{"id":25350,"date":"2026-02-12T15:41:43","date_gmt":"2026-02-12T20:41:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/?p=25350"},"modified":"2026-02-18T14:24:23","modified_gmt":"2026-02-18T19:24:23","slug":"summer-institute-storytelling-and-social-justice-summer-institute-at-cohds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/fr\/summer-institute-storytelling-and-social-justice-summer-institute-at-cohds\/","title":{"rendered":"Summer Institute: Storytelling and Social Justice at COHDS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1elxl-b72babf4858e5795568ec5dbf4e0127c\">\n.flex_column.av-1elxl-b72babf4858e5795568ec5dbf4e0127c{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1elxl-b72babf4858e5795568ec5dbf4e0127c av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_three_fourth  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1elxl-1-7283263c9d1a0f5e3fa02bd3f296e20a\">\n.flex_column.av-1elxl-1-7283263c9d1a0f5e3fa02bd3f296e20a{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-1elxl-1-7283263c9d1a0f5e3fa02bd3f296e20a av_three_fourth  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_one_fourth  avia-builder-el-last  flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-kbqqmldh-cd3cf73ae47f3aad86c76b46ff6ae9c3\">\n.avia-image-container.av-kbqqmldh-cd3cf73ae47f3aad86c76b46ff6ae9c3 img.avia_image{\nbox-shadow:none;\n}\n.avia-image-container.av-kbqqmldh-cd3cf73ae47f3aad86c76b46ff6ae9c3 .av-image-caption-overlay-center{\ncolor:#ffffff;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia-image-container av-kbqqmldh-cd3cf73ae47f3aad86c76b46ff6ae9c3 av-styling-no-styling avia-align-left  avia-builder-el-2  el_before_av_textblock  avia-builder-el-first '   itemprop=\"image\" itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\" ><div class=\"avia-image-container-inner\"><div class=\"avia-image-overlay-wrap\"><img decoding=\"async\" class='wp-image-25347 avia-img-lazy-loading-not-25347 avia_image ' src=\"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-12-at-3.19.47-PM-300x216.png\" alt='' title='Screenshot 2026-02-12 at 3.19.47\u202fPM'  height=\"216\" width=\"300\"  itemprop=\"thumbnailUrl\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-12-at-3.19.47-PM-300x216.png 300w, https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-12-at-3.19.47-PM-1030x740.png 1030w, https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-12-at-3.19.47-PM-768x552.png 768w, https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-12-at-3.19.47-PM-705x507.png 705w, https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Screenshot-2026-02-12-at-3.19.47-PM.png 1166w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/div><\/div><\/div><br \/>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-kbihb0gk-78d3301f98f2f60c00fafc455aba9186 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span class=\"xlarge-text\">This intensive summer seminar engages with in oral history and creative practice, arts and critical theory, public history, micropublications, and community-facing research.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xlarge-text\">This year\u2019s seminar collaborates with Montreal artist-run\u00a0<i><a href=\"https:\/\/skol.ca\/en\/the-centre\/the-centre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"Centre des arts actuels SKOL (external link opens in a new tab)\">Centre des arts actuels SKOL<\/a><\/i>\u00a0in dialogue with their COMMUNITIES project. The seminar focuses on intergenerational collaboration and community spaces, ecology, and 2SLGBTQIA+ artists, bridging SKOL\u2019s upcoming exhibitions on publication and the bookstore, ecology, community gardens, and festivals.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xlarge-text\">Storytelling, as an art and a practice, occupies a central, necessary role in activist and social justice movements. The testimonial power of oral history shapes cross-disciplinary impact in public history, museum\/curatorial practice, and the arts as well as ethics for research creation and scholarship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xlarge-text\">The summer seminar will center hands-on tasks and workshops for graduate students doing coursework and advanced undergrads, exploring mutual forces of storytelling and social justice towards flourishing student projects. These focus areas are principles of shared authority, performance, intergenerational transmission, scholarship on oral-history performance, and micropublications (artist books, graphic novels, photo essays, and zines).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xlarge-text\">Students will share in hands-on, practice-based workshops, methods, and course materials in critical theory. The 2026 summer institute incubates student projects with the chance to learn from program alumni and leading experts in the field spanning Concordia faculty, Montreal artists, and community organizations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xlarge-text\">\u201cStorytelling and Social Justice\u201d involves full-time activities from 13-29<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0of May. These include curated visits to field sites, galleries and museums, research panels and an outing to a performance in the evening. Collaborative activities with community partners are part of the intensive and will take place in addition to seminar meeting times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xlarge-text\">* Assignments in the final week need daily preparation. This schedule allows for flexible writing, media, and research creation outside seminar hours.