Appearing at regular intervals in YFile, Open Your Mind is a series of articles offering insight into the different ways York University faculty champion fresh ways of thinking in teaching and research excellence. Their approach, grounded in a desire to seek the unexpected, is charting a new course for future generations. Today, the spotlight is […]
On the weekend of May 13-15, the History Department hosted the 12th annual Great Lakes Ottomanist Workshop (GLOW). About 40 scholars arrived from the US and Canada to participate in a workshop on Ottoman history, languages, literature and cultures. This gathering has steadily grown to become one of the finest forums for a discussion of […]
On April 14th, 2016, The Supreme Court of Canada extended rights to Métis and non-status Indians in a landmark court case ending a 17-year court battle. Professor William Wicken from the Department of History at York University spent three years working on this court case and testified on behalf of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples […]
Craig Heron has won the International Labor History Association (ILHA) Book of the Year Award for 2015 for Lunch-Bucket Lives, Remaking the Workers’ City (Between the Lines Press, Toronto, 2015) I am pleased to share the citation composed by the awards committee Since 1988 the ILHA has periodically recognized authors with a “Book of the […]
The Canadian Historical Association named history Professors Joan Judge and Alexia Yates to the Wallace K. Ferguson Prize 2016 short list. The prize recognizes an exceptional scholarly book in the field of history other than Canadian history. Read more…
I am sure you will join in congratulating Marcel in his two new publications. These are Le Canada français et la Confédération: Fondements et bilan critique avec Jean-François Caron. Québec: Presses de l’Université Laval, 2016. as well as the French translation of his book on Vice. Une Brève Histoire du Vice au Canada depuis 1500. […]
I am sure you will all want to join me in congratulating our colleague Paul Lovejoy and a former doctoral student, Vanessa S. Oliveira, on the publication of their new book Slavery, Memory, and Citizenship (Africa World Press, Inc. & The Red Sea Press, Inc. 2016) Here’s a short description of the book: This volume […]
Dear colleagues and graduate students, More good news! This morning I received a copy of a letter from the President, Dr Mamdouh Shoukri, confirming his enthusiastic agreement with the unanimous recommendations of the Department’s Adjudicating Committee and the Senate Review Committee that our colleague, Professor Kathryn McPherson, be promoted to the rank of Professor, effective […]
York University Professor of History Bernard Luk, author of numerous publications on modern East Asia, China, and Hong Kong, passed away at Sunnybrook Hospital on March 23 after suffering a stroke. He was a beloved teacher and colleague. After receiving his PhD in History from Indiana University in 1977, Bernard Luk taught at the Faculty […]
The Faculty of Graduate Studies (FGS) honoured Kathryn McPherson for excellence in graduate teaching and mentoring with the Faculty’s Teaching Award at their Faculty Council meeting on May 7. “I’m delighted, honoured and very appreciative that my colleagues would put in the work for me to receive this award,” said Dr. McPherson beforehand. “I’m gratified […]