LA&PS Dr. Casey Mecija recently published an article in a academic online publication called Sounding Out! The article “In My Life”: Loving Queerly and Singing Across Generations examines the queer inheritances and intimate plotlines made possible by popular music. “In My Life” by The Beatles holds unique familial meaning for Mecija. As a soundtrack to her […]
On November 17, 2023, the HHF Chair in Modern Greek History, the HHF Greek Canadian Archives, York University Libraries, and the Hellenic Canadian Academic Association of Ontario hosted Democracy's Echo: Toronto Commemorates the Athens Polytechnic Uprising at the Collaboratory Space at Scott Library. The event was organized by Vasilis (Bill) Molos, Director and Research Lead […]
This past week, the Bearing Witness Symposium fostered many discussions around hate and harassment pertaining to public scholarship. The Bearing Witness team of Professor Natalie Coulter, and Communication and Culture PhD students, Marion Grant, Alex Borkowski and Anna Young coordinated speakers, panels, workshops, an art exhibit, and a documentary screening to center the stories of graduate students who have […]
LA&PS Professor Kinnon MacKinnon and team launches a research website outlining resources and support to provide up-to-date, data-driven information about gender detransition/retransition. This website was developed through on-going consultation with transgender/nonbinary and detransitioned people, their care providers, and by compiling the results from two research studies—The Detrans Discourses Study, led by Professor Annie Pullen Sansfaçon, and The Re/DeTrans Canada Study, led by Professor MacKinnon. Both of these studies were funded by the Social Sciences and […]
LA&PS Professor Dr. Sylwia Chrostowska from the Department of Humanities was recently on the New Books Network podcast, which featured Dr. Chrostowska’s book Utopia in the age of survival: between myth and politics, published by Stanford University Press in October 2021. In the podcast, Dr. Chrostowska starts with the genesis of the book and discusses the way […]
The Understanding Cybersecurity Series (UCS) is a comprehensive knowledge mobilization program aimed at addressing the critical issue of cybersecurity resiliency on a broader scale founded by Professor Arash Habibi Lashkari at the School of Information Technology in York. It operates under the premise that tackling cybersecurity challenges effectively requires creating efficient and relevant tools in […]
LA&PS Professor Tania Das Gupta investigates the myriad of challenges experienced by international students, focusing on how the housing crisis especially impacts this population while they also experience blame for it. In an article for CBC and for CBC’s Front Burner, Professor Das Gupta discusses how international students face exploitation and challenges both within the housing and labour markets. Professor Das Gupta mentions how “international students have been scapegoated […]
The York University journal, Critical Studies on Security, was added to the Web of Science Index, resulting in its being awarded an Impact Factor. Critical Studies on Security was founded a decade ago by the York Centre for International and Security Studies (YCISS) as the first journal entirely dedicated to the study of international security […]
Professor Jay Ramasubramanyam LA&PS Professor Jay Ramasubramanyam writes about the ongoing ethnic violence in Manipur, India for The Conversation, and discusses the deafening silence of India’s political elite. Professor Ramasubramanyam contends that the current government in India has been clear and consistent in its apathy towards marginalized and minority communities. While explaining why Manipur has […]
Professor Zachary Spicer This past January, professor Spicer was awarded the SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant, partnering with UpBeing. UpBeing heavily leverages AI which passively analyses the minimum information required to reconstruct a user’s workday while intermittently querying them about their emotional state, productivity, goals, and goal achievement. UpBeing collects data without burdening users with lengthy data input, making it ideal […]