The Faculty of Arts and Humanities Remembers Alan Thicke
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Jessica Schagerl, PhD (’06) , December 15, 2016
Jessica Schagerl reflects on iconic Canadian actor Alan Thicke, BA’67, best known for playing Jason Seaver on 1980s sitcom Growing Pains.
Thicke: I got lucky in a purely Canadian way
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Jason Winders ,Western News , December 15, 2016Iconic Canadian actor Alan Thicke, BA’67, best known for playing Jason Seaver on 1980s sitcom Growing Pains, died from a heart attack Tuesday in Los Angeles. He was 69.
Revisiting England’s real Game of Thrones
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John Leonard ,Western News , December 01, 2016John Leonard, English and Writing Studies, who teaches the popular Game of Thrones course, reflects on King Edmund Ironside's death 1,000 years to the day after his undignified demise.
Project breathes life in stories of the dead
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Adela Talbot ,Western News , November 24, 2016SASAH students probe archives, city records, burial records to learn about the lives of the dead.
Remembering a Canadian poet, songwriter
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Adela Talbot ,Western News , November 17, 2016Western faculty reflect on the passing of Canadian music and literary icon, Leonard Cohen.
Finding reason for hope in a wrong-way election
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Tracy de Boer ,Western News , November 16, 2016Tracy de Boer,PhD student in Philosophy, reflects on the recent election of Donald Trump for President.
Uncover the skill of In Flanders Fields
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David Bentley ,Western News , November 10, 2016David Bentley, Western English & Writing Studies, reflects on the poem In Flanders Fields.
Film festival fills gap in local arts scene
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Adela Talbot ,Western News , November 10, 2016The inaugural Forest City Film Festival is taking place Nov. 11-13 at the London Public Library’s Wolf Performance Hall.
Gender "pronoun war" is about freedom for sure, but not free speech
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Jake Pyne ,Now Toronto , November 10, 2016Jake Pyne, Women's Studies and Feminist Research, weighs in on the non-binary gender pronoun debate.
We are non-binary trans people – and, yes, we exist
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Joshua Ferguson ,Western News , November 09, 2016Joshua M. Ferguson, BA’09 (Film Studies), originally penned this piece for Huffington Post.
Class gives ‘bad quarto’ its day on stage
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Adela Talbot ,Western News , November 04, 2016Among scholars, Hamlet Q1 is known as ‘the bad quarto.’ But it is a good version for stage performances of the play, said Jo Devereux, who teaches in the Department of English and Writing Studies at Western.
Wordsfest: Authors and eager fans come out from under the covers
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Joe Belanger ,London Free Press , November 03, 2016Third-annual Words: The Literary and Creative Arts Festival runs at Museum London November 4-6, 2016.
Words fest gives instant feedback
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Joe Belanger ,London Free Press , November 02, 2016London poet Penn Kemp is giving a boost to London’s three-day Words festival’s bid to get and publish feedback from its audience this weekend at Museum London.
Festival brings all lovers of words together
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Adela Talbot ,Western News , October 27, 2016Words: London’s Literary and Creative Arts Festival returns November 4-6 at Museum London.
More than Words on a page
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Annie Rueter ,Western Gazette , October 27, 2016London’s own literary and creative arts festival, Words, has a similar effect; in its third year, Words brings a notable array of authors and members of the literary community to Museum London for a weekend of literary bliss.
Alumnus to explore life of ‘Rebel Angel’
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Chris Lowry ,Western News , October 27, 2016Rebel Angel is a portrait documentary by Chris Lowry, BA’77, a Toronto-based filmmaker and writer, about the life and cultural legacy of Ross Woodman (1922-1914).
Governor General taps trio for top PhD honours
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Adela Talbot ,Western News , October 26, 2016Yanxiang Wu, PhD Comparative Literature is one of three Western students to be awarded the 2016 Governor General Gold Medal award.
