University of Oxford social anthropologist to give Asia Lecture

Xiang Biao, a lecturer in social anthropology at the University of Oxford, will deliver the annual 2012 Asia Lecture in November. Xiang’s talk, “The Intermediary Trap: International Labour Recruitment, Transnational Governance and State-Citizen Relations in China,” will take place Nov. 5 at 519 York Research Tower, Keele campus. A reception will begin at 2:30pm, followed […]

Schulich ranked in world’s top 20 business schools

York’s Schulich School of Business has been ranked 20th in the world and number one in Canada in a global MBA survey conducted by Expansión magazine, a Time Inc. business publication based in Mexico City. It marks the third straight year Schulich has made the world’s top 20 in the Expansión ranking. Schulich placed just […]

Professor James Carley launches landmark book on John Leland tomorrow at UK's Bodleian Library

Described as a landmark in the history of medieval, Renaissance and Reformation scholarship, York English Professor James Carley’s new book, John Leland: De uiris illustribus – On Famous Men, will launch at the Bodleian Library at the University of Oxford. Assisted by Caroline Brett, Carley has edited and translated Leland’s original work De uiris illustribus, […]