The Department of History offers a dynamic research environment. Here are news items related to just a few of the recent publications from members of the department:

Friday, April 19, 2024

Krenare Recaj Reflects on PhD Training in “Active History”

Krenare Recaj, PhD Candidate, has written an article for Active History reflecting on her PhD training. An excerpt is included below with the full article, "Sadness, and sacrifice: A reflection on PhD training, comprehensive exams, and the discipline of history," available online. In the third year of my undergrad, I was sitting beside my... More

Friday, April 12, 2024

Rod Phillips discusses BIG bottles of wine

Professor Rod Phillips was interviewed by The Forward, an online Jewish publication in the US.  They were interested in the reason why the names of kings and other men featured in the Torah are given to so many large-format wine bottles. For example, a 3-litre wine bottle is called a Jeroboam, a 12-litre wine... More

Wednesday, March 20, 2024

Matt Bellamy Wins 2024 BHC Philip Scranton Best Article Prize

Congratulations to History Professor Matthew Bellamy! This past weekend his article "“Business Against Drunk Driving: The Neoliberal State, Labatt Brewery, and the Creation of the ‘Responsible Drinker.'" was awarded the 2024 BHC Philip Scranton Best Article Prize. The prize recognizes the author or authors of an article published in... More

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Jennifer Evans Gives Lectures at Southampton and Oxford

Over the reading break, Jennifer Evans gave two invited lectures in the UK, part of LGBTQ History Month. Drawing on her recent book, The Queer Art of History: Queer Kinship After Fascism (Duke UP, 2023), she talked about the power and potency of trans-inclusive queer kinships in bridging differences and mobilizing for change. At... More

Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Holly Benison Teaches Cooking and History Through YouTube Series

Public History MA student Holly Benison has created a cooking show as part of her master's thesis project. A short excerpt can be found below with the full article by Alyssa Tremblay, "A Recipe for Research: Carleton Student Creates Canadian Culinary History Cooking Show," available online. From green corn patties to preserved apples, public... More

Monday, February 26, 2024

Erica Fraser Writes About Content Warnings

History Professor Erica Fraser wrote an article for Active History discussing content warning in classes. A short excerpt is included below with the full article, "When Class Content Gives the Professor Nightmares, It Might be Time for a Warning," available online. Looking back, I probably began using content warnings for students after giving... More

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

Audra Diptee Talks About Chained in Paradise

Hear History Professor Audra Diptée’s talk about her latest project, Chained in Paradise. It is about a secret British policy that involved the destruction and hiding of colonial documents in the Caribbean during the twentieth century. The policy was known as Operation Legacy and became public knowledge in 2011. Chained in Paradise will... More

Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Shawn Graham and Chantal Brousseau Publish Results from First Archaeological Work Done in Space on a Human Habitation in Orbit

The results from the first archaeological work done in space on a human habitation in orbit are in! This features work by History Professor Shawn Graham and newly graduated MA Chantal Brousseau. The full details are available in "The Sampling Quadrangle Assemblages Research Experiment (SQuARE) on the International Space Station, Report 1: Squares... More

Friday, February 16, 2024

Chinnaiah Jangam Wins A.K. Ramanujan Book Prize for Translation (South Asia)

Congratulations to History Professor Chinnaiah Jangam for winning the A.K. Ramanujan Book Prize for Translation (South Asia)! The  AAS 2024 Awards Ceremony will take place at the Sheraton Grand Seattle Hotel, Grand Ballroom, Second Floor on Saturday, March 16 at 10:15am Pacific Time. About Gabbilam: A Dalit Epic, translated by Chinnaiah Jangam... More

Monday, February 12, 2024

Rod Phillips publishes article on vineyards during the French Revolution

Professor Rod Phillips has published “The transfer of vineyard ownership during the French Revolution: A pivotal event in the history of French wine,” in the Journal of Wine Economics. All Church property not needed for strictly spiritual purposes was expropriated by the French state in 1790 and auctioned off during the following years.  In... More

Thursday, February 8, 2024

Rebecca Friend Writes Article for Muse

Instructor and Ph.D. candidate, Rebecca Friend, wrote for the Canadian Museums Association’s magazine, Muse. A short excerpt has been included below while the full article, "Considering Children in Museums" is available online. Children have long been seen as an integral audience for museums. The 2021 report Trust and Value: The Role of Museums... More

Wednesday, January 10, 2024

Tyla Betke Publishes Paper with The Canadian Historical Review

Ph.D. student Tyla Betke has just had a paper published in the The Canadian Historical Review. The abstract is posted below while the full paper, "'Not a Shred of Evidence' :Settler Colonial Networks of Concealment and the Birtle Indian Residential School" is available online. Abstract This article examines how the network of settler colonial... More

