Sean Carleton
Dr. Carleton is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of History and Indigenous Studies at the University of Manitoba. He holds BA and MA degrees in History from Simon Fraser University and a PhD from the Frost Centre for Canadian Studies and Indigenous Studies at Trent University.
He studies the history and political economy of settler colonialism, capitalism, and education in what is currently Canada. Dr. Carleton also interested in comics, critical pedagogy, and history education.
Listing Details
| Institution: | Universitiy of Manitoba |
| Fields of Expertise: | Colonialism Indigenous Politics Memory Politics |
| Research groups: | Memory Politics |
| Email: | sean.carleton@umanitoba.ca |
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| Languages: | English |
| Publications: | Lessons in Legitimacy: Colonialism, Capitalism, and the Rise of State Schooling in British Columbia (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2022). “‘I don’t need any more education’: Senator Lynn Beyak, Residential School Denialism, and Attacks on Truth and Reconciliation.” Settler Colonial Studies 11, no. 4 (2021): 466 –486. “‘The children show unmistakable signs of Indian blood’: Indigenous Students Attending Public Schools in British Columbia, 1871-1930.” History of Education 50, no. 3 (2021): 313-337. “Settler Anxiety and State Support for Missionary Schooling in Colonial British Columbia, 1849–1871.” Historical Studies in Education 29, no. 1 (Spring 2017): 57–76. |
