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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

Friday, December 9, 2016

Recent guest Cynthia McLeod featured on History Watch podcast with Audra Diptee of Carleton University

Cynthia McLeod featured on History Watch podcast Novelist and recent CTCA guest speaker Cynthia McLeod is featured on the latest episode of History Watch, a podcast hosted by Dr. Audra Diptee. Take a listen below: https://soundcloud.com/historywatch/historical-fiction-and-historical-reality-in-a-caribbean-planatation-society In this podcast, the... More

Thursday, November 3, 2016

Professor Sarah Casteel Awarded a Canadian Jewish Literary Award

Carleton University’s Sarah Phillips Casteel, associate professor in the Department of English Language and Literature, has received the Canadian Jewish Literary Award for her book Calypso Jews: Jewishness in the Caribbean Literary Imagination. “This award is especially meaningful to me because my book addresses such an untraditional... More

Wednesday, October 19, 2016

What do a PhD in Cultural Mediations, a Masters in Communications and the National Gallery of Canada have in common?

Of course the answer is Jonathan Shaughnessy! Like many of our PhD students in Cultural Mediations, Jonathan embodies the interdisciplinary nature of our PhD program. As a graduate of the Masters in Communications at Carleton University and a current student in Cultural Mediations,  Jonathan  brings a unique perspective to his position... More

Thursday, October 6, 2016

Cara Tierney: Turning tables on the “heterosexist gaze”

Congratulations to our very own Cara Tierney. Before embarking on their PhD in Cultural Mediations, they were hard at work curating TRANSACTIONS for the Carleton University Art Gallery. Highlighting this accomplishment is an article currently on Carleton's main... More

Thursday, September 29, 2016

Prof. Casteel receives Canadian Jewish Literary Award

Congratulations to Professor Sarah Casteel on receiving the 2016 Canadian Jewish Literary Award in Scholarship for Calypso Jews: Jewishness in the Caribbean Literary Imagination (Columbia University Press). The Canadian Jewish Literary Awards was founded by a group of prominent writers, editors and scholars to celebrate the vibrancy of Jewish... More

Wednesday, June 8, 2016

2016 Carleton University Teaching Award for Professor Shawn Graham

Please join us in congratulating Shawn Graham, from the Department of History, who has received the Provost's Fellowship in Teaching Award for leadership and commitment to teaching and learning. Professor Graham led the Digital Humanities core course and professional development courses this year! You can view all the 2016 Teaching Award Winners... More

Friday, May 6, 2016

Canadian Museums Association Award Winners

Congratulations to both Brian Foss, Director of the School for Studies in Art and Culture, Professor of Art History and for the Institute for Comparative Studies in Art and Culture who, along with Jacques Des Rocher, curator of Quebec and Canadian Art at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, received the Award of Outstanding Achievement... More

Monday, April 11, 2016

Reassembling Indigenous Heritage

Reassembling Indigenous Heritage is a wonderful article on the work of our own Dr. Ruth Phillips. Written by Nicole Findlay, the article explains some of Ruth's work as the Canada Research Chair in Modern Culture along with the Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures (GRASAC) and their partners the... More

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