The Department of History has been invited to participate in a fund raising effort by the Student Council of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies (SCOLAPS). The organization is hosting its third annual United Way Online Holiday Auction from November 26th to 30th in collaboration with the Centre for Student Success. Any money raised by SCOLAPS […]
The Department of History offers congratulations and thanks to professors Craig Heron and Marcel Martel for the wonderful workshop they organized Nov. 1 on “Public History and the University” and the annual Avie Bennett Historica-Dominion Institute lecture by Prof. Alan Taylor on “Winning the Border:Settling the War of 1812”. Superbly organized, the workshop’s lively discussions […]
On October 19 and 20, York and the Department of History hosted an exciting workshop entitled “Borderlands, Transnationalism, and Migration in North America.” Over two days, twenty-five historians and historical geographers met at Glendon Manor to discuss pre-circulated papers. With the support of a SSHRC Connection Grant, York PhD candidate Ben Bryce, Alexander Freund at the University of Winnipeg, and […]
The Department of History congratulates former doctoral student Dr. Jason Ellis (PhD 2011) for winning the Cathy James Memorial Dissertation Prize for the best thesis in the history of education over the past two years. The award was presented to Jason on Oct. 20 in Vancouver at the Biennial Conference of the Canadian History of […]
The Department of History congratulates Bettina Bradbury for being awarded the Prix Lionel Groulx – Fondation Yves-Saint-Germain prize at the annual conference of L’Institut d’histoire de l’Amérique francaise for her book Wife to Widow. Lives, Laws and Politics in 19th century Montreal (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2011) (http://www.ubcpress.ca/search/title_book.asp?BookID=299173224), this past weekend in Sherbrooke. The prize is described as “le […]
York University welcomes the appointment of Christian Haas as its new Canada Research Chair (CRC) in Arctic Sea Ice Geophysics and the renewal of a CRC in the History of Modern China for Joshua Fogel. As Tier 1 CRCs, Haas and Fogel will each receive $1.4 million over seven years. The CRC is part of […]
DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY William den Hollander completed his dissertation “From Hostage to Historian: Josephus, the Emperors, and the City of Rome” under the supervision of Prof. Jonathan Edmondson. William was the holder of a SSHRC Master’s Scholarship and an Ontario Graduate Scholarship during the course of his PhD studies. He is interested in Roman historiography […]
The History Department congratulates most warmly three colleagues for winning SSHRC Insight or Insight Developments Grants in the 2012 competition: Stephen Brooke, Sean Kheraj and Rachel Koopmans. The results have recently been made public. As you know, SSHRC granting programmes are very competitive, and it is testimony to their scholarly stature in their respective fields […]
ATTENTION: HISTORY UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS Each year students strive to perfect their essays or term papers – pouring countless hours into attaining that sought after ‘A’ grade – only to have it collect dust once it’s handed back. Why not have your hard work published for fellow York students to read and learn from? The HPS […]
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