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Sean Kheraj – Globe and Mail re: 125th Anniversary of Stanley Park

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/british-columbia/on-its-125th-anniversary-reflections-on-the-lasting-power-of-stanley-park/article13942124/

Performing Diaspora 2013 Public History Footage

Dear Historians, In June 2013, the Harriet Tubman Institute hosted a public history conference on the History of Urban Music in Toronto (this event was co-presented with the History department). We have since uploaded each of the day’s six sessions (two of which are public history roundtables with practitioners, journalists, music producers and radio and […]

Recent York History PhD Graduate’s Research Hits National News (Ian Mosby)

Dear Colleagues: For those who missed it yesterday, one of our recent PhD graduates, Ian Mosby, has been featured in newspaper, radio, and television stories across the country regarding his recently published article in Histoire Sociale/Social History, “Administering Colonial Science: Nutrition Research and Human Biomedical Experimentation in Aboriginal Communities and Residential Schools, 1942-1952.” The full […]

The final installment of History Professor Sean Kheraj’s audio podcast series “Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues” is now available

The final installment of History Professor Sean Kheraj’s audio podcast series “Histories of Canadian Environmental Issues” is now available on the NiCHE website. The final episode explores the history of the Alberta tar sands.   Tar Sands in Alberta (ca. 1900-1930). Source: Library and Archives Canada, 12-2 L.10 A48 (21B). The exploitation of the northern […]

Prof’s book about medieval miracles wins history prize

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History prof’s book a double winner

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Congratulations to our History colleague Rachel Koopmans for winning the Margaret Wade Labarge Prize 2012

Dear historians, It has been quite a week for York’s historians.  Last week at the Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Medievalists our colleague, Rachel Koopmans, won the 2012 Margaret Wade Labarge Prize for Books in Medieval Studies published in 2011.  This is a marvellous achievement, Rachel, and on behalf of the History Department […]

Huge congratulations to History professor William Wicken for winning the Sir John A. MacDonald Prize, a Governor General’s Award and the Clio Prize for Atlantic Canadian History

Dear historians, It gives me enormous pleasure to announce that our LA&PS History Department colleague Bill Wicken has won multiple awards at this year’s meeting of the Canadian Historical Association / Société historique du Canada, which finished yesterday in Victoria B.C. His book, The Colonization of Mi’kmaw Memory and History, 1794-1928: The King v. Gabriel […]

Congratulations to the Performing Diaspora Organizing Committee!

Dear Colleagues, On behalf of the entire history department, I would like to congratulate our Ph.D. student Francesca D’Amico and the Performing Diaspora Organizing Committee (Ph.D. students Funké Aladejebi and Katie Bausch, and undergraduate history student Amanda Girgis) for a most impressive conference last weekend. “Performing Diaspora: the History of Urban Music in Toronto” was […]

Congratulations to William Gleberzon on the renewal of his Long Service Teaching Appointment

Dear colleagues, I am very pleased to announce that our colleague, Dr Bill Gleberzon, has had his Long Service Teaching Appointment renewed for a further three-year term, starting on July 1, 2013. He will continue to hold his appointment divided between the Departments of Humanities (two thirds) and History (one third). On behalf of the […]