Gabriel Marin

Gabriel Marin received his PhD in History from the University of Laval (Quebec), and has been teaching at Royal Military College (Kingston), Ottawa and Carleton University, Canada. He is interested in Intellectual History, Historiography and Historical Memory, publishing a book in 2013 at L’Harmattan, Paris, about the relationship between historical memory and school teaching during and in the aftermath of the Cold War. As a postdoctoral researcher (2010-2014), Gabriel Marin continued his work bringing a comparative analysis of history and literature textbooks in Romania, France, Canada, and the US (his second book is currently under press). As a Social Sciences Research Council fellow (2007-2008), he was concerned about migrant nostalgia and ethnic business industries. His academic research includes interests in migrant narratives and memories, travelling and writing about immigrant taxi and truck-drivers in the US, Canada and Europe.

In addition, Gabriel Marin has founded Canadian Association of Alternatives in Therapy in Ottawa, Canada, working in intercultural counseling and migrant psychotherapeutic settings.

CORPORATE EXPERIENCE

• External Academic Project Evaluator for Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, 2009 – Present

• Founder and CEO of Canadian Association of Alternatives in Therapy, 2017 – Present

• Director, the Institute for the Study of the Crimes of Communism and the Memory of the Romanian Exile, Bucharest, Romania, 2012 – 2013

• External researcher provider for Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Ottawa, Canada, 2010 – 2011

• Researcher consultant for the Museum of Sciences and Technology, Ottawa, Canada, 2008 – 2010

ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE

• Associate Professor IE Arts and Humanities, Madrid & Segovia, Spain, 2020 – Present

• Assistant Professor, Royal Military College, Kingston, Ontario, Canada, 2007 – Present

• Postdoctoral Fellow of the European Union, EHESS, University of Bucharest, 2012 – 2015

• Assistant Professor, University of Ottawa, Canada, 2007 – 2009

• Postdoctoral Fellow, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada, 2005 – 2007

• Fellowship Research, Etvos Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary, 1997 – 1998

• Fellowship Research, Moscow Pedagogical University State,  Moscow, Russia, 1995 – 1997

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

• PhD in History, University of Laval, Canada, 2004

• Master in Social Sciences, Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie, Paris, France, 2000

• BA in History, University of Bucharest, Romania, 1997