Johnny (El-) Alam is a doctoral candidate in visual culture at Carleton University’s Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and Culture (ICSLAC). Supported by a Canada Graduate Scholarship for his PhD research, (El-) Alam studies relations between art, memory, war, trauma and the nation. His submission—a short video documentary on Lebanese-Canadian artists exploring Lebanon’s ... more
Associate professor of Art History, Ming Timapo has co-curated an exhibit at the world-renowned Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. The exhibit Gutai: Splendid Playground is the culmination of Tiampo’s work on a group of progressive Japanese artists whose post Second World War collective (1954-1972) heavily influenced the modernist post-war art movement in ... more
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 and material culture. His research focuses on the cultural production referred to as ‘Art Deco’ during the years between the First and Second ... more
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 Nemiroff. The discussion takes place at CUAG on Saturday, 24 November 13, at 2:00 p.m. Paid parking ($2.00 flat rate) is available in all campus ... more
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
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 in Modern Culture, was honoured to receive the prestigious nomination. “It was an unexpected and welcomed nomination,” explains Phillips. “For me, the ... more
Professor in the Department of History and The Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art and Culture, Mark Salber Phillips will spend two months this winter as Paul Mellon Senior Visiting Fellow at the Center for Advanced Studies in the Visual Arts (CASVA) at the National Gallery in Washington. An exceptionally accomplished historian, this is ... more
It has been a productive past few months for Hilary Grant. Not only has the graduating History and Theory of Architecture (HTA) student won the Martin Eli Weil Prize for best architectural history essay in Canada – a notable Carleton first, she has also been awarded a University Medal at the undergraduate level as ... more
By Caitlin Kealey Ruth Phillips has made a short list of four for the Donner Prize. Phillips, an art history professor, is also the Canada Research Chair in Modern Culture. The Donner Prize has been awarded annually since 1998 to recognize excellence and innovation in public policy writing in Canada. . The Donner Canadian Foundation seeks ... more
Carleton’s Centre for Transnational Cultural Analysis provides important linkages among researchers By Hannah Yakobi It’s a collaboration unlike any other – three talented researchers who are bringing together specialists from varied sectors and fields of study, uniting them all in transnational cultural analysis. It all began in 2005, when Sarah Casteel, Ming Tiampo and Catherine ... more
