Archives: SSAC

Archives: SSAC

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Guitar Now! Invitation to a three-day guitar festival

  If you play the guitar or if you’re simply a guitar aficionado, you will not want to miss Guitar Now.  Okay, I’ll tell you exactly what Guitar Now is right after I tell you that it... More

Posted on Monday, March 18th, 2013 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Music Feed for all posts filed under Music

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The Hyperlab Presents – Survival Horror: the perfect video game genre for a study of gender

In this talk, noted cinema and video game studies scholar Bernard Perron will examine survival horror video games as a surprisingly rich and complex site for the study of gender. At first blush,... More

Posted on Tuesday, December 4th, 2012 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Film Studies Feed for all posts filed under Film Studies, IIS Feed for all posts filed under IIS

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Video – English and French Canadian Cinema

In this video, Richard Nimijean of the School of Canadian Studies, and Andre Loiselle of Film Studies discuss film in Canada, language relations, the divergence between Quebec cinema and English... More

Posted on Tuesday, December 4th, 2012 in Canadian Studies Feed for all posts filed under Canadian Studies, FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Film Studies Feed for all posts filed under Film Studies

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Music graduate student participates in two-month cycling tour to promote social justice

In the fall of 2012, Austin Lui peddled his way from Kitchener-Waterloo to Ottawa spreading a message of global consciousness.  As part of the Otesha Project, Phenomenal Food Tour, Lui and 6 other... More

Posted on Monday, November 26th, 2012 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Music Feed for all posts filed under Music

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FASS Faculty Profile – Michael Windover

Michael Windover is the newest faculty addition to the History and Theory of Architecture Program. Windover, who arrived at Carleton in the fall of 2012, is a historian of modern architecture, design... More

Posted on Monday, November 19th, 2012 in Art History Feed for all posts filed under Art History, FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, IIS Feed for all posts filed under IIS, SSAC Feed for all posts filed under SSAC

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CUAG – Panel discussion on world-class collection of European graphic design

CUAG invites you to join in a free public discussion of the exhibition Photomontage Between the Wars (1918-1939) with art historian Adrian Sudhalter and historian Jennifer Evans, moderated by Diana... More

Posted on Monday, November 19th, 2012 in Art History Feed for all posts filed under Art History, FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, History Feed for all posts filed under History

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2012 FASS Distinguished Visiting Scholar – Studies in Art and Culture: Acclaimed director and activist John Akomfrah

Presented by The School for Studies in Art and Culture and in association with several other FASS units, this year’s Distinguished Visiting Scholar (November 25-30) is John Akomfrah, a pre-eminent... More

Posted on Monday, November 19th, 2012 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Film Studies Feed for all posts filed under Film Studies

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Gahu, eh! A Distinctly Canadian Presentation of Ghanaian Drumming, Singing and Dance

Friday November 23, 2012 at 8pm Kailash Mitel Theatre, Carleton University Tickets $20 Adults, $10 Students and Seniors Poster Featuring Carleton University Music Department’s West African Rhythm... More

Posted on Monday, November 5th, 2012 in FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Music Feed for all posts filed under Music

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Carleton Professor Wins Ottawa Book Award for Non-Fiction

Carleton University’s Ruth Phillips was awarded the $7,500 Ottawa Book Award in non-fiction for her book Museum Pieces: Toward the Indigenization of Canadian Museums…Read more    ... More

Posted on Monday, October 29th, 2012 in Art History Feed for all posts filed under Art History, FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, SSAC Feed for all posts filed under SSAC

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Ruth Phillips has been nominated for a 2012 Ottawa Book Award

  Professor of Art History, Ruth Phillips, has been nominated for a 2012 Ottawa Book Award in the non-fiction category for her book Museum Pieces. Phillips, who is also the Canada Research Chair... More

Posted on Monday, October 15th, 2012 in Art History Feed for all posts filed under Art History, FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News