{"id":25821,"date":"2025-12-03T14:17:46","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T19:17:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/history\/?page_id=25821"},"modified":"2026-01-27T15:35:46","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T20:35:46","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/news-and-events\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-max  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n                    \n                    \n            \n    <div class=\"cu-wideimage relative flex items-center justify-center mx-auto px-8 overflow-hidden md:px-16 rounded-xl not-prose  my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 bg-opacity-50 bg-cover bg-cu-black-50 py-24 md:py-28 lg:py-36 xl:py-48\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/71\/2026\/01\/Designer-4-768x512.png); 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For centuries, they\u2019ve been used to target groups cast as outsiders, from anti-Semitic myths in Europe to misogynistic and xenophobic narratives&hellip;\n\n                                    <\/p>\n            \n            <footer class=\"pt-5 mt-auto text-white\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/2026\/carleton-university-history-professor-jennifer-evans-is-studying-how-conspiracy-theories-evolve-and-why-they-resonate\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Read news\n                    <span class=\"sr-only\">\n                        post\n                        Carleton University history professor Jennifer Evans is studying how conspiracy theories evolve and why they resonate\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n                                        \n\n<li class=\"cu-listing not-prose relative overflow-hidden @container 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            <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                                            Professor Paul Nelles has taken up residency as a Fran\u00e7ois Chevalier Fellow at the Madrid Institute for Advanced Study, housed in the Casa de Vel\u00e1zquez&hellip;\n\n                                    <\/p>\n            \n            <footer class=\"pt-5 mt-auto text-white\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/2026\/professor-paul-nelles-has-taken-up-residency-as-a-francois-chevalier-fellow-at-the-madrid-institute-for-advanced-study\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Read news\n                    <span class=\"sr-only\">\n                        post\n                        Professor Paul Nelles has taken up residency as a Fran\u00e7ois Chevalier Fellow at the Madrid Institute for Advanced Study\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n  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Address\nDavid Dean, Distinguished Research Professor at Carleton University\n    <\/h3>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                            <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                                            \n                                    <\/p>\n            \n            <footer class=\"pt-5 mt-auto text-white\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/2026\/conference-keynote-addressdavid-dean-distinguished-research-professor-at-carleton-university\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Read news\n                    <span class=\"sr-only\">\n                        post\n                        Conference Keynote Address\nDavid Dean, Distinguished Research Professor at Carleton University\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n            <\/footer>\n        <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n<\/li>\n\n                                        \n\n<li class=\"cu-listing not-prose relative 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history of oil and imperialism in Iran\n    <\/h3>\n\n            <\/header>\n\n\n                            <p class=\"text-base text-cu-black-700\">\n                                            With the recent outbreak of hostilities in the Persian Gulf, the focus of international attention has returned to one of the world\u2019s most important energy&hellip;\n\n                                    <\/p>\n            \n            <footer class=\"pt-5 mt-auto text-white\">\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/2026\/ian-wereley-adjunct-research-professor-department-of-history-carleton-university-published-a-piece-in-the-conversation-on-the-history-of-oil-and-imperialism-in-iran\/\" class=\"cu-button cu-button--red cu-button--small\">\n                    Read news\n                    <span class=\"sr-only\">\n                        post\n                        Ian Wereley Adjunct Research Professor, Department of History, Carleton University published a piece 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