LA&PS students win top prizes at Ontario Japanese Speech Contest

The 41st annual Ontario Japanese Speech Contest (OJSC), where six LA&PS undergraduates secured podium positions, was held at the University of Toronto on March 4 and marked the first time that the event returned in person since 2020. In total, eight students from the Japanese Studies Program, in the Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics (DLLL) at the […]

Communication & Media Studies awards recognize student excellence

York’s Department of Communication & Media Studies in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) recently hosted its annual Student Awards Ceremony for staff, faculty, family and friends to celebrate the notable achievements of students throughout 2022. Department Chair Ganaele Langlois commenced the virtual celebration by speaking of the history of communication and media studies […]

Vico Lecture to focus on Italy’s role in Mediterranean’s Black diaspora

Leading scholar Angelica Pesarini will deliver the 2023 Vico Lecture at York University on exploring the presence of Italy in the Black Mediterranean. A public event presented by the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS), the lecture returns in-person and online on March 21. Entitled “Italy and the Black Mediterranean: Race, identity and […]

Canadian Writers in Person: Tolu Oloruntoba on poetry and vulnerability

Griffin Poetry Prize-winning poet Tolu Oloruntoba talked about his latest collection of poetry, Each One a Furnace (2022), during his visit to York University for Canadian Writers in Person on Jan. 31. Oloruntoba said that we need “difficult poetry,” we cannot avert our gaze from what is happening in the world. However, we also need to “protect the […]

Researchers bring exhibit on conjugal slavery to Sierra Leone

A young woman’s green skirt containing bullet holes is one of several haunting artifacts that comprise Ododo Wa: Stories of Girls in War, an international travelling exhibit that focuses on the lives of Evelyn Amony and Grace Acan. The two women were abducted as children in the 1990s, forced into marriages, and held captive for years […]

Department of English presents annual writing awards

Earlier this month, the Department of English presented its annual English Awards at the first in-person reception – held in the Schulich Executive Learning Centre dining room – since before the pandemic. Each year the department offers seven prizes and scholarships, as well as recognition for outstanding essays written in courses offered at the 1000, 2000, 3000 and 4000 […]

2023 Vico Lecture to focus on exploring presence of Italy in the Black Mediterranean

The Vico Lecture, a public event presented by the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, returns in-person and online on March 21st with a leading scholar Dr. Angelica Pesarini.  Dr. Pesarini’s talk, Italy and the Black Mediterranean: Race, identity and citizenship, will focus on the presence of Italy within the Black Mediterranean, considers a […]

Kitty Lundy Memorial Lecture 2023

This year's Kitty Lundy Memorial Lecture will feature Paulette Senior, York University alumna and President and CEO of the Canadian Women’s Foundation. Paulette has devoted her life and career to breaking down systemic barriers and building gender justice for women, girls, and gender-diverse people. Her personal experiences as a child ignited her interest in social […]

Anthropology Annual Public Lecture to focus on juvenile violence

On March 23, the Anthropology Annual Lecture, presented by the Department of Anthropology in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, returns to being in person for the first time since the pandemic started. This year’s keynote speaker is Laurence Ralph, a professor of anthropology at Princeton University, whose work as a researcher, writer […]

Dramatic artists consider meaning of diasporic community at York’s Chinese Culture Day

Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics (DLLL) hosted the annual Chinese Culture Day event to celebrate Chinese artistry during the Lunar New Year festival on Jan. 24. The event featured a keynote public lecture, “China and China Diaspora: Interrogating Identities in Sinophone Theatre Performances,” delivered by Kwok-kan Tam, English Chair and dean of the School of […]