What is empire? That’s what three York University departments plan to explore this week in the jointly hosted interdisciplinary seminar series Empire: Definitions, Subjectivities and Fragments. “Defining Empire”, the first in the series of three seminars, happens on Thursday, Oct. 30, from 12:30 to 2pm in the History Common Room, 2183 Vari Hall, Keele campus. […]
Bishop’s University will hold a special convocation ceremony on Friday, Oct. 17 in Centennial Theatre, wrote The Record (Sherbrooke, Que.) Oct. 17. Joining the graduating class will be two honorary doctor of civil law degree recipients: Rosalie Silberman Abella (Supreme Court justice) and York Professor Irving Abella (author and historian). This will mark the first […]
John Saywell’s new book, Someone to Teach Them: York and the Great University Explosion 1960-1973, will be launched Oct. 21 at a reception in Vanier College. From the early 1960s to the 1970s, the province of Ontario witnessed an explosion in university enrolment. In response, a dozen new universities were established and faculty recruited wherever […]
The federal government has renewed four Canada Research Chairs (CRC) held by York University Professors Colin Coates, Sergey Krylov, Janine Marchessault and Jim Whiteway, whose research projects range from health and digital media to Canadian cultural history and atmospheric science. As Tier 2 CRCs, each professor will receive $500,000 over five years, for a total of […]
More than 27 million people experience slavery today as defined by international conventions, despite condemnation from world leaders that include the late Pope John Paul II, former British prime minister Tony Blair and Canada’s Governor General Michaëlle Jean. How is modern slavery rooted in the experiences of the past? Can researching slavery’s evolution over time […]
In 1955 a group of Toronto professionals began discussions on expanding adult education in their city. The outcome was York University, founded in 1959 and opened in 1960 with 76 students. How York came to be, the challenges and triumphs are detailed in York history Professor Emeritus Michiel Horn’s upcoming book – York University: The Way […]
While many of us are inspired to academic success by an engaging professor or an eye-opening book, it was a little different for York humanities Professor Joan Judge. Judge, who will launch her latest book, The Precious Raft of History: The Past, the West, and the Woman Question in China (Stanford University Press, 2008) at […]
Rumours, broken promises, conspiracies and revolts might sound like the stuff of a good mystery novel. Instead it is York Professor Emeritus John Saywell’s telling of the struggles marking the earliest days of York University in his recently released book, Someone to Teach Them: York and the Great University Explosion 1960-1973. Saywell doesn’t shy away […]
Four arts professors have been chosen as this year’s recipients of the Faculty of Arts Fellowships awarded in recognition of outstanding research projects – English professors Len Early and Darren Gobert, history Professor Molly Ladd-Taylor and social sciences Professor Lisa Drummond. The fellowships, which represent the most prestigious awards offered by the Faculty of Arts, […]
Cross-border, team-teaching in environmental history – it’s the latest innovation in the Graduate Program in History. A course offered to students from both York and Arizona State University (ASU) was developed by Canada Research Chair Colin Coates of Glendon’s Canadian Studies Program and the Graduate Program in History, in collaboration with history Professor Susan Gray of ASU. Taught […]