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*Apologies for cross-posting* Dr. Kathryn Cassidy Senior Lecturer in Human Geography Faculty of Environment and Engineering Northumbria University Room EBD208 Ellison Building Newcastle-upon-Tyne NE1 8ST [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]> http://www.northumbria.ac.uk/sd/academic/ee/staff/kathryn_cassidy Dear All, CMRB is pleased to announce the following seminar: 'On The Making of a National Tragedy: The Transformation of the Meaning of the Indian Residential Schools in Canada', Dr. Eric Woods, University of East London. This seminar will take place today, 4–6pm in EB 1.04, Docklands Campus, UEL. The event is free but space is limited so please reserve a place at http://onthemakingofanationaltragedy.eventbrite.co.uk Best Regards, Jamie Hakim CMRB Abstract: The Indian residential school system has become the pre-eminent symbol of the historic maltreatment of Aboriginal peoples of Canada, triggering, among other measures, numerous official apologies from political and religious leaders, the largest compensation payment in Canadian history, and the creation of a Truth and Reconciliation Commission. However, the current representation of the school system as a terrible tragedy is in sharp contrast from the way in which it was formerly represented by its champions, who once heralded the residential schools as a humanitarian – even sacred – enterprise designed to save Aboriginal people from their ostensible obsolescence in the face of higher civilization. The aim of this seminar is to trace the process by which this remarkable transformation in the meaning of the residential schools occurred. To bring this process to light, the chapter draws on Jeffrey Alexander’s strong program in cultural sociology. Bio: Dr Eric Woods is a Lecturer in Sociology at the University of East London, a Faculty Fellow in the Center for Cultural Sociology at Yale University, and an Advisor to the Association for the Study of Ethnicity and Nationalism at the LSE. Eric serves on the editorial boards of the scholarly journals Cultural Sociology and Nations and Nationalism. Eric’s most recent book, The Cultural Politics of Nationalism and Nation-building: Ritual and Performance in the Forging of Nations, was published with Routledge in 2013. His book for Palgrave, entitled, A Cultural Sociology of the Acknowledgement of Injustice: The Anglican Church of Canada and the Indian Residential Schools, is expected to be published in 2015. For more info on CMRB: uel.ac.uk/cmrb ________________________________ This email has been scanned for email related threats and delivered safely by Mimecast. For more information please visit http://www.mimecast.com ________________________________