Research

Arts and Humanities Awards and Achievements

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities has a long and proud tradition of academic excellence. We rank consistently as one of the top Faculties in the Arts in Canada. Our eight departments and two programs bring together over 140 full-time Professors, many of whom hold teaching and research awards on the local and international stages.

2012 Graham and Gale Wright Distinguished Scholar Fellowships


The Faculty of Arts and Humanities is proud to announce this year's Graham and Gale Wright Distinguished Scholars, Alison Conway and Henrik Lagerlund. This Faculty-based award recognizes Conway and Lagerlund’s prominent contributions as rinternationally-recognized researchers in their field. Appointments to the Graham and Gale Wright Distinguished Scholar Fellowship are for a one-year period and will provide faculty members with one half-course teaching relief, allowing them to focus on research.

Alison Conway

Department of English

Alison Conway, Professor in the Department of English, specializes in Restoration and eighteenth-century literature and culture, feminist theory, and the history of the novel. Conway’s most recent publication, The Protestant Whore: Courtesan Narrative and Religious Controversy in England, 1680-1750 examines religious controversy and courtesan culture as well as the evolution of prose fiction. Conway is currently working on a project that investigates the intersection of discourses of sexual and religious difference, particularly the representation of interfaith marriage in the eighteenth-century novel. A Huntington Library Fellowship will allow her to work on this project throughout the summer in California. Conway is also the previous recipient of the Marilyn Robinson Award for Excellence in Teaching. See profile

Henrik Lagerlund
Department of Philosophy

Henrik Lagerlund is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy, as well as a member of the Rotman Institute of Philosophy. Lagerlund is the editor of the book series Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind, as well as editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia of Medieval Philosophy, which is widely considered to be the most comprehensive reference work in medieval philosophy. Lagerlund is currently working on a project entitled The Mechanization of Philosophy. This collaborative project, which looks at mechanical philosophy in the seventeenth century, supports a larger objective of bridging the gap between medieval and early modern philosophy. In the near future, Lagerlund also plans to continue research on Arabic logic, as well as the history of Scandinavian philosophy. Personal website

2012 Arts & Humanities Teaching Excellence Award


The Faculty of Arts and Humanities is proud to announce this year’s recipients of the Arts and Humanities Teaching Excellence Awards, handed out annually to a full-time and part-time faculty member who demonstrates a level of excellence in the areas of classroom and seminar teaching at the undergraduate and/or graduate level, course design, curriculum development, thesis supervision and educational outreach. Each will receive a grant to be used to enhance research and/or educational development.


-Sonia Halpern (P/T)

Department of Women's Studies and Feminist Research

Throughout her years teaching in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Sonia Halpern has contributed excellence in the classroom to three departments; Modern Languages and Literatures, Visual Arts, and Women's Studies and Feminist Research. Specializing in in art history, Halpern's research examines and compares the various social, economic, and gender-political factors that have contributed to men and women's distinct biographies, artistic production, and images of women. Sonia Halpern is very active in the London community, she is a published author, local theatrical actor, and musical composer. Halpern has previously been awarded two major teaching awards at Western and she has been voted one of Western’s most “Popular Profs” by the Maclean’s Guide to Canadian Universities for five years running (2000-2005). See profile


-M.J. Kidnie (F/T)

Department of English

M.J. Kidnie specializes in early modern drama and textual studies, much of her work focuses on Shakespeare and drama and the challenges of adaptation. Kidnie teaches a popular, interactive course on Shakespeare and Drama where her boundless energy inspires students to bring the texts to life. Kidnie has been instrumental in building a strong relationship between Western's English Department and the Stratford Shakespeare Festival. Kidnie is regularly invovled in educational outreach, engaging theatre patrons through workshops, articles and lectures. M.J. Kidnie has also lectured at Shakespeare's Globe in London and acted as textual and academic adviser for the Royal National Theatre in London. Kidnie's creativity and passion for teaching is evident in her classroom, where she regularly transforms a basic room into a place where students are engaged and enlightened as the tests are brought to life. See profile

2012 Western Humanitarian Award


-Henri Boyi

Department of French Studies

Henri has long been involved in humanitarian causes locally and internationally, for which he has been recognized with awards such as the Black History Month Appreciation Award in Recognition of Outstanding Leadership and Devotion to His Community in February 2005, and the 2008 London’s Mayor’s New Year’s Honours List for Humanitarianism. He introduced Experiential Learning in Rwanda, a course that has been a tremendous success at every level since its inception. read more...

 

Angela Armitt Award for Excellence in Teaching

(Part-Time Faculty)

-Kathryn Mockler

Program in Writing, Rhetoric and Professional Communication

Kathryn Mockler makes students’writing come alive. Whether in the numerous courses she has developed – Out of the Book: Creative Writing in the Digital Age and Renewing Your Poetic Licence – or in her mentoring of students, Mockler makes creative writing real. Her real-world sense of the value of writing means she’s as engaged in the classroom as she is at her own writing desk.

Along with colleague Aaron Schneider, Mockler co-founded the Writing Program’s online literary journal, The Rusty Toque.

“One has to remember her teaching involves being critical of students’ most personal and prized creative endeavours,” Michael Milde, Arts and Humanities acting dean, said. “She gives them a hard time – and they like it. That takes real skill.”

KUDOS

Rob Stainton elected to the Royal Society of Canada

Congratulations to Rob Stainton who has been elected as a Class of 2012 Fellow in the Royal Society of Canada, The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada. Read more

Goldschlager honoured for volunteerism

Western professor Alain Goldschlager, Department of French, recently received the Ontario Volunteer Service Award, recognizing 30 years of service with B’nai Brith Canada, the National Task Force on Holocaust Education and the League of Human Rights. Read More.

2012 Perouz Seferian Armenian Genocide Prize

Congratulations to Michelle Guignard winner of the 2012 Perouz Seferian Armenian Genocide Prize for her essay on "Mind over Matter: The Relationshio between the Body and Mind in Phedre and Faust." The prize is given each year in CLC 1020 for the best student essay of the year.

2012 Lillian Kroll Prize

Congratulations to Winner of the Lillian Kroll Prize for 2012: Erin Lamotte for her "Selected Poems." Second Prize goes to Millie Ho for her short story “Mr. Hallelujah”, and Third Prize to Sandy Martin for his short story “Cold Coffee”. Honourable Mention of a Very High Order to: Marta Boutchma for her short story “Out of the Past”, Jack Morlog for his short story “Push Me Out to Sea”, Amy Wang for her poetry/prose collection.

2012 Marguerite Dow Award

Congratulations to Marta Boutchma ("The Epiphany") and Ryan Gaio("Responsibility"), winners of this year's Marguerite Dow Canadian Heritage Writing Award from the Faculty of Arts & Humanities.

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