Co-organizers Boyd Cothran and Carolyn Podruchny would like to invite you to the Winter schedule of the inaugural season of the History of Indigenous Peoples Network. The HIP Network, part of the Robarts Centre, brings together junior and senior scholars, undergraduate and graduate students, and independent researchers and is devoted to cultivating a community of […]
An Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference on Canadian Popular Culture How does Canadian popular culture inform the construction of Canadian identity? The Robarts Centre’s second annual interdisciplinary graduate conference is interested in theories, forms, genres, and representations of Canadian popular culture both past and present. We welcome multiple interpretations of the conference theme from a wide range […]
Co-organizers Boyd Cothran and Carolyn Podruchny would like to invite you to the inaugural season of the History of Indigenous Peoples Network. The HIP Network, part of the Robarts Centre, brings together junior and senior scholars, undergraduate and graduate students, and independent researchers and is devoted to cultivating a community of scholars working on Indigenous […]
Wednesday September 24, 2014 3-4:30 PM; 626 Kaneff Tower The Robarts Centre will go through the rechartering process in 2014-15. As part of this process we will have to envision future directions for the Robarts Centre. The Robarts Centre can provide services to researchers at York and bring together colleagues working on a variety of […]
Distinguished author Douglas Hunter will lead an exclusive Writing Workshop for York University Graduate Students. Doug is the author of a wide range of books of different genres in the fields of early Canadian history, business and sports, and his works have been celebrated by a number of prizes. He has been a winner of […]
The first Robarts Centre interdisciplinary graduate student conference, “Canada: Place, Space and the Politics of Identity” will take place on Friday April 4, 2014 from 8:30AM-5:00PM in the Kaneff Tower. The conference will feature presentations and panels from various visiting English, Visual Arts, History, Theatre and Performance Studies, Music and Political Science programs; as well […]
“Borderlands, Transatlantic Diasporas, and Transpacific Networks: The Spatial Turn in Migration History” William Jenkins (York University) Laura Madokoro (McGill University) Benjamin Bryce (University of Toronto) Friday March 28, 2014 12:30 – 2:00 PM Common Room, Dept. of History (2172 Vari Hall) Lunch will be served at 12 PM
Call for Conference Proposals Canada: Place, Space and the Politics of Identity A Graduate Student Conference April 4, 2014 What influence do place and space have on the development or maintenance of Canadian identity? The Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies invites proposals for a conference to be held at York University on Friday, April 4, […]
York Premiere of “The Inmates are Running the Asylum” A Story of the Mental Patients Association (MPA) of Vancouver Followed by a panel discussion with Megan Davies (historian and filmmaker), Miriam Smith (political scientist) and Geoffrey Reaume (critical disability studies) Thursday January 9, 2014 2:30-4PM 103 Life Science Building
The Second Annual Robarts Lecture in Canadian Studies took place Thursday October 3, 2013. Professor Pat Armstrong (Sociology and Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies, Liberal Arts and Professional Studies) reflected on “Working for Care: Caring for Work.”