As part of a recently received major grant to enhance the university’s leadership in Korean studies, the Korean Office for Research and Education (KORE) held the 2025 Korean Studies Conference titled “Borders, Boundaries, and Displacement.” The conference was combined with a regional meeting for 14 scholars in the fields of Korean studies and diaspora from […]
Students from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) gained valuable international experience through field placements in Japan and Mexico, where they taught English in an international context. As part of the Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) Certificate Program, these placements give students the opportunity to complete their degree program with […]
El Día de los Muertos -known in English as the Day of the Dead- is a two-day celebration that begins the day after Halloween. Even though Halloween and el Día de los Muertos almost coincide in our current calendars, there are marked differences in their cultural roots and significance. Halloween gained its origin during the […]
Date: Tuesday, November 4Time: 4 - 6 p.mVenue: Ross South 552 Join the Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics for an unforgettable event with acclaimed Portuguese novelist, Maria João Lopo de Carvalho. Travel back in time as she shares stories from her global journey tracing the footsteps of renowned poet Luís Vaz de Camões, who roamed these […]
Ten York professors have received $700,000 in funding from the Academy of Korean Studies, an agency of the South Korean Ministry of Education, with eight recipients based in the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS). The funding will support Korea in the World: Connecting Korea and Korean Diasporic Legacies, a new project which […]
Canada’s Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) has awarded $5,786,741 in federal funding to York University researchers as part of the Insight Grants program. The funding supports 34 projects and builds on an additional $1.7M in funding that York researchers recently received through SSHRC Insight Development Grants, supporting scholars in the social sciences and humanities. Half […]
Four students from the Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics’ (DLLL) Japanese Studies Program won top prizes at the 36th Canadian National Japanese Speech Contest (NJSC), after their historic first place wins at the Ontario Japanese Speech Contest. Ava-karie Hislop, Yuna Wong, Alex Sarkozi and Cheryl Leung presented their talks at the national competition and won top prizes which was hosted at […]
Over 20 York University community members, and five LA&PS community members, have been honoured with a King Charles III Coronation Medal. The medal recognizes outstanding contributions to public service and society in the areas of education, research, public policy and social advocacy. Sheila Embleton, professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures & Linguistics, was recognized […]
Undergraduate students from the Japanese Studies Program, housed in the Department of Literature, Languages & Linguistics (DLLL), took part in the annual Ontario Japanese Speech Contest on March 1. Students from the program won first prize in all four major categories (Beginners, Intermediate, Advanced and Open) presenting speeches that were meaningful to them in Japanese. […]
The Linguistics program in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Linguistics would like to congratulate Olivia Carstensen, a recent graduate of the Linguistics program, who has been selected by LA&PS as the recipient of the Best Poster Award for 2024 for her DARE poster, “Exploring Turkic Vowel Harmony”, completed in the summer of 2024 under […]