While many of us are inspired to academic success by an engaging professor or an eye-opening book, it was a little different for York humanities Professor Joan Judge. Judge, who will launch her latest book, The Precious Raft of History: The Past, the West, and the Woman Question in China (Stanford University Press, 2008) at […]
Rumours, broken promises, conspiracies and revolts might sound like the stuff of a good mystery novel. Instead it is York Professor Emeritus John Saywell’s telling of the struggles marking the earliest days of York University in his recently released book, Someone to Teach Them: York and the Great University Explosion 1960-1973. Saywell doesn’t shy away […]
Four arts professors have been chosen as this year’s recipients of the Faculty of Arts Fellowships awarded in recognition of outstanding research projects – English professors Len Early and Darren Gobert, history Professor Molly Ladd-Taylor and social sciences Professor Lisa Drummond. The fellowships, which represent the most prestigious awards offered by the Faculty of Arts, […]
Cross-border, team-teaching in environmental history – it’s the latest innovation in the Graduate Program in History. A course offered to students from both York and Arizona State University (ASU) was developed by Canada Research Chair Colin Coates of Glendon’s Canadian Studies Program and the Graduate Program in History, in collaboration with history Professor Susan Gray of ASU. Taught […]
Five members of York’s Faculty of Arts received the annual Dean’s Award for outstanding contributions in either research or teaching at the Faculty’s council meeting Oct 11. Professor Pat Armstrong of the Department of Sociology, Professor Thomas Klassen of the Department of Political Science and Professor Eric Mykhalovskiy of the Department of Sociology each received […]
York humanities Professor Bernard Lightman, a prolific editor and writer on 19th-century science and scientists, will celebrate the publication of not one, but two books next Wednesday, Nov. 28, at a book launch in the Renaissance Room, Vanier College, from 3:30 to 5:30pm. The launch and reception are presented by The Office of the Dean, […]
Distinguished historian and author John English will deliver a public lecture, titled "Trudeau’s World: the Making of an Internationalist", at York University on Thursday, Nov. 1, from 7:30 to 9pm. Sponsored by York’s Avie Bennett Historica Chair in Canadian History, the lecture will be held in the Robert R. McEwen Auditorium in the Seymour Schulich […]
York University’s sexuality studies program marks the graduation of its first class with a conference today, showcasing the research of its faculty. “Sexuality studies is increasingly being recognized as an important area of study, not just in academia but also in its application to the world at large,” says program coordinator Marc Stein (right). The York […]
Each year York’s Faculty of Arts presents the Dean’s Awards to recognize and celebrate faculty members for outstanding research, teaching and service to students. On Oct. 12, Dean Robert Drummond presented the 2005-2006 awards to seven faculty members at the Faculty of Arts Council meeting. Right: Dean Robert Drummond (left) presents Ilijas Farah with a […]
Kate McPherson has been named the 2006 winner of the Marion Dewar Prize in Canadian Women’s History. McPherson, (right) Chair of Women’s Studies at York and professor in the Department of History, Faculty of Arts, is only the second recipient of the award set up in 2004 by feminist historians in the Ottawa-Gatineau region to recognize […]