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Sheri Crawford wins North American Conference on British Studies’ Canadian Undergraduate Essay Prize in British Studies

Department of History congratulates Sheri Crawford, a Double Major in History and Political Science, for winning one of the ten prizes in this year’s North American Conference on British Studies’ Canadian Undergraduate Essay Prize in British Studies competition. Her essay was entitled “Debating, Damning and Defending the ‘Cat and Mouse Act’ in the House of Commons” and it was written […]

Congratulations to Maynard Maidman and Marcel Martel on their latest books

Department of History congratulates Maynard Maidman and Marcel Martel, who today both donated copies of their recent books to the Department. Please drop by the Chair’s office to take a look. The respective books are: Nuzi Texts and their Uses as Historical Evidence, published recently by Brill and the Society of Biblical Literature. For full details, see https://secure.aidcvt.com/sbl/ProdDetails.asp?ID=061518P&PG=1&Type=BL&PCS=SBL  and Langue et […]

RCMP had files on everyone for or against bilingualism, says author

What few people realize when looking at French and English language rights issues across the country is that the RCMP were instructed to open files on individuals and organizations both for and against bilingualism in the 1960s and 1970s, says York history Professor Marcel Martel, co-author of a new book. “It raises some serious questions,” […]

Graduate News: Scholarship Winners

There are some good news and bad news from the Graduate History Program. The good news on scholarship winners and new students is first. The bad news about the RAship program will follow. Department of History is delighted to announce that this year we have two winners of the Avie Bennett Scholarship in Canadian History, […]

Maynard Maidman publishes his latest book, Nuzi Texts and their Uses as Historical Evidence

Department of History congratulations Maynard Maidman on the publication of his latest book, /Nuzi Texts and their Uses as Historical Evidence/, published recently by Brill and the Society of Biblical Literature. For full details, see https://secure.aidcvt.com/sbl/ProdDetails.asp?ID=061518P&PG=1&Type=BL&PCS=SBL Here is a brief description of the volume: Ancient Nuzi, buried beneath modern Yorghan Tepe in northern Iraq, is a Late Bronze Age […]

New book examines the role women play in health and medicine

What happens in those places that are apart from the big cities and major hospitals when health care is needed? Who attends a labouring mother involved in a high-risk delivery or a critically ill newborn when a medical evacuation flight is delayed by bad weather or distance? Those questions and more are at the heart […]

Student leaders honoured by Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies

Top student leaders and volunteers in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) have been honoured at an awards ceremony co-sponsored by the Centre for Student Success and York Alumni Office. Members of the LA&PS and York community, including LA&PS Dean Martin Singer; Professor Marilyn Lambert-Drache, associate dean, student relations; and Jeff Ball, manager of alumni […]

Four York students win Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships

Two of our former PhDs – Liza Piper (PhD 2005, supervised by Viv Nelles) and Sharon Wall (PhD 2003, supervised by Craig Heron) – won prestigious Clio Prizes this year. These prizes are awarded for meritorious publications or for exceptional contributions to regional history. Congratulations to both Liza and Sharon (and to the GPH once […]

Four York students win Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships

Four students from York’s Faculty of Graduate Studies have won Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships for research on everything from protecting vulnerable women to finding alternatives to the global takeover of organic agriculture. This is only the second year the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarships have been awarded. “We are delighted with the results of the Vanier […]

Graduating History students win prestigious SSHRC-Canada Graduate Scholarships (Master’s level) to support their M.A. work next year

Historians will be very pleased to learn that four of our graduating History students won prestigious SSHRC-Canada Graduate Scholarships (Master’s level) to support their M.A. work next year. Heartiest congratulations to Dan Guadagnolo, Riccardo Lo Monaco, Kali Petropoulos and Jackson Tait. Dan and Riccardo also won Ontario Graduate scholarships. This is wonderful news. I hope […]