Class offers a new outlook on the world
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Jason Winders ,Western News , October 14, 2016Western News asked three students from the Rwanda:Culture, Society and Reconstruction course – Misha Apel, Sean Alexander Cousins and Maricel Hope – to reflect on their experience.
Vanier scholar eyes work, motherhood and disability
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Adela Talbot ,Western News , October 13, 2016Melanie Stone, a PhD candidate in the Department of Women’s Studies and Feminist Research, is among 166 recipients of the Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship.
Kelly Olson explores brothels of Pompeii with David Suzuki
CBC , October 05, 2016Kelly Olson from WesternU Classics explores brothels of Pompeii with David Suzuki on The Nature of Things airing October 6, 2016.
Erotic images in Pompeii ruins reveal secrets to Western University prof, CBC host David Suzuki
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Joe Belanger ,London Free Press , October 04, 2016Among the experts who accompany Suzuki to the ancient Roman city is Kelly Olson, an expert in Roman society and culture, including sexuality, social attitudes, women and the family and slavery.
Giller applauds Barwin, Donoghue, Biblioasis
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Jason Winders ,Western News , September 30, 2016Gary Barwin and Emma Donoghue, both former Western Writers-in Residence, were among six authors named to the 2016 Scotiabank Giller Prize shortlist
Brennan comments on Chris Bosh in NY Times
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Samantha Brennan ,New York Times , September 27, 2016Samantha Brennan, Philosophy/Women's Studies, comments on the ethically challenging case of basketball player Chris Bosh in the New York Times.
Weijer, Phu named to Royal Society of Canada
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Jason Winders ,Western News , September 01, 2016Charles Weijer, Philosophy was named Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and Thy Phu, English & Writing Studies, was named to the RSC College of New Scholars, Artists & Scientists.
Multimedia maven Sam Maggs is the First Lady of Geek
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Jeff Renaud ,Western Alumni Gazette , August 30, 2016Maggs, BA’06, has become the funny feminist face of geekdom – no easy task when you consider fictional places like Westeros, Jakku and Osiris are so often dominated by males both in portrayal and creation.
Study explores role of Jewish women on homefront
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Paul Mayne ,Western News , August 29, 2016Maggs, BA’06, has become the funny feminist face of geekdom – no easy task when you consider fictional places like Westeros, Jakku and Osiris are so often dominated by males both in portrayal and creation.
Southwestern Ontarians do talk differently
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Dale Carruthers ,London Free Press , August 22, 2016Sarnia’s Michael Iannozzi is a graduate student studying language and dialect at Western University whose keen ear for speech was triggered by his grandparents.
Southwestern Ontario accent to be documented in study
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Colin Butler ,CBC News , August 22, 2016Michael Iannozzi, a linguist at Western University in London, has embarked on a groundbreaking study that looks to better understand dialect and accent of people who live in Southwestern Ontario. (Michael Iannozzi)
A&H students named to Undergraduate Awards shortlist
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Jason Winders ,Western News , August 18, 2016A huge congratulations to all of our A&H students recognized as ‘Highly Commended Entrants’ of The Undergraduate Awards 2016, the world’s largest academic awards program for undergraduate students. Winners will be chosen later this fall.
Why should Canadians care about gender equity in clean energy employment?
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Bipasha Baruah ,The Hill Times , August 15, 2016Bipasha Baruah, Women's Studies, comments on gender inequity in the clean energy sector in The Hill Times.
Treating with emotions: The 'passion theory' of anorexia
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James Purtill ,Australian Broadcasting Corporation , July 23, 2016Rotman philosopher shares views about disorders and addictions being treated as passions with Australian Broadcasting Corporation and Yahoo News.
This ain’t just any research project
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George Mathewson ,The Sarnia Journal , July 22, 2016Sarnia’s Michael Iannozzi is a graduate student studying language and dialect at Western University whose keen ear for speech was triggered by his grandparents.
Munro Chair in Creativity moving forward
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Crystal Lamb ,Impact Western , July 22, 2016Creativity on Western’s campus and beyond will soon get a boost now that the fundraising campaign for the new Alice Munro Chair in Creativity is complete.
