Five members of York’s Faculty of Arts received the annual Dean’s Award for outstanding contributions in either research or teaching at the Faculty’s council meeting Oct 11. Professor Pat Armstrong of the Department of Sociology, Professor Thomas Klassen of the Department of Political Science and Professor Eric Mykhalovskiy of the Department of Sociology each received […]
York humanities Professor Bernard Lightman, a prolific editor and writer on 19th-century science and scientists, will celebrate the publication of not one, but two books next Wednesday, Nov. 28, at a book launch in the Renaissance Room, Vanier College, from 3:30 to 5:30pm. The launch and reception are presented by The Office of the Dean, […]
Distinguished historian and author John English will deliver a public lecture, titled "Trudeau’s World: the Making of an Internationalist", at York University on Thursday, Nov. 1, from 7:30 to 9pm. Sponsored by York’s Avie Bennett Historica Chair in Canadian History, the lecture will be held in the Robert R. McEwen Auditorium in the Seymour Schulich […]
York University’s sexuality studies program marks the graduation of its first class with a conference today, showcasing the research of its faculty. “Sexuality studies is increasingly being recognized as an important area of study, not just in academia but also in its application to the world at large,” says program coordinator Marc Stein (right). The York […]
Each year York’s Faculty of Arts presents the Dean’s Awards to recognize and celebrate faculty members for outstanding research, teaching and service to students. On Oct. 12, Dean Robert Drummond presented the 2005-2006 awards to seven faculty members at the Faculty of Arts Council meeting. Right: Dean Robert Drummond (left) presents Ilijas Farah with a […]
Kate McPherson has been named the 2006 winner of the Marion Dewar Prize in Canadian Women’s History. McPherson, (right) Chair of Women’s Studies at York and professor in the Department of History, Faculty of Arts, is only the second recipient of the award set up in 2004 by feminist historians in the Ottawa-Gatineau region to recognize […]
While the scale of flight from Lebanon may be unprecedented in Canadian memory, massive displacements of people, whether by evacuation or exile, have been a constant throughout history, reported the Toronto Star July 23. The first mass exile for which we have evidence, says Maynard Maidman, a professor of ancient Middle Eastern history at York, […]
York University researchers have been awarded almost $3 million in funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Thirty-four projects at York received funding in the latest round of SSHRC’s Standard Research Grants program, announced June 15 at McGill University. In all, 969 projects will be funded at 92 institutions across […]
Interest in Yiddish education is dwindling and the 1,000-year-old language and culture is no longer widely esteemed, reported Canadian Jewish News June 15. That was the conclusion reached by panellists at the closing panel of the Association for Canadian Jewish Studies’ (ACJS) conference, “The Futures of Yiddish Education and Culture in Canada”. Yiddish was once […]
Four professors in the Faculty of Arts at York University have received the Faculty of Arts Fellowship for the 2006-2007 academic year. The recipients of the 2006 Fellowship Awards, announced April 18, are Professor Marcus Boon (Department of English), Professor Craig Heron (Department of History), Professor Huaxiong Huang (Department of Mathematics & Statistics) and Professor Ananya […]