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Biographical Note<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I am an energy historian interested in the past, present, and future of oil. My work seeks to demonstrate how history offers important lessons for navigating our own changing energy landscapes, and my recent publications include studies of energy transitions, oil company advertising, and the anthropomorphosis of fossil fuels into characters like King Coal and Prince Petroleo. I serve as an Adjunct Curator of the History of Energy at the Canada Science and Technology Museum, and am the Executive Director of the Canadian Association for Graduate Studies.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Education<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2018 \u2013 2019
\nPostdoctoral Associate
\n<\/strong>Calgary Institute for the Humanities, Calgary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012 \u2013 2018
\nDoctor of Philosophy \u2013 History
\n<\/strong>杏吧原创 University, Ottawa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2010 \u2013 2012
\nMaster of Arts \u2013 History
\n<\/strong>杏吧原创 University, Ottawa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2006 \u2013 2010
\nBachelor of Arts \u2013 International History
\n<\/strong>杏吧原创 University, Ottawa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Publications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Ian Wereley. 2021. \u201cRather of Promise Than of Performance: Tracing Networks of Knowledge and Power Through the Proceedings and<\/em> Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada<\/em>, 1882-1922.\u201d In Constance Backhouse, et al. (Eds.), Royally Wronged: The Royal Society of Canada\u2019s Role in the Marginalization of Indigenous Knowledge<\/em> (McGill-Queen\u2019s University Press)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ian Wereley. 2020. \u201cAdvertising an Empire of Oil: The British Petroleum Company and the Persian Khan Exhibit of 1924-1925.\u201d MediaTropes<\/em> 7, no. 2.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ian Wereley. 2019. \u201cKing Coal versus Prince Petroleo: Imagining Oil, Energy, and Transition in Early Twentieth-Century Britain.\u201d In Heather Graves and David Beard (Eds.), The Rhetoric of Oil in the Twenty-First Century. <\/em>New York: Routledge<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ian Wereley. 2016. \u201cExtracting the Past from the Present: Exotic Prizes, Empty Wilderness, and Commercial Conquest in Two Oil Company Advertisements, 1925-2012.\u201d Humanities<\/em> 5, no. 2.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

General Audience<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ian Wereley. 2020. \u201cReview: Graham D. Taylor, Imperial Standard: Imperial Oil, Exxon, and the Canadian Oil Industry from 1880.<\/em> Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2019<\/a>.\u201d Labour<\/em>\/Le Travail<\/em>, vol. 85 (Spring): 304-306.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ian Wereley. 2019. \u201cResearch on the Proceedings and Transactions of the Royal Society of Canada<\/em>, 1898-1947.\u201d Ottawa: Royal Society of Canada<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PhD Dissertation: \u201cImagining the Age of Oil: Case Studies in British Petrocultures, 1865-1935.\u201d 杏吧原创 University, 2012-2018<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Master\u2019s Thesis: \u201cDiscourse of Dissent: Bernard Acworth, the British Anti-Oil Movement, and the Royal Navy\u2019s Use of Fuels, 1927-1937.\u201d 杏吧原创 University, 2010-2012<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Teaching and Training<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

2018-Present
\nHIST 2910 O \u2013 \u201cA History of Oil: Science, Technology, Culture & Conflict\u201d
\nDepartment of History, 杏吧原创 University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2019-Present
\n\u201cA History of Oil: Past, Present, and Future\u201d
\nLearning in Retirement Lecture Series, 杏吧原创 University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2018
\n\u201cOil History for Everyone\u201d
\nEnrichment Mini-Course Program for Elementary Students
\nEMCP, 杏吧原创 University<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Community Engagement<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Invited Talks<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Dec 2021 “Ottawa’s Power: An Energy History of the National Capital Region<\/a>”  Bytown Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nov. 2019        \u201cDiscussions on the Future of the 3MT Competition\u201d
\nCAGS 57th<\/sup> Annual Conference, Halifax<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sept. 2019       Energy and Scale Conference, Banff<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nov. 2018        SSHRC Take Our Kids to Work Day, Ottawa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 2018  Calgary Institute for The Humanities Public Lecture, Calgary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Conference Presentations<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

