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Professor Gerard Naddaf shares his expertise on Plato at prestigious universities in Switzerland
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Book release, Young Muslim Women in India: Bollywood, Identity and Changing Youth Culture (Routledge) 2016
Kabita Chakraborty’s book was launched at the York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) in January 2016. Her book explores changing youth culture in the urban slums of Kolkata, tracking the journey of several key informants, as they make the transition from girls to young women. The book actively tackles dominant discourses about slum youth as […]
Kabita Chakraborty, President’s University-Wide teaching Award, 2016
Kabita Chakraborty was recognized for her ability to bring the lived experiences of children in slum communities in India, and plantation communities in Malaysia, into the classroom. Her teaching helps students make real-world connections with respect to theory and research. Chakraborty was lauded for her passionate and innovate teaching practice, as well as fostering the […]
Inspiring grad Jamil Jivani releases book, faces unexpected challenges
Celebrated author, lawyer, community activist and alumni Jamil Jivani has just released his new book, Why Young Men: Rage, Race and the Crisis of Identity. He recognized that many of the radicalized individuals who carried out the 2015 Paris terror attacks had much in common with his own past: the communities they grew up […]
Prof. Alicia Turner writes in the New York Times on Buddhism and violence
Religious Studies professor Alicia Turner has written a piece (with Dan Arnold) for the New York Times on the violence against the Rohingya and the colonial legacies for how Buddhism is perceived. The article, “Why Are We surprised When Buddhists are Violent?,” appeared in the March 5, 2018 edition and can be accessed at THIS […]
CBC spotlights Humanities PhD Candidate Joseph Smith who inspires youth with Black Panther
Humanities PhD Candidate Joseph Smith aimed to inspire kids with the superhero movie Black Panther. In the Jane-Finch community, Smith runs a weekly after school program for teens called Generation Chosen with his best friend Dwayne Brown. They entered Generation Chosen into a contest by Toronto’s Black Business and Professional Association (BPPA) and won. The […]
Congratulations to Mark Cauchi on his new book “Immanent Frames”
In June 2018 SUNY Press will publish Immanent Frames: Postsecular Cinema between Malick and von Trier co-edited (with John Caruana) by Mark Cauchi. Professor Cauchi’s research interests include the relationship of the secular and the religious, postsecularism, and film theory. Currently he is teaching two Religious Studies courses: HUMA 1170 The Modern Age: Shapers and Definers, […]
Ramadan Cookbook created by Islamic Traditions class
Students of Professor Selma Zecevic’s Summer 2017 online course HUMA 1845 “Islamic Traditions” have assembled a Ramadan Cookbook freely available by clicking on the link below. For more information on the course, click HERE. Ramadan Cookbook.PDF
Digital Archaeology and Virtual Reality: Current Applications and Beyond
YORK UNIVERSITY PROGRAMME IN CLASSICAL STUDIES Presents a talk by HARRISON FORSYTH (Ph.D. candidate, History/ColPAH, York University) When: Thursday 8 February 2018, 5.30 p.m. Where: 2183 Vari Hall (History Dept. Common Room) Everybody is welcomed FORSYTH POSTER 18 i 18(pdf)