{"id":25679,"date":"2018-10-15T12:16:57","date_gmt":"2018-10-15T16:16:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/?p=25679"},"modified":"2024-08-09T07:41:54","modified_gmt":"2024-08-09T11:41:54","slug":"fass-ottawa-international-writers-festival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/fass\/2018\/fass-ottawa-international-writers-festival\/","title":{"rendered":"FASS at the Ottawa International Writers Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        FASS at the Ottawa International Writers Festival\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n<p>Several FASS faculty members will be participating in the <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfestival.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ottawa International Writers Festival<\/a>, taking place during October 25 &#8211; 30.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Professor Tim Cook&#8217;s new book <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfestival.org\/events\/fall-2018\/the-secret-history-of-soldiers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>The Secret History of Soldiers<\/em><\/a> will be featured<span class=\"OWAAutoLink\">.&nbsp;Laurence Wall hosts a conversation with <strong>Tim Cook<\/strong>, Canada\u2019s foremost military historian, on his portrayal of how soldiers found solace, distraction and entertainment to escape the horrors of the trenches during the Great War.<span class=\"Apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/li><li>Dr. Julie Garlen is hosting <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfestival.org\/events\/fall-2018\/how-schools-can-prepare-our-children-for-the-challenges-of-tomorrow\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">How Schools Can Prepare Our Children for the Challenges of Tomorrow<\/a> with Kelly Gallagher-Mackay and Nancy Steinhauer.<\/li><li><span class=\"x_OWAAutoLink\">M.A. student Deborah Owusu-Akyeeah (Women&#8217;s and Gender Studies, NIPSIA) will be in conversation with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bitchmedia.org\/article\/bitch-interview\/vivek-shraya-on-desirability\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Vivek Shraya<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfestival.org\/events\/fall-2018\/im-afraid-of-men\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;I am afraid of men&#8221;<\/a>.<\/span><\/li><li>Dr. Susan Birkwood is hosting the event featuring Waubgeshig Rice and Eden Robinson in&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/writersfestival.org\/events\/fall-2018\/true-north\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">True North<\/a>\n<div class=\"subtitle\">with Waubgeshig Rice and Eden Robinson<\/div>\n<\/li><li><em>In\/Words<\/em> will <a href=\"https:\/\/writersfestival.org\/events\/fall-2018\/inwords-presents-dissent\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">launch <\/a><i>Dis(s)ent.&nbsp;<\/i><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Other ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ faculty who will be presenting at the festival include:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/sjc\/profile\/karim-karim-h\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Karim H. Karim<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/writersfestival.org\/events\/fall-2018\/diaspora-and-media-in-europe-migration-identity-and-integration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em>Diaspora and Media in Europe<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Diaspora and Media in Europe: Migration, Identity, and Integration<\/em> features cutting-edge theoretical material and empirical case studies. The chapters examine the uses of social media and TV for the purposes of immigrant integration in countries of settlement and continuing engagement with home countries. The case studies consider the Syrian, Somali, Turkish, Moroccan, Congolese, Nepalese and Ecuadorian diasporas living in Europe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Several FASS faculty members will be participating in the Ottawa International Writers Festival, taking place during October 25 &#8211; 30. 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