Claude Couture

Claude Couture (born in 1956) is a historian and writer. Born in Montreal, Québec, Canada, Couture completed a PhD in history at the University of Montreal in 1987 and has been in Edmonton, Canada since 1988 as a professor in social sciences and Canadian studies. Since the beginning of his career he has been interested in the theme of modernity studied from different aspects: urban history, architecture, political and economical history, social sciences theories, critical analysis of the theories of postcolonialism, critical analysis of the theories of nationalism.

Claude Couture is a professor at Campus Saint-Jean, University of Alberta since 1999, the Director of the Canadian Studies Institute of the University of Alberta (2006), the Editor in chief of the International Journal of Canadian Studies (2005) and authored, co-authored, edited, or co-edited over 12 books and 50 papers in scientific journals .

Awards and Distinctions

Prix Eugène Trottier 2010 (Association canadienne-française de l'Alberta)

University Cup 2010 (University of Alberta)

CAFA Distinguished Academic Award 2008 (Confederation of Alberta Faculty Associations)

Killam Professorship 2007-2008 (University of Alberta)

Rutherford Award 2006 (University of Alberta)

University of Washington Québec Studies Chair 2006

Canada-US Fullbright Chair 2004-2005

Selected Bibliography

2011 : Tisser des liens entre Canadiens. Les conférences Louis Desrochers, Québec, Presses de l’Université Laval, 2010, 250 p.

2011 : La nation et son double. Essais sur le nationalisme et le postcolonialisme, Québec, Presses de l’Université Laval, 2010, 225p.

2009 : Récits du XIXème du siècle. Structure et contenu du discours historiographique au Canada au XIXe siècle : Garneau, Kinsford, Rameau de Saint-Père, Smith, Québec, Presses de l’Université Laval, 2009, 150 p. (with Jean-Jacques Defert).

2001 : Etienne Parent. Discours, Montréal, Presses de l’Université de Montréal, 2001, 485 p.

1998: Paddling With The Current, Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Étienne Parent, Liberalism and Nationalism, Edmonton, University of Alberta Press, 1998, 150 p.

1996 : Histoire du Canada : espace et différences, Québec, Presses de l’Université Laval, 1996, 400p.

1991 : Le mythe de la modernisation du Québec. Des années 1930 à la Révolution tranquille, Montréal, Éditions du Méridien, 1991, 152p.

References

http://www.acfa.ab.ca/Documents/patrimoine/journal_AQJO/AQJO_2_9.pdf

http://www2.canada.com/edmontonjournal/news/cityplus/story.html?id=c3df48b7-6ab4-40ed-bf9c-939987ccf430

http://www.ualberta.ca/~cafa/cafaawards/previousawardwinners.html

http://ualberta.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ACouture%2C+Claude%2C&dblist=638&se=%24d&sd=desc&fq=ap%3A%22couture%2C+claude%22&qt=facet_ap%3A

External links

Canadian Studies Institute [1] International Council for Canadian Studies [2]

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