Fourth annual anthropology lecture looks at rocks, stones and other vital things

Hugh Raffles is a professor of anthropology at Eugene Lang College at The New School for Social Research in New York City. Raffles will deliver a special guest lecture today titled, "Rocks, Stones & Other Vital Things" as part of the fourth annual lecture hosted by the Department of Anthropology at York University. The lecture, which […]

York's youth homelessness report covered by Canadian Press and QMI Agency

A York University report is calling for reform in the approach used to deal with youth homelessness, emphasizing the potential role that family members can still play in supporting youngsters in need, wrote The Canadian Press April 14 (via the Record.com): The report said it's estimated that roughly 65,000 young people are homeless or living […]

Professors Gaetz and Winland: Family largely ignored in Canada's response to homeless youth crisis

The role of family in ending youth homelessness is largely ignored in Canada, according to a report released yesterday by York University, though there is evidence that family reconnection works in Australia and the United Kingdom and in one exceptional program in Toronto. Some 65,000 young people are homeless or at risk of homelessness across […]

Popular Empire series resumes after two-year hiatus on Feb 3

After a two-year hiatus, the highly popular Empire series of interdisciplinary talks returns to York's Keele campus this Thursday. Empires II is a joint project of the Departments of Anthropology, History and Sociology in York's Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, and offers University community members an opportunity to participate in free talks that […]

Panel to examine the future of Science & Technology Studies today at 12:30 pm

The Institute for Science & Technology Studies (STS) will host a panel discussion today at 12:30pm in the Delaney Gallery, 320 Bethune College. The panel will examine the future of Science & Technology Studies. Participating in the panel are University of Western Ontario  Professor William Turkel; University of Toronto Professor Michelle Murphy; Queen's University Professor […]

Professor Zulfikar Hirji publishes book exploring Muslim diversity

For more than 1,400 years, Muslims have held multiple and diverging views about their religious tradition. Yet especially since Sept. 11, 2001, Muslims are commonly portrayed as homogeneous and dogmatic. In his new book, Diversity and Pluralism in Islam: Historical and Contemporary Discourses amongst Muslims, York anthropologist Zulfikar Hirji challenges that view. The 253-page volume […]

York anthropology prof wins prestigious North American award

York anthropology Professor Karl Schmid (PhD '07) has been named the recipient of Public Anthropology’s prestigious Eleanor Roosevelt Global Citizenship Award. Named to honour the former first lady of the United States Eleanor Roosevelt, the award celebrates her role as chair of the United Nations committee that drafted the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Left: Karl Schmid The […]

York undergrads win North American contest for debating legacy of anthropology research

Who should be the beneficiaries of publicly funded anthropological research? That was the question York students in Professor Karl Schmid’s second-year Public Anthropology class addressed in their submissions to the 2010 Public Anthropology Competition – a North America-wide contest involving 4,000 students in 21 schools. Seven students in Schmid's class won awards for their op-ed pieces, which debated the […]

Professor and anthropologist David Murray examines homosexuality and hate around the world

Why does homosexuality incite vitriolic rhetoric, hate and violence around the world, and does homophobia operate differently across social, political and economic terrains? Those are just some of the questions examined in the book Homophobias: Lust and Loathing across Time and Space, edited by York anthropology Professor David Murray. Published by Duke University Press, Homophobias looks […]

Video: Interdisciplinary panel of researchers on China's distant past, present, and future

Interest in China is strong, and scholars and students alike continue to be intrigued by the country, whether viewing it through the lens of the past two or 2,000 years. That intrigue proved evident on Thursday, Jan. 28, when a record 110 people crowded into a room in York Lanes for the Faculty of Liberal Arts […]