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Tuesday, September 19, 2023
History Professor Shawn Graham and Adjunct Research Professor Damien Huffer have just published their new book These Were People Once: The Online Trade in Human Remains and Why It Matters. REVIEWS “An easy read on a difficult subject, its beautiful encapsulations of the tragic lives behind their commodified remains highlight the urgency of the... More
Monday, September 18, 2023
Dr. Sean Eedy, Carleton alumnus and contract instructor, just had his book Four Colour Communism reviewed in one of Germany's top history magazines. A short excerpt is below, with the full review available online. Over the past two decades, comics research has established itself in German studies and has become a generally recognized field... More
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
Professor Rod Phillips was interviewed by several media organizations about the recently announced separation of Justin Trudeau and Sophie Grégoire Trudeau. Rod is a specialist in the history of marriage and divorce, and the media were interested in changing attitudes toward separation and divorce and the potential political impact of the... More
Monday, June 26, 2023
On June 21st, Jennifer Evans gave the Midterm Lecture to a packed auditorium at the Friedrich Meineke Institute at the Freie Universität Berlin. She spoke about her recent book The Queer Art of History: Queer Kinship After Fascism which makes the case for a more subjective, intersectional analysis of trans and queer histories. In an... More
Monday, June 12, 2023
Professor Rod Phillips has published an article, “Liberality, Quality, Festivity: Wine in the French Revolution,” in the print and on-line editions of the World of Fine Wine. Published in the UK, the World of Fine Wine is widely recognized as one of the world’s most influential wine publications, and its scope includes the culture... More
Thursday, June 8, 2023
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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