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"xlarge-text\">Please be advised that a complete schedule for these course activities will be available in late April or early May, 2026. See tentative schedule below.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"c-title title section\">\n<ul>\n<li class=\"section-header-wrapper\"><b>Course:<\/b>\u00a0HIST 498\/670<\/li>\n<li class=\"section-header-wrapper\"><span class=\"xlarge-text\"><b>Dates: <\/b>May 13-29, 2025<\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"section-header-wrapper\"><span class=\"xlarge-text\"><b>Time: <\/b><\/span><span class=\"xlarge-text\">This is a summer institute that offers full-time activities (lectures and workshops). A detailed schedule will be made available at a later date. <\/span><\/li>\n<li class=\"section-header-wrapper\"><b>Location:<\/b> LB-1042 (COHDS)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row parsys_column cq-colctrl-lt0 flex \">\n<div class=\"parsys_column cq-colctrl-lt0-c1 col-md-6 col-sm-12 col-12\">\n<div class=\"c-box box section\">\n<div class=\"bloc p-2 pb-1 p-lg-4 pb-lg-2 with-border \">\n<div class=\"parsys\">\n<div class=\"c-wysiwyg wysiwyg section\">\n<div class=\"rte \">\n<p><span class=\"xlarge-text\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"accordion \">\n<div class=\"accordion-item border-default\">\n<div class=\"title\"><strong>Schedule<\/strong><\/div>\n<div id=\"content_main_grid_container_1263905091_grid_container_parsys_accordion_panel\" class=\"accordion-collapse collapse show\">\n<div class=\"accordion-body\">\n<div class=\"parsys\">\n<div class=\"c-wysiwyg wysiwyg section\">\n<div class=\"rte \">\n<p><span class=\"xlarge-text\">The following is a tentative timeline:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"xlarge-text\"><b>May 13-25<\/b>: 11 a.m. &#8211; 5 p.m.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xlarge-text\"><b>May 26-29<\/b>: 11 a.m. &#8211; 1:30 p.m. plus one evening activity*<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>How to apply<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"rte \"><span class=\"xlarge-text\">We welcome all levels of experience. The Summer Institute is oriented towards graduate students and senior undergraduate students (from Canada and beyond) as well as researchers, activists and community members who wish to learn more about the theory, practice and ethics of oral history and are invested in going public with their work. The program involves visits to Montreal arts and community organizations between May 13-29. The activities will include several afternoons and evenings. Participants who apply agree to participate in them.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"rte \">\n<p><span class=\"xlarge-text\">Your application must include the following:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span class=\"xlarge-text\"><b>Letter of Intent\u00a0<\/b>(500 to 750 words). Please describe why you wish to participate in the Summer Institute. Tell us why you are interested in oral history and what it would mean for you to explore the relationship between oral history and creative practice. \u2013 If you have a current oral history project, please include a brief project description. If your goal is to develop a new project, please include a brief proposal of your ideal project.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xlarge-text\"><b>Curriculum Vitae\u00a0<\/b>(CV). 1 to 2 pages.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xlarge-text\"><b>Transcript\u00a0<\/b>(for student applicants only). Please include a copy of your most recent transcript, whether from Concordia or another institution. Unofficial Concordia transcripts are acceptable.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-wysiwyg wysiwyg section\">\n<p class=\"rte \"><span class=\"xlarge-text\">Please submit your application by\u00a0<b>Sunday, March 23, 23:59 EST<\/b>\u00a0to\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:donna.whittaker@concordia.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" aria-label=\"donna.whittaker@concordia.ca (external link opens in a new tab)\">donna.whittaker@concordia.ca<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>For any academic inquiries please reach out to the Director of the Summer Institute, Dr. VK Preston at VK.Preston@concordia.ca.<\/p>\n<p>Full event description : https:\/\/www.concordia.ca\/artsci\/history\/programs\/undergraduate\/courses\/summer-institute-storytelling-and-social-justice.html?cq_ck=1770840383274<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-wysiwyg wysiwyg section\"><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section><\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":25347,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25350","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nouvelles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25350","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=25350"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25350\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25414,"href":"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25350\/revisions\/25414"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/25347"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25350"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25350"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/storytelling.concordia.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25350"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}