This year’s Department of Anthropology Annual Lecture will be highlighted by a keynote presentation from University of Pennsylvania Professor John L. Jackson Jr., titled “What a Difference Filmmaking Makes: Autoethnography, Multimodality and the Future of Scholarship.” Originally slated as an in-person event on York University’s Keele Campus back in March, the lecture has been rescheduled […]
Do you enjoy hearing about the latest thought-provoking research? The Scholars’ Hub @ Home speaker series features discussions on a broad range of topics, with engaging lectures from some of York’s best minds. The Scholars’ Hub events are done in partnership with Vaughan Public Libraries, Markham Public Library and Aurora Public Library, and are presented […]
David B. Goldstein, an associate professor of English in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, is co-organizing a major international conference on food studies in early modern culture. The conference Food and the Book: 1300-1800 launched Oct. 2 and continues through Oct. 12. This entirely digital conference is co-sponsored by the Center for […]
The second talk of the 2020-21 Research Seminar Series in Science & Technology Studies (STS) takes place on Sept. 29 from 12:30 to 2 p.m. and features Eric Kennedy, an assistant professor in York University’s Disaster & Emergency Management program. Kennedy’s talk is titled “Fires, and Other Catastrophes: Science & Technology Studies in the Governance […]
By Anam Raheel The Dean’s Office in the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies (LA&PS) is launching a new webinar series titled Moving Forward, creating a new opportunity for engagement within the LA&PS community. This virtual series of lunchtime talks will allow our alumni, students, donors, retirees, faculty, and staff to connect during this […]
McLaughlin College invites the York University community to come and listen to interesting speakers as they share their knowledge on a variety of topics during the popular Lunch Talks Series. The long-running series continues this year in a virtual format via Zoom. Students who attend six or more Lunch Talks throughout the year will receive […]
Alumni Engagement and York University Libraries hosted a virtual fireside chat on Aug. 18, featuring alumnus Jesse Thistle, author of the award-winning memoir, From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way. During the virtual event, moderated by Dean of Libraries Joy Kirchner, Thistle shared his journey writing his first novel […]
The York University Libraries’ Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections (CTASC) hosted its first-ever virtual class visit on May 27 with Professor Miguel Gonzalez’s SOSC 3800 Development Studies Research Methods course, part of the International Development Studies program in the Department of Social Science. For the past several years, Gonzalez brought his students to CTASC […]
Making the Shift (MtS), a youth homelessness social innovation lab co-led by the Canadian Observatory on Homelessness at York University, will host the first event in its Virtual Event Series on July 20 with a conversation featuring Jesse Thistle. The live talk will take place from 5:30 to 7 PM on Zoom. Thistle, a bestselling […]
The Scholars’ Hub @ Home speaker series features discussions on a broad range of topics, with engaging lectures from some of York’s best minds, through the month of June. Added to the series as a special event on June 11 at 11:30 a.m. is a discussion titled “Will this be the ONE? Reflection, engagement and […]