The Mackenzie-Papineau Memorial Fund – named after the leaders of a battalion of Canadian soldiers in the Spanish Civil War – has donated $1 million to create an endowed professorship that supports scholarship, research and teaching in modern Spanish history. The funding will also maintain and preserve popular existing course content in the Faculty of Liberal […]
A recently published book, Celestial Inclinations: A Life of Augustus (Oxford University Press, 2023), by Anne-Marie Lewis of the Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics provides an original perspective on the critical events that shaped the reign of Augustus, the first Roman emperor. Based on fresh assessments of historical, literary, astronomical, astrological and artistic sources for the years prior to and […]
As part of its ongoing Canadian Writers in Person series, York University hosted Griffin Poetry Prize Award-winner Liz Howard via web conference to talk about her latest collection of poetry, Letters In a Bruised Cosmos, on March 7. Howard, who earned a BSc at the University of Toronto and MFA at the University of Guelph, […]
Welcome to another LA&PS Through the Ages, where we converse with longtime members of the LA&PS community about their academic history, personal insights, current roles and their fond memories at York University. This edition features Delisile L. Dlamini, who is currently working as a Student Success & Academic Advisor at the School of Administrative Studies […]
On Feb. 14, author Casey Plett was the featured guest during a Canadian Writers in Person event at York via zoom to talk about her characters’ pursuit of calmness and peace in the collection of short stories Dream of a Woman. Her stories are about transgender characters trying to figure out how to live fulfilled lives as adults and […]
Teaching stream faculty from Department of Economics, Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies, showcased their innovations in teaching and learning during the American Economics Association’s (AEA’s) annual meeting, held in January. The AEA annual meeting was held in conjunction with the Allied Social Sciences Associations and is the most prestigious economics conference of the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Welcome to another LA&PS Through the Ages, where we converse with longtime members of the LA&PS community about their academic history, personal insights, current roles and their fond memories at York University. Stefanie Lamonaca Caputo is a Student Success & Academic Advisor in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS). Stefanie is hardworking, […]
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 […]