A Perilous Imbalance: The Globalization of Canadian Law and Governance, a new book co-authored by Osgoode Hall Law School Professor Stepan Wood, shines an urgent light on the dangerous imbalances in contemporary forms of globalized governance. The book will launch Wednesday, April 7, from 12:30 to 2pm in the Private Dining Room of the Executive […]
It has taken many years of toiling, but York Professor Emeritus Paul Herzberg has now completed a biography of his mother Luise Herzberg, the wife of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Gerhard Herzberg (Hon DSc. ’69) and an astrophysicist in her own right. Luise Herzberg, Astrophysicist: A Memoir is more than just a tribute to his mother, […]
Priscila Uppal, professor of English in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, spoke to Matt Galloway on CBC’s Metro Morning March 24 about her work as poet-in-residence during the 2010 Vancouver Olympic and Paralympic Games. Uppal wrote poems about the competitions and read them to the athletes and their families, which are archived […]
A new book co-edited by York Professors Norene Pupo and Mark Thomas will receive its official launch Thursday, March 25 at a special reception from 3 to 5pm in 626 York Research Tower. Interrogating the New Economy: Restructuring Work in the 21st Century is a collection of original essays investigating the social, political and economic […]
Surreal, absurdist, satirical, playful and yet, at times, deeply serious is how York English Professor Priscila Uppal (BA Hons. ’97, PhD ’04) describes Traumatology, her latest collection of poetry officially launching on Wednesday. A poet and novelist, Uppal will read from Traumatology during the launch on March 24 at 8pm at the Monarch Tavern, 12 […]
The main focus for Alejandro Zamora, a professor in Glendon’s Department of Hispanic Studies, is the study of the modern novel, including its philosophical and social issues, which he explores in his recently published book. Jugar por amor propio: Personajes lúdicos de la novela moderna (Playing for Self Esteem: Playful Characters in the Modern Novel) […]
Calling Moshe Milevsky’s views on personal finances unconventional is an understatement, wrote USA Today March 11 in a review of Your Money Milestones, the latest book by the professor of finance in the Schulich School of Business at York University. Before you dismiss Milevsky’s views as nutty, think about this: How well did following the […]
What is the true face of 19th-century French poet and critic Charles Baudelaire? That is what York French studies Professor Melvin Zimmerman delves into in his upcoming book Baudelaire & Co., being launched next Tuesday. Baudelaire has been defined as anti Jean-Jacques Rousseau and pro Blaise Pascal, but Zimmerman says the truth is more complicated. […]
Moshe Milevsky, associate professor of finance in the Schulich School of Business, recently published Your Money Milestones: A Guide to Making the 9 Most Important Financial Decisions of Your Life, as noted in this article by Michael Posner which appeared in The Globe & Mail on February 24. Moshe Milevsky never intended to write another […]
York political science Professor Leah Vosko, Canada Research Chair in Feminist Political Economy, explores the precarious margins of contemporary labour markets in her new book, Managing the Margins: Gender, Citizenship, and the International Regulation of Precarious Employment, being launched tomorrow. The book looks at how over the last few decades there has been much discussion […]