August 2020    Petrocultures: Transformations, Stavanger, Norway [Cancelled]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 2020        Canadian Historical Association, London [Cancelled]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 2020     American Society for Environmental History, Ottawa [Cancelled]<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 2019        Canadian Historical Association, Vancouver<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 2017        Canadian Historical Association Conference, Toronto<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 2016    Petrocultures: The Offshore Conference, St. John\u2019s<\/p>\n\n\n\n

June 2016        Environmental Studies Association of Canada Conference, Calgary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 2016        Canadian Historical Association Conference, Calgary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 2016        SSHRC Imagining Canada\u2019s Future Forum, Calgary<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Media Interviews<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

May 2022    The Globe and Mail<\/em>, Toronto
\nIvan Semeniuk, “Prominent researchers urge Ottawa to increase top science scholarships above poverty line.”<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 2020     CBC Radio, Edmonton
\nTara McCarthy, \u201cLow Oil Prices and What it Means for Alberta.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 2020   University Affairs Magazine, Canada
\nLaura Beaulne-Stuebing, \u201cFormalizing 3MT Rules a \u2018Pandora\u2019s Box\u2019 for CAGS.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nov. 2019        CBC Radio Saskatchewan, Regina
\nGarth Materi, Blue Sky, \u201cSaskatchewan\u2019s Growth Plan.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

January 2019   FASS Newsletter, 杏吧原创 University
\nNick Ward, \u201cA Dozen Years at 杏吧原创 Studying History and Oil.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nov. 2017        Library and Archives Canada Podcast, Ottawa
\nGenevi\u00e8ve Morin, \u201cCanada 150: Reflect and Reimagine.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 2017        Universities Canada, Ottawa
\nPromotional Video: \u201cWhat are you going to do with an arts degree?\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

October 2016  Universities Canada, Ottawa
\nPromotional Video: \u201c#MyCanada2067.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Awards & Scholarships<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

March 2022    Teaching and Learning Services, 杏吧原创 University
\n杏吧原创 University Experiential Learning Fund (CUELF)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

2013 \u2013 2016    Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
\nCanada Graduate Scholarship (Doctoral)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

August 2016    杏吧原创 University
\nMacOdrum Library Open Access Award<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

May 2016        Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
\n\u201cThe Storytellers\u201d Research Communication Competition<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 2016     杏吧原创 University
\nGraduate Research and Innovative Thinking Award (GRIT)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

March 2015     杏吧原创 University
\nThree Minute Thesis Competition (3MT)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

April 2013        杏吧原创 University
\nOutstanding Teaching Assistant Award<\/p>\n\n\n\n

2012 \u2013 2013    Government of Ontario
\nOntario Graduate Scholarship (Doctoral)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21885,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"cu_people_first_name":"Ian","cu_people_last_name":"Wereley","cu_people_initials":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_people_type":[67],"cu_people_expertise":[],"class_list":["post-3366","cu_people","type-cu_people","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","cu_people_type-adjunct-research-professors"],"acf":{"cu_people_job_title":"Adjunct Research Professor","cu_people_degree":"B.A., M.A. (杏吧原创), Ph.D. (杏吧原创)","cu_building":"","cu_people_office_num":"","cu_people_pronoun":"","cu_people_designation":"","cu_people_email":"ian_wereley@carleton.ca","cu_people_phone":"","cu_people_phone_ext":"","cu_people_linkedin":"","cu_people_bluesky":"","cu_people_twitter":"","cu_people_instagram":"","cu_people_facebook":"","cu_people_website":"","cu_people_orcid":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/3366","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/cu_people"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/3366\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26984,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people\/3366\/revisions\/26984"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3366"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_people_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_type?post=3366"},{"taxonomy":"cu_people_expertise","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/history\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_people_expertise?post=3366"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}