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 […]
Dr. Angele Alook, an Assistant Professor from the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies, embarks on a research journey to Bonn, Germany, championing the rights of Indigenous Peoples and advocating for ethical engagement with knowledge systems amidst the challenges of climate change. Alook and her team recently participated in the 11th meeting of the […]
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 […]
Professor Idil Boran is the Principal Investigator (PI) of one of the three large-scale team grants awarded to York University in the New Frontiers Research Fund International – 2023 International Joint Initiative for Research in Climate Adaptation and Mitigation competition. The grant — valued at $3.1M — has been awarded to Professor Boran with co-PI […]
York University Professor Nadia Hasan, in collaboration with the National Council of Canadian Muslims, has published a new study called “Social Discord and Second-class Citizenship” that examines how legislation passed in Quebec has negatively impacted the lives and careers of Muslim women. Bill 21, a legislation enacted in 2019, prohibits Quebec public servants – teachers, law […]
For centuries, the Indian Ocean has been a vital maritime highway, facilitating the movement of people, goods and ideas across a vast region stretching from East Africa to Southeast Asia. Yet the artistic legacies born from these cross-cultural exchanges remain relatively understudied compared to other parts of the world. Zulfikar Hirji, a professor of anthropology at […]
Canadian music industry icon Jason “Kardinal Offishall” Harrow accepted his honorary degree from York University at the June 20 convocation ceremony by reciting spoken word poetry – infused with his signature hip-hop lyricism – to graduands of the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies and the School of the Arts, Media, Performance & Design. The former […]