Cull named Poet Laureate for London
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Jason Winders ,Western News , July 21, 2016Western professor Tom Cull was named Poet Laureate for the City of London by the London Arts Council. The Poet Laureate is an ambassador for London’s arts community on local, provincial and national levels.
Modern Languages Offering Two First-Year Seminars
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Aaron Mallette ,The Gazette , July 20, 2016Starting in September 2016 the Department of Modern Languages will be offering seminar courses for first-year students: CLC 1040: Ideas & Apps That Changed the World and CLC 1050E: World Cultures, Literatures and Arts Across the Ages.
Professor offers a sentence to the letter
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Douglas Keddy ,Western News , June 24, 2016In The Letter & The Cosmos, published by University of Toronto Press in July, Modern Languages and Literatures professor Laurence de Looze examines how the alphabet has, for thousands of years, shaped the Western view of the world.
Debut novel no longer a secret for alumna
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Crystal Lamb ,Western News , June 23, 2016Laurie Elizabeth Flynn’s (BA'10) debut novel, Firsts, released in January, has been described by reviewers as “brave,” “gutsy” and “powerful.”
The Game of Thrones fantasy series is a good way to introduce students to higher literature, Western prof says
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Hala Ghonaim ,The Game of Thrones fantasy series is a good way to introduce students to higher literature, Western prof says , June 01, 2016John Leonard, English and Writing Studies, discusses the brand new English course based on Game of Thrones books.
Winter is coming and so is the course
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Heather Hughes ,Western News , May 26, 2016John Leonard, English and Writing Studies, discusses the brand new English course based on Game of Thrones books.
Alumna bringing realism back to the art world
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Heather Hughes ,Western News , May 25, 2016Copeland, BFA’15, is perfecting the art of realism drawing. Only one year after graduation, the young artist is managed by Bernarducci Meisel Gallery in New York, which focuses on contemporary realist art.
Children: The Normal and The Monstrous
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Steven Bruhm ,Digital Human on BBC Radio 4 , May 12, 2016Steven Bruhm from Western English and Writing Studies discusses "Children: The Normal and The Monstrous" on BBC Radio.
Commentary: Verdict did not acquit misconceptions
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Tracy DeBoer ,Western News , May 11, 2016Tracy De Boer, PhD candidate at the Rotman Institute of Philosophy, comments on the Jian Ghomeshi acquittal.
Book visually explores making of a modern city
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Heather Hughes ,Western News , May 11, 2016Sarah Bassnett, Visual Arts, recently published 'Picturing Toronto: Photography and the Making of a Modern City,' This book tells the story of the city’s development and reform during a period of incredible growth, industrialization and immigration. Read more in #WesternU News:
Connecting writers with their inner weird
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Heather Hughes ,Western News , May 11, 2016Margaret Christakos, an award-winning poet, fiction author, critic and creative-writing instructor, was recently named the 2016-17 Western Writer-in-Residence. This is her second writer-in-residence position, having formerly held the position at the University of Windsor.
It's time to use a different approach to life and learning with our young men
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Henrik Lagerlund and Erika Simpson ,London Free Press , May 09, 2016Henrik Lagerlund, Philosophy, and Erika Simpson, Political Science, recommend a different approach to life and learning with young men
Exploring the diffusion of Drake
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Juan Luis Suarez ,Western News , May 05, 2016Modern Languages and Literatures professor Juan Luis Suárez,Director of The CulturePlex Lab, discusses the diffusion of cultural production in relation to Drake's latest album release
Breaking down views of Drake on Twitter
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Juan Luis Suarez ,Western News , May 05, 2016Modern Languages and Literatures professor Juan Luis Suárez, Director of The CulturePlex Lab, and Javier de la Rosa discuss the reaction to Drake's album release across Twitter.
