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Tuesday, July 10, 2018

Book Launch: The Politics of Painting: Fascism and Japanese Art during the Second World War

Please join us Thursday, July 19th from 4:00-6:00pm in 201D St. Patrick's for the Ottawa launch of The Politics of Painting: Fascism and Japanese Art during the Second World War, written by Dr. Asato Ikeda, Assistant Professor of Art History at Fordham University. The Politics of Painting examines a set of paintings produced in Japan during the... More

Friday, June 15, 2018

New Cultural Mediations Course Abroad: Heritage and Memory in Canada and Central Europe

  CLMD 6106F/CDNS 5003C/ARCH 5100F: Issues in History and Culture- Heritage and Memory in Canada and Central Europe Instructor: Jerzy Elzanowski The goal of this course abroad is to juxtapose experiences of urban space devoted to recording and performing public memory in order to gain insight into cultural heritage theory and practice.  The... More

Thursday, February 22, 2018

Sun K. Kwak’s Show Curated by Euijung McGillis Reviewed in the Globe and Mail

Read the review in the Globe and Mail for Sun K. Kwak's Untying Space_CUAG show, curated by Cultural Mediations student Euijung McGillis. The life and death of Sun K. Kwak's art. Additional Reading Ottawa Art Report: Making Spaces Speak - Canadian Art... More

Monday, November 13, 2017

Dr. Thomas Everrett: Sound by Design at the Science and Technology Museum

As the Science and Technology Museum prepares to reopen to the public on November 17th, CBC Radio Morning was interested in one of the new exhibits Sound by Design curated by Dr. Tom Everrett, PhD in Cultural Mediations (2014). You can refer to Dr. Everrett’s dissertation, entitled Ears Wide Shut: Headphones and Moral Design here. You can... More

Thursday, November 9, 2017

Cultural Transfers Workshop Series: “From Old to New Worlds”

Cultural Transfers Workshop Series: “From Old to New Worlds” November 17, 2017 at 2:00 PM to 4:00 PM Location: 201D (ICSLAC Seminar Room) St. Patrick's Building Cost: Free Audience: Anyone The Centre for Transnational Cultural Analysis and the Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and Culture (ICSLAC) invite you to attend the... More

Tuesday, October 31, 2017

The Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences Focus on Curatorial Studies & Cultural Mediations

The Carleton FASS Newsletter is highlighting two Cultural Mediations PhD students in today's issue. The FASS Newsletter is produced by and for the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. and covers the news, events and accomplishments of FASS faculty, staff and students. For more information contact Nick Ward. You can read about our new Curatorial... More

Wednesday, October 25, 2017

Curating the Canadian Biennial: Jonathan Shaughnessy, PhD student in Cultural Mediations Takes Lead

Congratulations to Jonathan Shaughnessy, associate curator of Contemporary Art at the National Gallery of Canada and PhD student in our own Cultural Mediations program on the recent opening of the Canadian Biennial exhibit. Jonathan is the lead curator for the 2017 Canadian Biennial and Amy Bruce, also a PhD student in Cultural Mediations had... More

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Sarah Thorne, PhD Candidate in Cultural Mediations: Storytelling and Video Games

Cultural Mediations PhD Candidate, Sarah Thorne's research on narrative and  is featured in TheGraduate@Carleton newsletter, however you can read the full article here.  Sarah is supervised by Brian Greenspan and has been active in the Hyperlab run by Dr.... More

Wednesday, June 21, 2017

The Diploma in Curatorial Studies has come to ICSLAC!

Carleton University recently announced two new Graduate Diplomas in Curatorial Studies which we are so pleased to host in our very own Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and Culture along with our PhD in Cultural Mediations!  You can read the full announcement here.  The deadline to apply for either the Type 2 or... More

Thursday, May 18, 2017

Curatorial Studies (CURA) Courses Announced

For more information, visit the Curatorial Studies page. Courses Fall Courses CURA 5000: Curatorial Studies Proseminar This proseminar explores a range of historical, social, economic, educational, ethical, legal, technological and administrative issues concerning the world of museums and related institutions. CURA 5011: Curatorial Studies... More

Thursday, April 27, 2017

In the News: EJ McGillis and Dr. Heather Igloliorte

Congratulations to EuiJung McGillis, Cultural Mediations PhD student, is credited for her work as a research assistant for the PhotoLab 2: Women Speaking Art  exhibition currently on view at the National Gallery of Canada. You can find the NGC magazine article here. In other news, Dr. Heather Igloliorte, Assistant Professor and Research Chair in... More

Thursday, April 13, 2017

Congratulations Cecile Wilson!

Warm congratulations to Cultural Mediations doctoral candidate Cecile Wilson, who was one of the top ten finalists in yesterday's Three Minute Thesis competition! Competition was fierce this year, so well done... More

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