2013 FASS Junior Research Award Recipients
Marie-Eve Carrier-Moisan (Department of Sociology and Anthropology): Soccer, Moral Panic, and the Rescue Industry: Sex Tourism and the 2014 World Cup in Natal, Brazil Focusing on the upcoming 2014... More
Archives: College of the Humanities
FASS Dean named Knight of the Order of the Merit of Italy
Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences and Professor of Art History and Humanities, John Osborne has been invested as a Cavaliere of the Ordine al Merito della Repubblica... More
An Anything But Textbook Egyptian Expedition
If you have had any association with Carleton University over the past several years, it’s very likely that you have heard the phrase “Anything But Textbook.” The slogan is meant to... More
Steven Collins Lecture – Pali Buddhist Practices of the Self
You are invited to a free public lecture by one of the world’s foremost Pali scholars. In this lecture, Dr. Steven Collins places Buddhist ‘meditation’ in the larger context of spiritual... More
Kenneth W. Thompson, the Prophet of Norms – Thought and Practice: A new book by Rajaee
Professor and Director in the College of the Humanities, Farhang Rajaee, has released a new book on the legacy of Kenneth W. Thompson as an international relation theorist. Titled Kenneth W.... More
The 2013 Edgar and Dorothy Davidson Lecture – Tibetan Sacred Dance: ‘Cham’ in Context
Join The College of the Humanities for a multimedia lecture by Tibetologist Geoffrey Samuel on the various meanings and uses of Tibetan ritual dance. Geoffrey Samuel is a Professor in the School of... More
The work of Greek and Roman Studies student featured on CBC’s the Nature of Things, and in National Geographic
In the summer of 2011, fourth year Greek and Roman Studies student, Shelley Hartman, participated in a historic archeological dig on Baffin Island. Though the research conducted on this dig was... More
The Changing Face of Religion and Public Life
In 1971, Ontario schools introduced a course called World Religions into the curriculum for senior high school students…Read more... More
Mr. and Mrs. Christ? – 2012 Edgar and Dorothy Davidson Lecture by Dr. Karen L. King
Carleton University’s Religion Program (College of the Humanities) is pleased to announce the 2012 edition of the Edgar and Dorothy Davidson Lecture. This year’s Davidson Lecture... More
A sonic landscape for the Duniverse
Frank Herbert’s classic 1965 science fiction novel Dune has been the inspiration behind a seemingly infinite amount of media and art. The Dune series has been adapted to television,... More