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Htet Min Lwin named 2024 Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Dissertation Fellow in Buddhist Studies
York University is proud to announce that Htet Min Lwin, doctoral candidate at Humanities and grad associate at York Centre for Asian Research has been awarded a 2024 Robert H. N. Ho Family Foundation Dissertation Fellowship in Buddhist Studies. The program supports 11 Scholars from around the world for full-time preparation of dissertations in Buddhist Studies.
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Prof. Christina Sharpe wins prestigious prize for nonfiction
Professor Christina Sharpe was recently awarded the 2023 Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize for Nonfiction for her book Ordinary Notes (Knopf Canada, Farrar, Straus and Giroux/Macmillan Publishers, Daunt Books, 2023). The prize, worth $75,000, is given annually for excellence in literary nonfiction, to a work that demonstrates a distinctive voice and a compelling command of language.
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Denise Handlarski
Denise Handlarski is a rabbi, an educator, a researcher, an officiant, a community leader, and a Labour and Birth Doula.
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Adele Spraggon
Adele Spraggon is an award -winning author, a thought leader, an international trainer and a fearless speaker. In 2020, she was awarded the Woman of Inspiration: Customer Experience Award, and in 2021, she was recognized as the Top Behavioural Expert of the Year by IAOTP: International Association of Top Professionals.
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Dr. Jooyeon Rhee
North Korea's Essential Films and Books You Need to Discover as recommended by Dr. Jooyeon Rhee, a senior lecturer at Hebrew University’s Department of Asian Studies and head of its Korean studies program.
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