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Congratulations to our History colleague Rachel Koopmans for winning the Margaret Wade Labarge Prize 2012

Dear historians, It has been quite a week for York’s historians.  Last week at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Medievalists our colleague, Rachel Koopmans, won the 2012 Margaret Wade Labarge Prize for Books in Medieval Studies published in 2011.  This is a marvellous achievement, Rachel, and on behalf of the History Department […]

Huge congratulations to History professor William Wicken for winning the Sir John A. MacDonald Prize, a Governor General’s Award and the Clio Prize for Atlantic Canadian History

Dear historians, It gives me enormous pleasure to announce that our LA&PS History Department colleague Bill Wicken has won multiple awards at this year’s meeting of the Canadian Historical Association / Société historique du Canada, which finished yesterday in Victoria B.C. His book, The Colonization of Mi’kmaw Memory and History, 1794-1928: The King v. Gabriel […]

Congratulations to the Performing Diaspora Organizing Committee!

Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the entire history department, I would like to congratulate our Ph.D. student Francesca D’Amico and the Performing Diaspora Organizing Committee (Ph.D. students Funké Aladejebi and Katie Bausch, and undergraduate history student Amanda Girgis) for a most impressive conference last weekend. “Performing Diaspora: the History of Urban Music in Toronto” was […]

Congratulations to William Gleberzon on the renewal of his Long Service Teaching Appointment

Dear colleagues, I am very pleased to announce that our colleague, Dr Bill Gleberzon, has had his Long Service Teaching Appointment renewed for a further three-year term, starting on July 1, 2013. He will continue to hold his appointment divided between the Departments of Humanities (two thirds) and History (one third). On behalf of the […]

Performing Diaspora Conference

Historians, For those who are interested in seeing press photos and reading the press review for this weekend’s conference, “Performing Diaspora 2013: The History of Urban Music in Toronto,” (a Harriet Tubman Institute event co-sponsored by the History department–a full list of our sponsors found below) that featured prominent musicians Maestro Fresh Wes and Michie […]

Congratulations to Sean Kheraj on the publication of “Inventing Stanley Park”

Dear historians, I’m sure you will all wish to join me in congratulating our colleague in the LA&PS Department of History, SEAN KHERAJ, on the publication of his first book, Inventing Stanley Park (UBC Press, 2013, 304 pp.). Here’s how the press describes the book: “In the early hours of 15 December 2006, a windstorm […]

The seventh installment of History Professor Sean Kheraj’s audio podcast series “Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues” is now available

Above: First Nations farmer ploughing field on Western Canadian Indian reserve, 1920. Source: Library and Archives Canada. The seventh installment of History Professor Sean Kheraj’s audio podcast series “Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues” is now available on the NiCHE website. This episode examines the history of food in Canada. The history of Canadian food and […]

Congratulations to our undergraduate history essay award winners!

The Undergraduate Awards Committee for 2012-13 is pleased to announce the winners of the following awards: The Desmond Hart Memorial Awards 1000-level – Edwin Archbold: ‘ “I am somebody”: Pepys and his Naval Reforms’ (HIST 1015: Tom Cohen) 2000-level – Shimshon Dukesz: ‘Southern Misconceptions and the Civil War’ (HIST 2600: Marc Egnal; TA: Mark Dorsey) […]

Congratulations to Stephen Brooke and Bill Wicken on being shortlisted for CHA Prizes

Dear historians, It gives me great pleasure to announce that our History colleagues Stephen Brooke and Bill Wicken have been shortlisted for the two top prizes offered annually by the Canadian Historical Association / Société historique du Canada (CHA/SHC). Stephen Brooke is one of three historians shortlisted for the 2013 Wallace K. Ferguson Prize for […]