Kim Solga interviews Stratford cast on CBC Ideas
CBC Ideas , May 04, 2016Kim Solga, Theatre Studies, interviews Lucy Peacock, Irene Poole and Seana McKenna from the Stratford Festival on an episode of CBC Ideas entitled "To Be or Not To Be: The Prince of Denmark Meets Katherine Minola"
Andrew Peterson discusses ethics of brain research on CBC Ideas
CBC Ideas , May 04, 2016Philosophy PhD student Andrew Peterson at Western University studies the ethics of medical research on severely brain injured patients. Peterson weighs in on an episode of CBC Ideas entitled "Ideas from the Trenches - The Open Mind"
Hellmuth celebrates elite researchers
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Jason Winders ,Western News , April 28, 2016Western professors John Leonard (Arts & Humanities) and Jesse Zhu (Engineering) have been awarded the 2016 Hellmuth Prize for Achievement in Research.
Celebrating Shakespeare 400
Western News , April 21, 2016Western News celebrates Shakespeare 400 with a special issue featuring a number of scholars from the Faculty of Arts & Humanities.
English PhD candidate wins CBC Short Story Prize
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Heather Hughes ,Western News , April 21, 2016Weaving together the romance between a woman and her horse and the wonder and majesty of whales earned David Huebert the CBC Short Story Prize.
Looking to connect over creativity
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Heather Hughes ,Western News , April 14, 2016Psychology student Victoria Wiebe will be helping other writers find their voice as the 2016-17 Student Writer-in-Residence.
Game of Thrones course coming to the English department
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Zehra Camiller ,Western Gazette , April 14, 2016During the upcoming 2016-17 academic year, Western students will have the pleasure of being taught by John Leonard, in a class based around the popular literary and television series, Game of Thrones.
Physician Assisted Death: Challenges for Social Policy in Canada
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Cory Goldstein ,Western News , April 13, 2016Cory Goldstein, Philosophy PhD Candidate and member of the Rotman Institute of Philosophy, write a blog post on physician assisted death.
Spacious gift stirs sources of creativity
April 07, 2016
Cutting-edge technology. Areas for collaborating. Expanding creativity. This is the vision for the Cohen Exploration Lab and Cohen Commons, an exciting new space that opened last week in the John Labatt Visual Arts Centre, thanks to a generous donation from Alan Cohen, BA’48, MA’69.
Green Awards paint a portrait of sustainability
April 06, 2016
Sophia Lloyd-Jones has returned to an old form of producing natural dyes using vegetables and nuts to produce organic sculptures that challenge what it means to make art in an environmentally sustainable way.
Imagine Health Design Contest Winner Announced
April 06, 2016
Mark Kasumovic, Visual Arts PhD candidate, was recently awarded top prize of $5,000 in the Imagine Health contest.
Ma these en 180 secondes winner
April 05, 2016
Serge Agnessan recently won top price in the "Ma thèse en 180 secondes" competition in French Studies.
SSHRC 2016 Storytellers challenge
April 05, 2016
Visual Arts and Culture PhD candidate Michael Farnan named Top 25 finalists in SSHRC 2016 Storytellers challenge
M.J. Kidnie talks #Shakespeare400
April 01, 2016
M.J. Kidnie from Western English/Theatre Studies recently appeared on Rogers Daytime to discuss #Shakespeare400.
Reconciling Economic Security, Environmental Protection And Social Justice
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Bipasha Baruah ,Huffington Post , April 01, 2016Bipasha Baruah, CRC in Global Women's Issues at Western University comments on economic security, environmental protection and social justice in the Huffington Post blog.
Leonard named Distinguished University Professor
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Paul Mayne ,Western News , March 24, 2016John Leonard, English and Writing Studies, recipient of 2016 Distinguished University Professorships (DUP) award
McLeod and Baruah named Faculty Scholars
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Paul Mayne ,Western News , March 24, 2016Carolyn McLeod, Philosophy, and Bipasha Baruah, Women's Studies and Feminist Research were named 2016 Faculty Scholars.
