Congratulations to Paul Lovejoy on his new book: Laços Atlânticos: África e africanos durante a era do comércio transatlântico de escravos: Atlantic Ties:Africa and Africans during the era of the transatlantic slave trade edited by Carlos Liberato, Mariana P. Candido, Paul Lovejoy and Renée Soulodre-La France The book is a collection of essays by […]
Congratulations to Adrian Shubert on his new book: Nueva historia de la España contemporánea (1808-2018) edited by José Álvarez Junco and Adrian Shubert This is a new history of modern Spain, presented in all its political and cultural diversity. The volume is structured along three interconnecting axes. The first part consists of seven […]
Source : YFile Article – June 13, 2018 An international conference held last month marked the work and contributions one of York University’s leading scholars, Professor Emeritus Nicholas Rogers. Professor Emeritus Nicholas Rogers “Crowds, Crime and Popular Politics in Britain and its Empire,” held on May 24 and 25, honoured the work of Rogers, […]
Dear Colleagues: It gives me great pleasure to congratulate our colleagues, Paul Lovejoy, Carolyn Podruchny and Jonathan Edmondson for news of their successful SSHRC Partnership Development Grants. Paul’s project is entitled “Boko Haram: Islamic Protest and National Security”; Carolyn’s is entitled “Aandse: Anishinaabe ways of knowing and the transformation of university-based knowledge creation and transfer”, […]
Dear Colleagues: Our department continues to prove that it is the envy of others with Joan Judge’s latest edited book: Women and the Periodical Press in China’s Long 20th Century (Cambridge). Please join me in congratulating Joan on her latest book which was co-edited with M. Hockx and B. Mittler. A description of the book […]
YFile Article: May 27, 2018 For more than 500 years, Irish men, women, and children have crossed the Atlantic Ocean to reach Canada. Yet, never during that time had people arrived in such great distress as those immigrants and refugees fleeing the Great Irish Potato Famine in 1847. A two-day symposium held at York University […]
Source: YFile – May 3, 2018 Equity and social justice are defining values at York University. The Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on Africa and its Diasporas at York University is emblematic of this deep commitment. This Organized Research Unit (ORU), launched in 2007, is dedicated to overcoming injustice and inequity that are linked to […]