Dear Colleagues: I am very happy to announce that Edward has just published a new co-edited volume. The details are below. Please join me in congratulating Edward on this wonderful accomplishment. Thabit Announcing the publication of Made Modern: Science and Technology in Canadian History from UBC Press! As a special introductory offer, UBC is offering 40% off […]
The Tubman is pleased to announce that Dr. Vanessa S. Oliveira has been appointed Assistant Professor of African History at the Royal Military College of Canada (Kingston, Ontario). Dr. Oliveira obtained her PhD in History from York University in 2016. She is a long-time member of the Harriet Tubman Institute, where she is presently a […]
Dear Colleagues: It gives me great pleasure to announce the publication of a new book by our colleague Arthur Haberman. The book is entitled 1930: Europe in the Shadow of the Beast. Here is the publisher's description: The year 1930 can be seen as the dawn of a period of darkness, the beginning of a […]
Article courtesy of YFile - October 26, 2018 Mario Concordia was convinced that the manslaughter conviction handed down to Italian immigrant Frank Buono in the 1920s was indefensible. William Wicken Concordia, now a first-year student at Osgoode Hall Law School, researched the 100-year-old case in detail as part of History 4515, Murder in the Archives, […]
YFile Article: October 25th, 2018 A talk drawing from the extraordinary stories of the American- and Soviet-created “plutopias” will be the focus of the annual Melville-Nelles-Hoffmann Lecture in Environmental History on Monday, Oct. 29. Presented by York University’s Department of History, the lecture “Plutopia: Nuclear Families, Atomic Cities and the Great Soviet and American Plutonium Disasters” […]
Source: YFile Article - October 22, 2018 York University’s history and politics professors continue to celebrate Canada’s sesquicentennial with the launch of two edited collections featuring Confederation scholarship. These collections were completed as part of an array of projects to celebrate Canada’s 150th anniversary, projects that were executed under the leadership of history Professor David Koffman, […]
Dear colleagues: I am delighted to announce the publication of Adrian Shubert's latest 750 page book in Spanish: Espartero, el Pacificador (Galaxia Gutenberg, 2018). The book has caused something of a stir in Spain with Adrian much in demand by local media. Please join me in congratulating Adrian who has kindly provided an English translation […]
Dear colleagues: Truly it is an honour to serve as Chair in such a wonderful department. After reporting on important publications and innovative research earlier it now gives me more pleasure to report that our colleague Joan Judge has been elected to the Royal Society of Canada. This is a great honour for all of […]
Rachel Koopman's work in the Canterbury Cathedral has been receiving more attention. Here is a link to an article in the Times: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/victorian-glass-at-canterbury-cathedral-found-to-be-from-12th-century-dx035krcx And here's a link to a brief report from the BBC: https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-kent-45422965/medieval-glass-discovery-in-canterbury-cathedral-window Additionally, please see this link for Rachel's video on ITV Meridian News: http://www.itv.com/news/meridian/2018-09-06/excitement-over-12th-century-window-at-cathedral/ Congratulations Rachel!