appointed
Professor Nandi Bhatia has been appointed Associate Dean (Research) for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities. beginning July 1,2012.
Professor Joel Faflakhas been appointed as the (first) Director of the School of Advanced Studies in Arts and Humanities.
The Written Word:
Wendy Pearson & Susan Knabe from the Department of Women's Studies and Feminine Research have recently published Zero Patience: A Queer Film Classic by Arsenal Pulp Press. A Queer Film Classic on John Greyson's controversial 1993 film musical about the AIDS crisis which combines experimental, camp musical, and documentary aesthetics while refuting the legend of Patient Zero, the male flight attendant accused in Randy Shilts' book And the Band Played On of bringing the AIDS crisis to North America. Arsenal's Queer Film Classics series cover some of the most importatn and influsential films about and by LGBTQ people.
Mike Buma, is a professor in the Departments of English and Kinesiology at Western where he teaches a Sport in Literature Course. His new book, Referreeing Identity: The Cultural Work of Canadian Hockey Novels (McGill-Queen's University Press), examines our nation's "hockey myth" and the ways in which the hockey novel genre attempts to reassure readers that "threatened" traditional Canadian and masculine identities still thrive on the ice. Read more in the Western News...
in the news...
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. For a man who started “as a simple soldier” conducting voluntary research during the trial of Ernst Christof Friedrich Zündel, his work evolved into a lifetime of local, national and international leadership positions.. Read More
Whether she’s writing or telling them to an audience, such are the stories Ivan Coyote likes to tell.
“I’m not just sharing my stories. I’m a storyteller,” said Western’s 2012-13 James A. and Marjorie Spenceley Canada Council for the Arts Writer-in-Residence, hosted by the Department of English.
"I comment on the life around me. That’s what I find most motivating ... Read More
Can we support veterans while simultaneously holding moral reservations about war? This question is often answered in the negative. As the argument might go, any support for veterans is tantamount to moral assent for military action ... Read More
Imagine being able to write your own academic ticket to an Ivy League school of your choice.
That’s just what Emily Kress was able to do.
Thanks to Western’s Initiative for Scholarly Excellence, the 21-year-old got a head start to her post-secondary studies... Read More
Social media, the very tool that's brought the world together, is likewise responsible for worldwide alienation, according to one Western student ... Read More
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awards
Henrik Lagerlund & Alsion Conway:
Graham and Gale Wright Distinguished Scholar Fellowship
M.J. Kidnie & Sonia Halpern: Arts and Humanities Teaching Excellence Award
Henri Boyi: Western Humanitarian Award
Kathryn Mockler: Angela Armitt Award for Excellence in Teaching
To read more about Faculty Achievements click here
KUDOS
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.
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.
department Links
- Classical Studies
- English
- Film Studies
- French Studies
- Modern Languages and Literatures
- Philosophy
- Visual Arts
- Women's Studies and Feminist Research
- Linguistics Program
- Writing, Rhetoric, and Professional Communication
