York history Professor Steve Mason will discuss the historical understanding of the Essenes in light of the discovery of the Dead Sea scrolls in 1947 as part of the Anne Tanenbaum Lecture Series at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) on Wednesday. Mason, Canada Research Chair in Greco-Roman Cultural Interaction at York, will present “The Historical Problem […]
Department of History congratulates Jonathan Edmondson on the publication of his new book Jonathan Edmondson (ed.), Augustus (Series: Edinburgh Readings on the Ancient World). Edinburgh University Press, 2009, xxvii + 543 pp. There are more details about the work at: http://www.eupjournals.com/book/9780748615940
José Curto received an honourable mention for the Joel Gregory prize offered by the Canadian Association of African Studies (for the best book on African studies written by a Canadian or African who has studied in Canada).The book is Enslaving Spirits: The Portuguese-Brazilian Alcohol Trade at Luanda and its Hinterland, c. 1550-1830 published by Brill. The Committee praised José Curto’s monograph as “a […]
Gabriel Hauser has been selected as one of three recipients of the 2009 Governor-General’s Silver Medal. The Silver Medal is awarded to students who have demonstrated the highest distinction in scholarship during their undergraduate studies.
2009 Convocation Awards – Governor-General’s Gold Medals The Committee is pleased to announce that Ms Tarah Brookfield, Graduate Program in History, and Mr. Cory Valente, Graduate Program in Chemistry, have been selected as the 2009 recipients of the Governor-General’s Gold Medals. The Gold Medal is awarded to two students who have demonstrated the highest distinction in scholarship in […]
Three professors in the Faculty of Arts at York University, each a recipient of the Faculty of Arts Fellowship for the 2007-2008 academic year, delivered brief lectures describing their research in the Senate Chamber on May 6. The speakers were: Professor Stephen Brooke, Department of History; Professor Carlota McAllister, Department of Anthropology; and Professor Robin […]
Angela Durante has never been one to shy away from challenges, especially those that push her body, mind and spirit to their limits, wrote the Whitchurch-Stouffville Sun-Tribune April 2. Which is why Durante is embarking on a 35-day, 900-kiometre pilgrimage from St. Jean Pied de Port in France to Santiago de Compostela in northwest Spain […]
Ed Broadbent, a former leader of the federal New Democratic Party and former York professor and Board of Governors member, will discuss attacks on social rights next Thursday when he gives the annual Avie Bennett Historica Chair in Canadian History public lecture. The lecture, “Barbarism Lite: The Political Attack on Social Rights, 1979-2009”, will take place […]
Despite popular belief, the American Civil War was not fought over slavery, says York history Professor Marc Egnal in his new book, Clash of Extremes: The Economic Origins of the Civil War, to be launched next week. The comforting notion that the Civil War was fought to end bondage doesn’t square with the events either […]
Enthusiasm, wit, charisma and clarity are just some of the qualities cited by students and alumni who have nominated their college and university professors from across the province in TVO’s Big Ideas Best Lecturer Competition IV. Twelve York faculty are among the professors from 24 postsecondary institutions who are participating in the first round of the […]