Student Reflection This event was very insightful and the open dialogue about the racial repression of black people in the Americas resonated with me deeply. Being a black male who has faced many experiences of racial prejudice from law enforcement and both black and white Canadians, Compton gave me the opportunity to analyze these experiences […]
Student Article: Annual Michael Baptista Lecture explores the enduring legacy of Jamaica’s ‘Miss Lou’ “Unifying,” was the word Dr. Carolyn Cooper, the keynote speaker at the annual Michael Baptista Lecture, used to express the spirit of the Honourable Louise Bennett-Coverly on Thursday, November 3, 2016, as she addressed the large and diverse audience of students, […]
The Department of Humanities Faculty of Liberal Arts and Professional Studies is pleased to host the inaugural lecture of the new Black Studies Lecture Series Poster for Diversity and Affect by Wayde Compton (PDF) Monday, November 21, 2016 280N York Lanes 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m Lunch will be provided The lecture will examine the […]
The Destruction of Memory Pre-Release Trailer from Vast Productions on Vimeo. The documentary film, The Destruction of Memory by Tim Slade is based on the acclaimed book of the same name by Robert Bevan. It examines cultural destruction – the purposeful destruction of buildings, books and art in order to erase collective memory and identity […]
Becky R. Lee and Terry Tak-ling Woo’s new edited collection, Canadian Women Shaping Diasporic Religious Identities (Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 2016) is now out. This collection of essays explores how women from a variety of religious and cultural communities have contributed to the richly textured, pluralistic society of Canada. Focusing on women’s religiosity, it examines […]
The Department of Humanities, the Centre for Feminist Research, and the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies collaborated to launch and celebrate Working Memory: Women and Work in World War II, edited by Humanities Professor Marlene Kadar and Jeanne Perreault on November 4, 2015. Working Memory speaks to the work women did during the […]
Congratulations to Professor Jody Berland on the success of her recent SSHRC Insight Grant. “Digital Animalities: Media Representations of Non-Human Life” ($300,250) The research project “Digital Animalities” explores how ubiquitous media are changing the meanings and possibilities of human-animal relations. Animals powerfully symbolize what humans value, accept, exclude, or fear in themselves and in the […]
On November 18, 2015, the Department of Humanities hosted its annual career day. Nine professionals—all with degrees in the humanities and alumni of York University—shared their stories from diverse and exciting industries including journalism, sales and advertising, business communication, law and social advocacy. Panelists agreed that the transferrable skills they developed as Humanities majors in […]
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