire didn't want you to see," is available on YouTube. https://youtu.be/oPGVGckn7kQ... More

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

History Students Reflect on Practicum at Ingenium

“Electricity is everywhere, so researching its impact was an intimidating task. Breaking it down into specific objects, like the oven or a streetcar, and focusing on Ottawa made it far more manageable and felt more personal. Studying historic moments through objects has allowed us to create more of a connection between us and our... More

Tuesday, April 11, 2023

Laura Madokoro Discusses Changes to Border Rules with Several Media Outlets

History Professor Laura Madokoro was recently interviewed for The Agenda with Steve Paikin following the recent decision by the American and Canadian governments to amend their border agreement. You can watch the full episode, "How Changes to Border Rules Affect Canada and the U.S." online. She has also written two pieces for The Globe... More

Monday, March 20, 2023

Jennifer Evans Publishes New Book: The Queer Art of History

History Professor Jennifer Evans has a new book coming out in April: The Queer Art of History: Queer Kinship after Fascism. About the book: In The Queer Art of History Jennifer V. Evans examines postwar and contemporary German history to broadly argue for a practice of queer history that moves beyond bounded concepts and narratives of identity.... More

Monday, March 13, 2023

Laura Madokoro Writes About US Border Politics

The following excerpt is from History Professor Laura Madokoro's article in the Conversation, "The U.S. is playing border politics again - this time with Canada." The full article is available online. Concern is reportedly growing among some American legislators about migrants crossing into the United States from Canada. One recent headline... More

Thursday, March 9, 2023

Jaime Simons’ Project Nominated for Best DH Short Publication

The History Department is pleased to announce that one of our students, Jaime Simons, has been nominated for a Digital Humanities Awards. Jamie's project, "Remixing the Ottawa" has been nominated for Best Digital Humanities Short Publication. The full list of nominees is available online, including details on how to vote for your favourite... More

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

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

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

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