The Department of History congratulates Anne Rubenstein on the recent publication of her latest book. Masculinity and Sexuality in Modern Mexico is a volume of essays that Anne co-edited with Víctor Macías-González (History/Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, University of Wisconsin, La Crosse). It was published by the University of New Mexico Press in their Diálogos series […]
It is with profound sadness, we announce the unfortunate news that our retired colleague Gerry Jordan, Associate Professor Emeritus of History and Senior Scholar, passed away after a prolonged struggle with cancer yesterday, Wednesday 15 August, at 7.00 a.m. Gerry was brought up in Southend-on-Sea in Essex on the south-east coast of England during the […]
There is a new system for enrolling in 4000-level history courses! Beginning FW 2012-13, History Majors and Minors can use the online enrolment system to register for 4000-level courses. IF you have successfully completed at least 84 credits and the course(s) listed in the calendar as prerequisites for the desired course. If you want to […]
Today, Libby Cohen received an official letter from President Mamdouh Shoukri confirming his pleasure in accepting the recommendations of the Department’s Adjudicating Committee and the Senate Review Committee that she be promoted to Full Professor effective July 1, 2012. President Shoukri commends Professor Cohen for her highly esteemed original scholarship and for her eminent reputation […]
Five researchers from York University have been awarded $499,152 from the Social Sciences & Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) to support social research and knowledge mobilization initiatives. The Public Outreach Grants support existing and ongoing projects that mobilize research results to a range of audiences beyond academia. The grants, part of $6.3 million in […]
Kristine Alexander, who defended her PhD in 2010 (supervised by Bettina Bradbury), has been awarded a second postdoctoral fellowship. Kristine’s PhD dissertation was entitled “The Girl Guide Movement, Imperialism and Internationalism in Interwar England, Canada, and India” and was awarded the 2011 Governor General’s Gold Medal. Kristine is currently a SSHRC postdoctoral fellow in the […]
The Department of History is delighted to announce that doctoral student, Douglas Hunter, has won two of the most prestigious awards offered to students by the federal government. The first is the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship, awarded to candidates with exceptional academic and leadership skills, and the SSHRC William E. Taylor Fellowship, awarded each year to the most outstanding […]
Shortly before she died on Thursday, Finnish historian and Professor Emerita Varpu Lindström was presented with a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal as a tribute for her lifetime of scholarship and her pioneering work documenting the history of Finnish Canadians. She was nominated by York linguistics Professor Sheila Embleton and given the award by […]
Sean Kheraj recently published an article about the recent history of oil pipeline spills in Alberta on ActiveHistory.ca and his own research website: http://www.seankheraj.com/?p=1257 That article got picked up by 660 News Calgary when the Plains Midstream Canada pipeline ruptured and leaked 3,000 barrels of oil into the Red Deer River. Sean was interviewed on June […]
The Department of History would like to congratulate York History PhD Ian Milligan, who graduated in the June 2012 convocation, and Dr Susan Roy, SSHRC postdoctoral fellow for the past two years in the Department of History, for both gaining tenure-track positions in Canadian History at the University of Waterloo. The search committee was so impressed […]