Nicholas Surges
Candidate, M.A. Public History
| Degrees: | B.A. Hons. History (Carleton), Diploma Theatre Arts (Algonquin College) |
Current Program: MA Public History (2022)
Supervisors:
Prof. Jennifer Evans and Prof. David Dean
Academic Interests:
Austria-Hungary; Queer Histories; Cultural Representations; Performance Theory; Disinformation
Select Publications and Current Projects:
“The Information Arms Race: Media and the Russo-Ukrainian War.” Populist Publics (blog). Carleton University. April 22, 2022.
“’Who watches the watchmen?’: Digital Moderation in the Age of Misinformation.” Populist Publics (blog). Carleton University. February 16, 2022.
Select Conference Contributions:
“A Fractured Inheritance: The Habsburg Empire and the Problem of Nation-States.” Third Annual Montreal Area Central European Workshop (conference). University of Montreal. March, 2022.
Teaching Experience:
HIST 2510 Nineteenth Century Germany (Jennifer Evans), Fall 2022
Description of Research:
Nicholas’ proposed MRE project dramatizes the Mayerling Incident, the 1889 murder-suicide of the crown prince of Austria-Hungary and his lover. Through three different re-enactments whose chief difference lies in the emotionality of the scene’s historical actors, he will explore how “affective gaps” in the archival record complicate our understanding of a single empirical history.