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Congratulations to Alan Corbiere, Appointed Canada Research Chair in Indigenous History of North America
With support from the Government of Canada, two new Canada Research Chairs (CRCs) have been appointed at York University and two existing have been renewed this year. The new CRCs will undertake new research into "re-righting" and "re-writing" the Indigenous history of North America and investigating Black life in Canada. This year’s awards were announced June […]
David Koffman - Receives Runner-up / Honourable Mention by the Jewish Historical Society's 2021 Saul Viener Book Prize
David Koffman's monograph, The Jews' Indian: Colonialism, Pluralism, and Belonging in America was the runner-up / honourary mention for the 1892-established, Smithsonian-affiliated American Jewish Historical Society's 2021 Saul Viener Book Prize. View the full list here. Congratulations from the History Department, David!
Michele Johnson Honoured with Faculty of Graduate Studies Teaching Award
York University History Professor Michele Johnson was featured in Share Newspaper regarding her Faculty of Graduate Studies Teaching Award. See pages 7 & 15 for the article.
Congratulations Cristina Wood: Trudeau Scholar!
It is with great joy that I may announce that our very own Cristina Wood has been selection as one of 15 Trudeau Scholar for 2021! This is a tremendous recognition of her bold, innovative, interdisciplinary, and community-focused scholarship and its potential to change the way we look at the world. We are proud and honoured to […]
Spotlight on Rachel Koopmans: 'Hurrah, it’s leprosy!' How a conservator and a historian are decoding the grisly tales in Canterbury Cathedral’s stained-glass windows
York University Historian Rachel Koopmans and conservator Leonie Seliger are featured in an article by The Art Newspaper about their latest discovery. Read the full article here.
Congratulations to Joan Judge - Recipient of a 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship
Congratulations to Joan Judge - awarded a 2021 Guggenheim Fellowship for her project “China’s Mundane Revolution: Cheap Print, Vernacular Knowledge, and Common Reading in the Long Republic, 1894-1955”. The Guggenheim Fellowship is one of the most prestigious research awards in scholarship. For more information, head to their website. Congratulations Joan!
Congratulations to David Koffman on his new book, "No Better Home? Jews, Canada and the Sense of Belonging"
We are pleased to be able to announce a new publication by David Koffman, which also features a contribution by Kalman Weiser – an edited collection entitled No Better Home? Jews, Canada and the Sense of Belonging (Toronto, 2021). David S. Koffman (ed.) No Better Home?: Jews, Canada, and the Sense of Belonging. Toronto: University […]