The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) has announced the recipients of the November 2025 SSHRC Connection Grants. Ten 快播视频 research projects received funding. Congratulations to the researchers from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS) whose innovative projects were selected. These projects span a wide range of disciplines […]
Carl Ehrlich, a humanities professor specializing in Israelite civilization, was quoted in a recent Toronto Today article discussing the Royal Ontario Museum鈥檚 (ROM) decision to change labels on artifacts previously identified as originating from Palestine. Some geographical labels in the same cases now read 鈥淓astern Mediterranean coast,鈥 prompting criticism from those who believe the change […]
Christina Sharpe, professor in the Department of Humanities, has cowritten an article in Hyperallergic with Professor Rinaldo Walcott, Carl V Granger Chair,聽Africana and American Studies,聽University at Buffalo. The article discusses South Africa鈥檚 Arts and Culture Minister, Gayton McKenzie, cancelling Elegy 鈥 a video installation created by Gabrielle Goliath 鈥 as the country鈥檚 selected entry for […]
Christina Sharpe, professor in the Department of Humanities, has published an article in The Globe & Mail titled, The murder that led to an uprising around the world. The piece discusses the ongoing reverberations of the murder of George Floyd by police in Minneapolis, Minnesota, in 2020 and its global aftermath. Sharpe was invited to […]
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 […]
Alison Halsall, associate professor in the Department of Humanities, has received the Honor Book Award in 2025 Children鈥檚 Literature Association Book Awards for Growing Up Graphic: The Comics of Children in Crisis. The award recognizes outstanding book-length contributions to children's literature scholarship and criticism. Halsall鈥檚 widely praised book is a monograph of comics that depict […]
A total of nine researchers at York, including four from the Faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies (LA&PS), received over $223,000 in funding through the Black Research Seed Fund. The fund supports Black scholars focusing on Black experiences and on projects that challenge systemic barriers while redefining knowledge creation. The four LA&PS recipients are: […]
Canada鈥檚 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) has awarded $5,786,741 in federal funding to 快播视频 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 […]
Canada鈥檚 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) has awarded $1.7 million in federal funding to 快播视频 researchers as part of the Insight Development Grants program. The program will provide funding for projects lasting up to two years, supporting a broad range of topics and disciplines as researchers investigate key societal challenges. A number […]
The 12th cohort of research chairs have been appointed at York by the Office of the Vice-President Research & Innovation. York Research Chairs represent a diverse range of disciplines and are appointed for a five-year term designed to foster a robust research culture. They receive research funding, contribute to new and innovative projects, and gain […]