Fourth annual anthropology lecture looks at rocks, stones and other vital things

Hugh Raffles is a professor of anthropology at Eugene Lang College at The New School for Social Research in New York City. Raffles will deliver a special guest lecture today titled, "Rocks, Stones & Other Vital Things" as part of the fourth annual lecture hosted by the Department of Anthropology at York University. The lecture, which […]

Professor and anthropologist David Murray examines homosexuality and hate around the world

Why does homosexuality incite vitriolic rhetoric, hate and violence around the world, and does homophobia operate differently across social, political and economic terrains? Those are just some of the questions examined in the book Homophobias: Lust and Loathing across Time and Space, edited by York anthropology Professor David Murray. Published by Duke University Press, Homophobias looks […]

Video: York's dance faculty, alumni and students front and centre at global assembly

Several professors, alumni and students from York University's Department of Dance participated in the World Dance Alliance (WDA) 2010 Global Dance Event July 12 to 17 in New York City. More than 300 dance artists, scholars, educators and students, representing more than 25 countries, came together to explore the WDA 's 2010 theme, “In Time Together: Viewing and Reviewing […]

York prof's film about South African jazz singer previews Friday

A preview of the film Sathima’s Windsong, shot in New York City and Cape Town and directed by York anthropology and education Professor Daniel Yon, will screen Friday, April 23 at York. The film details the life history of South African-born jazz singer Sathima Bea Benjamin. Right: Sathima Bea Benjamin Sathima’s Windsong traces Benjamin’s story as […]

Faculty of Education forum this afternoon looks at technology in education

York's Faculty of Education will host its annual research forum on technology in education today, from 2 to 4pm in 280N York Lanes. Professor Jennifer Jenson (right) will present "Baroque Baroque Revolution: High Culture Gets Game". In today’s “super-saturated, socially networked, Second Life, massively multiplayer, online, keyed-in, content generating, 2.0, ‘glocal’” culture, the world of Baroque music, […]

New York Times covers Professor Yvonne Bohr's study on satellite babies

The phenomenon of American-born children who spend their infancy in China has been known for years to social workers, who say it is widespread and worrying, reported The New York Times July 24: About 8,000 Chinese-born women gave birth in New York last year, so the number of children at risk is substantial, according to […]