Culture Crawl connects across community
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Heather Hughes ,Western News , March 24, 2016Western students bridged the gap between town and gown during an immersive experience outside of the University Gates in London’s arts and cultural community recently.
Who said fungi cannot be fun?
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Heather Hughes ,Western News , March 24, 2016Botanical drawings of fungi illustrate the natural marriage between art and science, and those who attended the one-day Mushroom Festival on March 17 at The Bookcase in the John Labatt Visual Art Centre experienced how the various flavours of mycology come together.
Research Day 2016
March 23, 2016
Thanks to all who came out to celebrate A&H Research Day! It was a great celebration of faculty and student achievements.
2016 Graham and Gale Wright Distinguished Scholars
March 23, 2016
Congratulations to 2016 Graham and Gale Wright Distinguished Scholars, Jan Plug (English and Writing Studies), and Alena Robin (Modern Languages and Literatures). This Faculty-based award recognizes Plug and Robin's prominent contributions as internationally-recognized researchers in their field.
Pearson receives award for teaching excellence
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Jason Winders ,Western News , March 10, 2016Wendy Pearson, Women's Studies, is this year's recipient of the Edward G. Pleva Award for Excellence in Teaching.
What to make of Barbie's new bod
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Tracy De Boer ,Western News , March 10, 2016Tracy de Boer, PhD student in Philosophyand a member of the Rotman Insitute of Philosophy, comments on the new changes to Barbie's body.
There's A Gender Gap In The Global Renewable Energy Workforce
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Bipasha Baruah ,Huffington Post , March 08, 2016Bipasha Baruah, Canada Research Chair in Global Women's Issues at Western University, and an associate professor in the Department of Women's Studies and Feminist Research, comments on gender gap in global renewable energy workforce.
2016 Visual Arts Open Studio and Arts Graduate Symposium
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Joe Belanger ,London Free Press , March 08, 2016Western University’s visual arts program is hosting its annual Open Studios and Graduate Symposium, featuring works by 32 artists, including undergraduates and others pursuing master’s and doctorate degrees.
Taking to a new stage
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Jason Winders ,Western News , March 03, 2016Western formally launches its Theatre Studies program with a two-day celebration. In honour of that occasion, Western News asked four students – Caitlin Austin, Jack Copland, Rachel Flear and Sarah Gilpin –to share their reasonings behind studying theatre and choosing the new program.
Book draws modern lessons from Americas Puritan roots
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Heather Hughes ,Western News , March 03, 2016In his new book, 'Female Piety and the Invention of American Puritanism,' English and Writing Studies Chair Bryce Traister explores the role women and femininity in Puritan culture, particularly the beliefs of those whom, he argues, laid the foundation for religious tones that prevail in today’s modern American society.
More than just "women's issues"
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Vivian Cheng ,Western Gazette , March 03, 2016Throughout history, stigma towards women’s studies has been slow to fade. In the past, many people were opposed to the idea of women’s studies, seeing it as too radical, anti-intellectual or political. But today, Western is experiencing a boom in the enrolment of this traditionally polarizing department.
Helping students find their way
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Serena Quinn ,Western Gazette , March 03, 2016As one of only two academic counsellors serving 1,121 students in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, Ben Hakala has seen his fair share of students over the last 10 years in this position.
Channeling animal ghosts in latest Artlab installation
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Samah Ali ,Western Gazette , February 26, 2016Artlab’s latest installation uses shadow art to channel the ghosts of misused show animals.
Theatre Studies launches a new conversation on the arts
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Jason Winders ,Western News , February 25, 2016Long a campus passion, Western’s latest attempt to refresh its theatre roots looks to create a community, not only across campus, but throughout the region.
Theatre Studies launches with 'Lost' opportunity
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Jason Winders ,Western News , February 25, 2016On March 3, Western formally launches its Theatre Studies program with a two-day event. The centerpiece of the launch is a staging of Milton’s Paradise Lost, adapted and directed by Montreal-based performer Paul Van Dyck.
