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Welcome Graduate Students

The History Department is dedicated to providing you with the information and support you need to succeed in your studies here at Carleton.

The following pages will be your best resource for anything History-related at the graduate level:

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Careers in History

The Canadian Historical Association has a career guide developed for Graduate History Students. You may also want to check out the Graduate and Postdoctoral Professional Development site.

History Graduate Students’ Association (HGSA)

Carleton HGSA 2014-15 Orientation

The History Graduate Students’ Association has a vibrant and active presence in Carleton’s History Department. Entirely student run, the HGSA aims to create a strong sense of community among all history graduate students.

Underhill Graduate Colloquium

The Underhill Graduate Student Colloquium is one of the longest running history graduate conferences in Canada. For over twenty years, graduate students in the Department of History at Carleton University have organized an annual colloquium in which master’s and doctoral students from all disciplines are invited to present papers on any history-related topic. Hear what the students have to say about the 2022 edition.

News and Events

Lauren Wheeler

Lauren Wheeler, MA in Public History, 2006-2008, has just been appointed the Executive Director of the Canadian Museums Association

The CMA is pleased to announce the appointment of Lauren Wheeler as its next Executive Director. Lauren will officially join the CMA on Monday, July …

Prof Jennifer Evans

Professor Jennifer Evans has been featured in a regional newspaper in Germany, the Neue Westfälische,

You can read the full article here: https://www.nw.de/nachrichten/zwischen_weser_und_rhein/24349006_Was-hilft-gegen-den-Rechtsruck-Historikerin-gibt-Politikern-aus-OWL-einen-Rat.html

Panel

Carleton University Professor Jennifer Evans participated in last week’s symposium on radicalization and spoke specifically to the question of diversity in today’s Germany.

Canada-Germany relationship appeared in different forms, each panel refracting another aspect of a connection that has developed over 75 years. The military panel explored Canada’s …

Additional Help

Please contact the Graduate Administrator, Joan White, at grad_history@carleton.ca or the Graduate Supervisor at grad.history@carleton.ca