Discover Research at Glendon!
Stay up to date with the latest research events at Glendon. From insightful talks and interactive workshops to conferences and student showcases, our events foster innovation, collaboration, and knowledge-sharing across disciplines. Whether you're a seasoned researcher or just starting your academic journey, our events offer opportunities to engage with cutting-edge ideas and connect with our vibrant research community.
Upcoming Research Events
Glendon Seminar
A new forum for researchers to present and discuss their research with colleagues.
This initiative fosters exchange, dialogue, and collaboration across disciplines, highlighting the breadth of scholarship within our community. Open to the all.
Presentations:
- Translating European Political Culture to a New World Settler Colony: New France under Louis XIV by Colin Coates | October 2, 2025 | 12PM-1PM | YH B217
- The persistence of stories in thought: From minutes to decades
by Buddhika Bellana | October 30th, 2025 | 12PM-1PM | YH C202 - Gender, Ideology and the Politics of Mistrust
by Nakamissa Sidibé | November 13, 2025 | 12PM-1PM | Room: C202 - Title: TBD
by Muriel Peguret | November 26, 2025 | 11AM-12PM | Room: TBD
Translating Multilingualism / Translating Multilingually
Glendon’s Centre for Research on Language and Culture Contact (CRLCC) invites you to this one-day workshop which will focus on what it means to translate multilingual texts and on what challenges the presence of multilingualism poses for translators.
Presenters:
- Elena Basile teaches literature, sexuality, and translation studies at the University of Toronto and at York University.
- Gita Hashemi is a refugee, a transdisciplinary artist, activist, curator, and writer who works from T’karonto, the “Dish With One Spoon Territory,” the lands of the Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee, Huron-Wendat, and most recently the Mississaugas of Credit.
- Dalia Kandiyoti researches and teaches comparative diaspora studies, American Studies, hemispheric studies, and world literature.
- Eva C. Karpinski is a Professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies at York University.
- Aurelia Klimkiewicz is an Associate Professor at Glendon College, York University (Toronto), specializing in Translation Studies.
- Chiara Montini is a scholar on literary multilingualism, translation and genetic criticism.
Date: Wednesday October 29, 2025
Time: 10AM–4PM
In person: Glendon Campus, room A301 (RSVP to crlcc@glendon.yorku.ca)
Virtual: Register for Zoom link here
Past Research Events
Languages in Contact, Identities in Flux: Sign Language Choice in Deaf Cultural Contexts
A Hybrid Bilingual French-English Roundtable with ASL interpretation presented by the Centre for Research on Language and Culture Contact (CRLCC) at Glendon.
Glendon’s Centre for Research on Language and Culture Contact (CRLCC) kicked off the 2025–26 academic year with its first round table, bringing together scholars in linguistics, translation, and Deaf studies. The event explored the social, historical, and cultural forces that shape signing communities and their linguistic ecologies, fostering rich interdisciplinary dialogue on the interactions between signed and spoken languages across time and space. The discussion was held in both English and French, with ASL interpretation provided throughout.
2025 Research Festival
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Explore the incredible work presented by our student researchers across disciplines.
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