Reaney's Pick: M J Kidnie & John K Leonard
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James Reaney ,London Free Press , February 25, 2016Two Western University English professors find new ways to justify 1667’s greatest hit to 2016 audiences in this week’s Reaney’s Pick video.
Theatre audiences want diversity, says TIFF head
The National , February 24, 2016Cameron Bailey, BA'87, Artistic Director of TIFF, tells CBC's Peter Mansbridge that the Oscar-nominated performances deserve to win, but they don't reflect the movie audience
Looking for a curator of the human species
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Kathleen Hill and Juan Luis Suarez ,Western News , February 24, 2016Modern Languages and Literatures professor Juan Luis Suárez and Biology professor Kathleen Hill discuss the technological editing of the human germline genome.
Markus Muller named Tier 2 CRC in the Foundation of Physics
Western News , February 09, 2016Markus Müller, Assistant Professor in the Departments of Philosophy and Applied Mathematics, was recently named Tier 2 CRC in the Foundation of Physics.
PhD candidate leverages research to create path
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Jason Winders ,Western News , February 04, 2016Women’s Studies and Feminist Research PhD candidate Sarah Saska looks at how innovation can be leveraged to advance women’s rights and gender equality. She is grateful to have a “rock star” supervisor in Bipasha Baruah, Canada Research Chair in Global Women’s Issues.
Donoghue earns Oscar nod
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Western News , January 21, 2016Emma Donoghue, DLitt’13 and former Western Writer-in-Residence, has been nominated for an Academy Award, in the category of Best Adapted Screenplay, for the page-to-screen adaptation of her acclaimed novel Room.
OscarsSoWhite: Why diversity at the movies matters
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Cameron Bailey ,The Globe and Mail , January 21, 2016Cameron Bailey, BA'87, Artistic Director of TIFF, comments on the current #OscarsSoWhite movement in The Globe and Mail.
How to die like Bowie, or, we can be heroes
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Diana Samu-Visser ,Western News , January 20, 2016Diana Samu-Visser, English and Writing Studies, reflects on the death of David Bowie.
Bookbinding alumnus keeps craft alive in modern times
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Western News , January 20, 2016Western Visual Arts and History alumnus Dan Mezza is one of a handful of individuals across Canada who teaches bookbinding.
Depressed El Chapo given copy of Don Quixote: Why reading it may help him realize he's 'delusional'
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Victor Ferreira ,National Post , January 15, 2016Laurence de Looze, Modern Languages and Literatures, comments on Mexican prison officials giving Guzman a copy of Don Quixote in an effort to cheer him up.
Barack Obama's last State of the Union
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Bryce Traister ,CBC Ontario Today , January 14, 2016Bryce Traister, Chair of English and Writing Studies and Director of Undergraduate Studies, American Studies Centre at Western University, comments on Obama's final State of the Union address on CBC Ontario Today.
Exhibitions bring unique collection of African art into modern context
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Adela Talbot ,Western News , January 14, 2016To celebrate Black History Month, the McIntosh Gallery is preparing an exhibition unlike any other previously housed within the gallery’s walls, said James Patten, McIntosh Director and Chief Curator.
Rest easy: An unfair trial like Steve Avery's won't happen in Canada
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Michael Arntfield ,Globe and Mail , January 13, 2016Michael Arntfield, professor in English and Writing Studies, criminologist and former detective, comments on the Netflix docu-series Making a Murderer in relation to our criminal justice system.
New chair embraces 'meeting of minds'
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Adela Talbot ,Western News , January 13, 2016Tim Bayne is the new chair of the Philosophy of Neuroscience at Western, a post he officially took up in November.
Fernandes named visual artist to watch in 2016
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Priscilla Frank and Katherine Brooks ,Huffington Post , January 04, 2016The Huffington Post named #WesternU Visual Arts alumnus Brendan Fernandes, MFA '05, one of the 17 Visual Artists You Should Know In 2016
