John C. Walsh
Co-director of the Carleton Centre for Public History
| Degrees: | M.A. (Ottawa), Ph.D. (Guelph) |
| Email: | john.walsh@carleton.ca |
| Office: | 412 Paterson Hall |
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Research Interests
- Canadian History and Public History
- Space and place
- Governmentality
- Epistemology
- Maps and mapping
Select Publications
(with James Opp) Home, Work, and Play: Situating Canadian Social History third edition (Oxford University Press, 2015)
(with James Opp) Placing Memory and Remembering Place in Canada (UBC Press, 2010)
Recent Public History Projects
From the North to Ottawa’s Southway Inn, A Chapter from the Lost Stories Project
Outside the Frame: The Making of Qamutiik: From the North to Ottawa’s Southway Inn
Recent Graduate Supervisions
Alisha Seguin, “Remembering the Civil Service: Work and Life Stories of Indigenous Labourers in the Canadian Federal Civil Service,” M.A. Thesis, 2015
Allison Smith, “Mary Ann Shadd Revisited: Echoes from an Old House,” M.A. in Public History Documentary Film, 29 mins. (co-supervision with James Miller), 2015
Sara Nixon, “The Grimsby Timescapes App: Encountering the Past on Main Street,” M.A. Major Research Essay in Public History, with Mobile Computing App (co-supervision with Dr. James Opp), 2015
Cameron Steacy, “Shifting Perspectives within a Heritage District: The Process of National Historic Designation at Thousand Island Park, 1974-1982,” M.A. Major Research Essay in Public History (co-supervision with Dr. James Opp), 2015
Connie Gunn, “The Women’s Canadian Historical Society of Ottawa: Constructing a Public Memory and Preserving History in a Changing City, 1898-1932,” M.A. Thesis (co-supervision with Joanna Dean), 2015
Kathleen Ogilvie, “The Banks of Newfoundland: Kenneth Peacock and the Newfoundland Folk Music Revival,” M.A. Major Research Essay in Public History, 2016
Bradley Wiebe, “Histories of Parliament Hill: Re-Placing Memory, Digital (Hi)Storytelling, and Public History,” M.A. Major Research Essay in Public History, with Podcast Series, 2016
Sarah Mulvihill, “Reclaiming Propaganda, Reviving Victory: Victory Gardens in the 21st Century,” M.A. Major Research Essay in Public History, 2017
Phoebe Mannell, “Far From the Sea: An Exploration of 3D Photogrammetry Capabilities in Museum and Heritage Settings,” Digitial Exhibit and M.A. Major Research Essay in Public History, 2017
Ruthanne Edward, “The Fight for Pay Equity,” Oral Storytelling Performance and M.A. Major Research Essay (co-supervision with David Dean), 2017
Kelsea McKenna, “Growing Up in Ajax, Ontario: Memories of Childhood in a Transforming Postwar Community, 1945-1975,” M.A. Major Research Essay, 2017
Elise Bigley, “Creativity, Community, and Memory Building: Interned Jewish Refugees in Canada During and After World War II,” M.A. Thesis (co-supervision with James Opp), 2017
Adam Mahoney “Voicing the Silence: Curating the History of Slavery in New Brunswick,” M.A. Major Research Essay in Public History, 2018
Rebecca Sykes, “Kitchen Table Conversations: Halal Foodways and Foodscapes of the Turkish Muslim Community in Ottawa,” M.A. Major Research Essay in Public History, 2018
Jennifer Halsall, “Rooted in Land: Community, Memory, and Placemaking in Ottawa’s Greenbelt,” Website and M.A. Major Research Essay in Public History (co-supervision with Bruce Elliott), 2018
Kira Smith, “The Red Chair: Reflections on Writing Patient Centered Fiction of the Brockville Asylum,” Novella and M.A. Major Research Essay in Public History (co-supervision with James Miller), 2018