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Congratulations to Marcel Martel, Jacqueline D. Krikorian, David R. Cameron, Andrew W. McDougall & Robert C. Vipond on their new publications

Source: https://utorontopress.com/ca/roads-to-confederation-4 and https://utorontopress.com/ca/roads-to-confederation-5 In recognition of Canada’s sesquicentennial, this two-volume set brings together previously published scholarship on Confederation into one collection. The editors sought to reproduce not only the “classic” studies about the people, ideas, and events associated with the passage of the British North America Act, 1867, but also scholarly works that capture […]

Edward Jones-Imhotep wins 2017 Abbot Payson Usher Prize

Source: Y-File Article, Nov. 1, 2017 An article on Glenn Gould and the history of technology has earned York University Professor Edward Jones-Imhotep the prestigious 2017 Abbot Payson Usher Prize. The Usher Prize is awarded for the best scholarly work published during the preceding three years under the auspices of the Society for the History of […]

Heritage Toronto Awards

  The Department of History congratulates their current and former students for several award nominations and one win at this year’s Heritage Toronto Awards (October 23rd, 2017). York History PhD graduate Jay Young won the Short Publications Award at the Heritage Toronto awards for his chapter “Soils and Subways: Excavating Environments during the Building of […]

The Department of History mourns the passing of Michael Michie

Read Adrian Shubert’s recent articles

  Read York University History Professor Adrian Shubert’s recent articles here: Que se passe-t-il en Catalogne? (with Antonio Cazorla-Sanchez) Los límites de la vía canadiense

Congratulations to Josh Fogel on his new book, “Japanese for Sinologists”

  It is a pleasure to announce that our colleague Josh Fogel has just published a new book entitled Japanese for Sinologists.  The description of this book, co-authored with Fumiko Joo, can be found at the end of this message.  Please join me in congratulating Josh on his latest accomplishment but he has requested that […]

Congratulations to Nick Rogers on his new book, “Bristol from Below”

  Nick Rogers just received, hot off the press, copies of his latest book entitled Bristol From Below: Law, Authority and Protest in a Georgian City.  The book, co-authored by Steve Poole, is published by Boydel Press.  Please join me in congratulating Nick and in celebrating our wonderfully productive department. Description of book: Bristol from […]

Congratulations to Prof. Marcel Martel and Prof. Richard Hoffmann – Elected to the Royal Society of Canada

Dear Colleagues: I am very happy to report that our colleagues, Richard Hoffmann and Marcel Martel, have just been elected as Fellows to the Royal Society of Canada.  This is such an honour for our department and for our university.  On behalf of everyone associated with our department I would like to congratulate Richard and […]

The Unreliable Nation: Hostile Nature and Technological Failure in the Cold War

Boyd Cothran appointed co-editor of major U.S. history journal

Boyd Cothran, York University professor of American history in the Department of History, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS), has been appointed co-editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era (JGAPE). The publication is the premier journal of the Society for Historians of the Gilded Age and Progressive Era and an […]