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Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Congratulations to Dr. Malini Guha (Film Studies/ICSLAC)

Congratulations to ICSLAC faculty member Dr. Malini Guha (Film Studies), who was awarded a FASS Mid-Career Research Grant for her current research project "On Traction: Moving Images and Realities" Dr. Guha’s full profile can be found... More

Wednesday, December 1, 2021

Congratulations to PhD candidate Christina Williamson

Some warm congratulations to Christina Williamson, PhD candidate in the Cultural Mediations program, on the successful oral defence of her doctoral dissertation! Christina's project, Inuit Women, Labour and the Parka: A History of Sewing in Arviat, Nunavut, is detailed on her graduate profile. Much gratitude to her co-supervisors, Dr. Michel Hogue... More

Thursday, November 18, 2021

Disruptions 07: Jeff Kasper on Measures of Support

Carleton University Art Gallery recently hosted a talk and creative exercises by the NYC-based artist, designer and educator Jeff Kasper. This is the seventh event in CUAG's "Disruptions: Dialogues on Disability Art" series, curated by Michael Orsini to generate dialogue about contemporary art as a force for challenging ableism. You can find more... More

Tuesday, November 16, 2021

Congratulations to Cultural Mediations PhD candidate Gemey Kelley

Congratulations to Cultural Mediations PhD candidate Gemey Kelly on the successful defence of her thesis proposal. Gemey's project is entitled Place and Standing in Canadian Art. The Discourses of Regionalism and the Nationalization of Culture in Canada, 1930–1967. For more information, consult Gemey's... More

Friday, November 12, 2021

Congratulations to our 2021 Curatorial Studies Diploma Graduates

Our warmest congratulations to all Fall 2021 graduating Curatorial Studies diploma students! Carla Ayukawa Arden Hody Baichuan Lu Marina Piza Rebecca Watson Valerie-Ellen... More

Wednesday, October 13, 2021

Cultural Mediations: Looking Together Series

Dr. Birgit Hopfener invites Carleton University students and faculty, as well as colleagues and friends of the university, to join the weekly series of Looking Together sessions organized as part of her Ruth and Mark Phillips Professorship in Cultural Mediations. Looking Together constitutes slowing down to see artworks and objects with and... More

Wednesday, August 11, 2021

ICSLAC Appointment: Dr. Birgit Hopfener Appointed to the Ruth and Mark Phillips Professorship in Cultural Mediations

The Institute for Comparative Literature, Art and Culture (ICSLAC) is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Birgit Hopfener (SSAC/ICSLAC) as the inaugural holder of the Ruth and Mark Phillips Professorship in Cultural Mediations. This exciting new position is intended to provide an ICSLAC faculty member with the opportunity to shape a... More

Thursday, July 22, 2021

Cara Tierney and their collaborator Pascale Arpin released the first volume of their graphic novel Phantomtits

Cara Tierney,Cultural Mediations PhD Candidate and their collaborator Pascale Arpin have released the first volume of their graphic novel Phantomtits (a gender creative superhero-ish creation tale). The graphic novel can be purchased or read for free on their website https://phantomtits.com You can see their press release... More

Thursday, July 22, 2021

Podcast with Dr. Monica Eileen Patterson on Weeding as Anti-Racist Practice

Curatorial Studies professor Monica Eileen Patterson was recently interviewed by Carleton librarian Martha Attridge Bufton about collection management and anti-racist practice in relation to Patterson's recent article in the Conversation about the controversial decision of Dr. Seuss Enterprises to halt publication of six titles containing... More

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Fall 2021 Call for Applications (funding available)

We are currently considering applications for funded doctoral positions in the PhD program in Cultural Mediations for the fall of 2021. Deadline: ongoing (while funding is available) until July 19th, 2021. Domestic applications only (Canadian citizenship or permanent residency). For further information regarding funding, the program itself and... More

Tuesday, June 8, 2021

Contract Instructor Opportunities, 2021-22

Contract Instructor Opportunities, 2021-22 The Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art, and Culture (ICSLAC) is seeking qualified contract instructors for the Fall 2021 (September to December) and Winter 2022 (January to April) graduate courses listed below (Graduate Diploma in Curatorial Studies): Fall 2021 CURA 5000, Curatorial... More

Monday, May 31, 2021

Congratulations to our 20-21 Graduates

Our warmest congratulations to 20-21 graduates from the PhD program in Cultural Mediations and the Graduate Diploma in Curatorial Studies. Read... More

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