Kids, KidTech and the Metaverse: Global Childhoods in digital capitalism is a SSHRC Insight Development Grant funded project that explores the shift where much of children’s daily lives have moved into online spaces; and in this shifting reality, asks what it means to be a child in these spaces. The team seeks to understand what […]
LA&PS Professor Elisha Lim from the Department of Humanities has co-published a provocative manifesto to abandon privacy, which tackles digital discourse about online privacy through a humanities lens. “Abolish Privacy,” was published as the lead article of the February issue of Open Access journal First Mondays. Professor Lim mentioned that “the aim of “Abolish Privacy” is […]
Dr. Andi Schwartz was awarded a Connection Grant for the project "Visualizing Queer Femme Narrative Histories of Toronto Using Digital Mapping," which is a part of a larger project called the Femme Story Archives (funded by a SSHRC IDG: "'On Our Own Terms': An Oral History and Archive of Queer Femme Community in Culture in […]
LA&PS Professor Audrey Laurin-Lamothe was awarded a SSHRC Connection Grant for a project titled “La Grande transition: Raviver les solidarités postcapitalistes.” The Great Transition collective is calling on all those interested in building a fairer future to propose activities for the fifth edition of its international conference. The event aims to foster reflection on ways […]
Professor Stephen Brooke’s (Department of History) book London, 1984: Conflict and Change in the Radical City has been selected by The Conversation as one of its top 5 best non-fiction books of 2024. London, 1984 explores a pivotal year in London’s history, when the reforms enacted by Margaret Thatcher’s Conservative government began to profoundly reshape the life […]
The LA&PS Research Office is pleased to announce that two LA&PS Faculty have been selected as York Massey Fellows. We congratulate Professor Emilia Nielsen and Professor Zulfikar Hirji on this opportunity and look forward to seeing what they accomplish! Professor Nielsen’s program of scholarly research and creative activity engages interdisciplinary, arts-based, and research-creation interventions […]
The Global Labour Research Centre, LA&PS-based Organized Research Unit, is entering its third charter period under the direction of Prof. Adrian Smith (currently on sabbatical) and Prof. Carlo Fanelli (Interim Director). The GLRC was launched in 2013 following two decades of research activities pursued through the Centre for Research on Work and Society. In its new […]
The LA&PS Research Office is pleased to introduce one of the LA&PS Postdoctoral Fellows, Juan Carlos Mezo-González. Dr. Juan Carlos Mezo-González is a historian of sexuality and visual culture in the Americas who holds a PhD in History from the University of Toronto. As a recipient of the LA&PS Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (2024-2025), he is currently working […]
The LA&PS Research Office is pleased to introduce one of the LA&PS Postdoctoral Fellows, Mai Ibrahim. Mai Ibrahim holds a PhD in Communication, Rhetoric, and Digital Media from North Carolina State University and is a recipient of the LA&PS Postdoctoral Fellowship (2024-2025). She will be working with Professor Kelly Bergstrom, an Assistant Professor in […]
The LA&PS Research Office is pleased to introduce one of the LA&PS Postdoctoral Fellows, Kennedy Opande. Opande completed his PhD at the Institute of Anthropology, Gender and African Studies, University of Nairobi in Anthropology. Opande will work with supervisor Denielle Elliott, a Professor in the Departments of Anthropology and Social Science. Professor Elliott holds a York Research […]