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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

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