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Professor Ananya Mukherjee-Reed: Rabindranath Tagore’s teachings particularly relevant

Although Rabindranath Tagore was a celebrated poet during his time – the first non-European to receive the Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1913 – and a prominent figure in India’s struggle for independence and social justice, he is not well known outside of India today. With the 150th anniversary of his birth coming up this […]

Professor Robert Latham speaks to CBC about exploring Middle East protests in the classroom

Professor Robert Latham, director of the York Centre for International & Security Studies, spoke to CBC Radio’s Metro Morning about the challenges inherent in using the developing situation in the Middle East as a teaching example in the classroom, including the role social media is playing in Egypt, Libya and other places in the Middle […]