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Thursday, November 19, 2015

Mark Phillips “Hogarth and History Painting” Lecture

Mark Phillips, professor in the Department of History and ICSLAC, will present on "Hogarth and History Painting," on Friday, November 20th at 2:30pm in 412 St. Patrick's Building. The free lecture, open to all, is sponsored by the Friends of Art History. To examine Hogarth’s art through the lens of history painting must seem a... More

Monday, November 2, 2015

Shannon Lecture–“Reenacting Genocide”

Vanessa Agnew, will present "Reenacting Genocide," as part of the 2015 Shannon Lecture series, 1:30 PM, Friday, November 13, 2015, in the Multi-Media Lab, Discovery Centre, MacOdrum Library. Dr Agnew will be speaking about teaching and research as re-enactment, focusing on her recent work on the Armenian Genocide. Dr Vanessa Agnew teaches at the... More

Thursday, September 24, 2015

Sonya Lipsett-Rivera to give keynote address in Santiago, Chile

Dr Sonya Lipsett-Rivera will be delivering the keynote address for the Seminar on Forms of Conciliation and Mechanisms of Conflict Resolution in Hispanic American, 18th to 19th centuries, in Santiago, Chile at the Pontificia Universidad Catolica. Her address is titled, "The Power of Laughter: Humor, Violence and Consensus in New Spain." For the... More

Thursday, September 10, 2015

Shannon Lecture–“Theatre and the Holocaust”

Dr. Lisa Peschel will present the opening talk of the 2015 Shannon Lecture series, 1:30 PM Friday, September 18, 2015, in the Multi-Media Lab, Discovery Centre, MacOdrum Library. The talk, "Theatre and the Holocaust: Recently Rediscovered Scripts from the Terezín/Theresienstadt Ghetto," illustrated by scenes and songs from scripts uncovered... More

Tuesday, July 21, 2015

2015 Shannon Lectures – Performing History: Re-Staging the Past

Up Next: Mr Peter Hinton (Shaw Festival Theatre), “Why Shaw Now? A Modern Pygmalion,” 1:30PM, Friday November 27, 2015, in the Multi-Media Lab, Discovery Centre, MacOdrum Library. The 2015 Shannon Lecture Series will be on the theme Performing History: Re-Staging the Past. We have five renowned speakers lined up for what promises to be a... More

Monday, March 23, 2015

Reminder: Duelling Perspectives: Two Views on 1812 this Friday

Duelling Perspectives: Canadian and American Views on the Causes, Course, and Outcomes of the War of 1812 Speakers: Dr. Rachel Lea Heide, Department of National Defence (Canada) and Dr. John Alan Boyd, Department of Defence (United States) Date: Friday, March 27, 2015, 1pm Location: History Lounge, 433 Paterson Hall Contact Information: For more... More

Monday, March 9, 2015

“Mad People Since Ancient Times,” Geoffrey Reaume, Friday March 13, 1 PM in History Lounge

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Thursday, March 5, 2015

Speaking Events This March

Mad People Since Ancient Times Speaker: Dr. Geoffrey Reaume, Critical Disability Studies, York University Date: Friday, March 13, 2015, 1pm Location: History Lounge, 433 Paterson Hall Contact Information: For more information, please contact the Department of History at 613-520-2828, or email to history@carleton.ca Registration: No registration... More

Friday, February 6, 2015

Seeing the Russian Anarchist Mikhail Bakunin As He Was

Dissolving the Historiographic Myths about his Personality and Ideas When: Wednesday February 11, 2015, 2:30-4:00pm Where: 3302 River Building M.A Bakunin (1814-1876) was arguably the most cosmopolitan and widely influential of the 19th century revolutionaries. Although Bakunin is best known for his conflict with Marx inside the First... More

Wednesday, February 4, 2015

The Unsung Heroes of Indian History

Last December, Dr. Chinnaiah Jangam delivered the keynote speech at the Telangana University's 2014 Lecture series. There, he spoke about the role of Dalits and other underprivileged peoples in Indian history. Dalits, demonstrates Professor Jangam, agitated against caste discrimination at least 30 years before the rise of B.R.Ambedkar's movement... More

Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Learn About a “Global Economy of Salvation” this Friday

When: Friday, February 06, 2015, 1:00 PM - 2:30 PM Where: History Lounge PA433 Paterson Hall Cost: Free Contact: Dominique Marshall, (613) 520-2828, history@carleton.ca Professor Nelles' research centres on the intellectual culture of the Renaissance, and especially on the libraries, public and private, that both fostered that culture and were in... More

Monday, December 22, 2014

Three Talks Worth Attending in January 2015

The Shannon Lectures are over and the department is winding down for the holidays, but variety of talks and colloquia are scheduled for winter and spring, 2015. See the details of the three January talks below, or download the full Winter/Spring schedule (.pdf). January 2015 Events “Queering Art History” When: Tuesday, January 6, 4:00... More

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