Monday, January 8, 2024

Rod Phillips was interviewed on the history of wine

Professor Rod Phillips was interviewed by Magazine F (reading-f.com/), a Korean magazine that takes an in-depth look at common foods and drinks.  Each issue focuses on one commodity, and earlier issues have included tea, bread, honey, and yoghurt. The January 2024 issue focuses on wine, and Rod talked about various aspects of wine, including... More

Friday, December 8, 2023

Book Roundtable – The Queer Art of History

From time to time, the New Fascism Syllabus hosts roundtable discussions centered around emerging historiographical contributions, questions, or issues. Featuring some of the leading voices on these various debates, these contributions in this series are intended to serve as an Open Access window onto new directions in historical analysis on... More

Friday, December 8, 2023

New Publication by Jeff Blackadar

History alumnus, Jeff Blackadar, has just published a new paper. The abstract is below with the full paper, Transcribing Handwritten Text with Python and Microsoft Azure Computer Vision, available online. Abstract Tools for machine transcription of handwriting are practical and labour-saving if you need to analyse or present text in digital form.... More

Tuesday, November 21, 2023

Shawn Graham and Donna Yates Publish New Paper

History Professor Shawn Graham and Professor Donna Yates of Maastricht University, have just published a joint paper. We were fortunate to have Prof. Yates speak at Carleton University when she was a guest speaker for our annual Shannon Lecture Series. An abstract of the paper, "Reputation laundering and museum collections: patterns, priorities,... More

Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Veronica Norando Talks to The Times Hub about Argentinian Election

Adjunct Research Professor Veronica Norando was recently quoted in an article on the upcoming presidential election in Argentina. A short excerpt can be found below with the full article, "A extraordinary provocateur at the gates of power in Argentina," available online. Impoverished and up to their necks in debt, the Argentines no longer know... More

Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Shawn Graham and Damien Huffer’s Book on the Human Remains Trade is now Published

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

Sean Eedy’s Book, Four Colour Communism, Reviewed by Sehepunkte

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

Rod Phillips comments on the Trudeaus’ separation

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

Jennifer Evans Speaks at Packed Auditorium in Berlin

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

Rod Phillips writes on wine in the French Revolution

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

The Baffler Reviews The Queer Art of History by Jennifer Evans

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

Join Paul Nelles’ Book Launch on May 16th

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

Audra Diptee Writes TED-Ed Video

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

Wednesday, May 3, 2023

History Students Reflect on Practicum at Ingenium

“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

Laura Madokoro Discusses Changes to Border Rules with Several Media Outlets

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

Jennifer Evans Publishes New Book: The Queer Art of History

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

Laura Madokoro Writes About US Border Politics

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

Thursday, March 9, 2023

Jaime Simons’ Project Nominated for Best DH Short Publication

The History Department is pleased to announce that one of our students, Jaime Simons, has been nominated for a Digital Humanities Awards. Jamie's project, "Remixing the Ottawa" has been nominated for Best Digital Humanities Short Publication. The full list of nominees is available online, including details on how to vote for your favourite... More

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

New Journal Article is a True Collaborative Effort

The History Department is pleased to announce the publication of a new collaborative article which has involved many people linked to the Department: Jennissen, Therese, Dominique Marshall, Chris Trainor, and Beth Robertson. 2023. “Creating, Archiving and Exhibiting Disability History: The Oral Histories of Disability Activists of the Carleton... More

Friday, December 16, 2022

What’s Cooking in the History Department?

The History Department has a cookbook! The recipes in this departmental cookbook were collected as part of a pandemic-era social event held over Zoom in January 2022. Attended by History students and professors alike, the recipes within speak to a time when we couldn’t gather to share food among friends and colleagues. With this cookbook, the... More

Friday, December 16, 2022

Chantal Brousseau Featured in Popular Science

Chantal Brousseau (MA Student in History and Data Science) was featured in Popular Science magazine's recent special print edition on space exploration. She spoke to Popular Science about her work as a researcher, alongside History Prof. Shawn Graham, on the International Space Station Archaeological Project (ISSAP)—the first-ever large-scale... More

Monday, December 12, 2022

Ana Teodorescu’s Paper Published in Columbia Journal of Asia

Undergraduate student Ana Teodorescu recently had an article published in the peer-reviewed Columbia Journal of Asia. Her essay, "Tiger Symbolism in the British Raj: Colonialism and Animal History of the Indian Subcontinent", was written as part of the coursework in HIST 3310: History of Animals, with Prof. Joanna Dean. Abstract This research... More

Friday, November 18, 2022

Rod Phillips interviewed on Beaujolais Nouveau wine

Professor Rod Phillips, a specialist in the history of wine, was interviewed by The Local, a French English-language news network, on Beaujolais Nouveau wine.  This is a young (nouveau) wine from the Beaujolais wine region, released for sale each year on the third Thursday of November – 17 November, this year.  Some 30 million... More

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