/arts/taxonomy/term/14/all en /arts/article/faculty-publication-spotlight-children-professor-camille-owens <p>In her new book, <i><a href="https://nyupress.org/9781479812929/like-children/">Like Children: Black Prodigy and the Measure of the Human in America</a>, </i>Camille Owens explores a new history of manhood, race and hierarchy in American childhood, arguing that the child has been the key figure giving measure and meaning to the human in thought and culture since the early American Period.</p> <p>A graduate from the Department of African American Studies at Yale University, Owens joined the Department of English during the Fall 2023 semester as an assistant professor.</p> Wed, 09 Oct 2024 19:16:45 +0000 Andria Caputo 2310 at /arts /arts/article/faculty-publication-spotlight-montreals-square-mile-edited-professor-don-nerbas <p>Edited by ���ϲ����� professor Don Nerbas, University of Toronto professor Dimitry Anastakis and Dawson College Faculty member Elizabeth Kirkland, <em><a href="https://utorontopress.com/9781487537463/montreals-square-mile/?srsltid=AfmBOorvu4JY8EyhmNdJqSeD1jyE5SYznSSjf6Zle7m1ldnOnHzgCKXz">Montreal’s Square Mile: The Making and Transformation of a Colonial Metropole</a>, </em>is an edited volume that takes us back to nineteenth-century Canada, where the Golden Square Mile, one of Montreal’s most elite residential districts was a centre of politics, wealth, architecture and influence.</p> Tue, 10 Sep 2024 15:16:53 +0000 Andria Caputo 2230 at /arts /arts/article/faculty-publication-spotlight-unfinished-quest-tv-paul <p>Fresh off the heels after receiving the Distinguished Scholar Award from the International Studies Association, Professor T.V. Paul has published his latest book, “<a href="https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-unfinished-quest-9780197669990?cc=ca&lang=en&">The Unfinished Quest: India’s Search for Major Power Status from Nehru to Modi</a>” with Oxford University Press.</p> <p>In “The Unfinished Quest” Paul offers a comprehensive understanding of India’s rising power and the country's continued influence in the Indo-Pacific region and its relationships with Western powers.</p> Wed, 15 May 2024 21:22:50 +0000 Andria Caputo 1987 at /arts /arts/article/slaves-emperor-david-porter-0 <p>Recently shortlisted for the Canadian Historical Association's Wallace K. Ferguson Prize, <em><strong>Slaves of the Emperor, </strong></em> by David Porter, Faculty Lecturer in the Department of History and Classical Studies, examines how the Qing empire was built and held together by an imperial "service elite", the Qing Eight Bannermen, who were at the core of both the military and the bureaucracy of the dynasty. </p> Tue, 16 Apr 2024 18:35:31 +0000 Andria Caputo 1945 at /arts /arts/article/faculty-publication-spotlight-prestes-column-jacob-blanc <p>In his latest book, “The Prestes Column” Professor Jacob Blanc offers a new interpretation of a legendary rebellion that marked Brazil’s history. Blanc’s analysis is a showcase of “interior history which looks closely at the band of rebel officers and soldiers who marched fifteen thousand miles through the interior regions of Brazil between 1924 and 1927</p> <p>Professor Jacob Blanc joined ���ϲ�����’s Institute for the Study of International Development in August 2023.</p> <p>We spoke to Professor Blanc about his book and his upcoming projects.</p> Wed, 13 Mar 2024 18:18:25 +0000 Andria Caputo 1875 at /arts /arts/article/faculty-publication-spotlight-russia-and-ukraine-maria-popova <p>In <a href="https://www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?book_slug=russia-and-ukraine-entangled-histories-diverging-states--9781509557363">"Russia and Ukraine: Entangled Histories, Diverging States"</a>, Maria Popova examines how the fall of the Soviet Union started an identity and regime divergence between Russia and Ukraine and set both countries on a "collision course."  The war in Ukraine and Russia's military aggression in the region has been an ongoing topic of discussion for many political scientists over the last two years.</p> Wed, 14 Feb 2024 21:47:21 +0000 Andria Caputo 1766 at /arts /arts/article/more-massacre-sabine-cadeau <p>Sabine Cadeau is a historian of Modern Latin America and the Caribbean who recently joined ���ϲ����� University's Department of History and Classical Studies as an Associate Professor. A gradaute of the University of Chicago (PhD'2015), Cadeau's research focuses on the early modern Atlantic World as well as modern Latin America and Carribean history, with a particular focus on Haiti.</p> Mon, 15 Jan 2024 16:37:57 +0000 Andria Caputo 1653 at /arts /arts/article/writing-backwards-alexander-manshel <p>As a professor of contemporary American literature and historical fiction, <a href="/english/staff/alexander-manshel">Alexander Manshe</a>l is no stranger to the popularity of contemporary historical fiction novels.</p> Thu, 14 Sep 2023 15:07:46 +0000 Andria Caputo 1262 at /arts /arts/article/faculty-publication-spotlight-harvesting-freedom <p>When Gabriel Alladua and Ed Dunsworth met in 2016, neither knew then that the friendship and respect that was about to grow from their encounter would result in an award-winning book.</p> Wed, 15 Nov 2023 22:21:20 +0000 Andria Caputo 1524 at /arts /arts/article/research-spotlight-indian-ocean-world-centre <p>Why are so many students attracted to studying the Arts? Many students would cite flexibility as the most valuable advantage of their studies. The phrase <i>the world is your oyster</i> might be cheesy, but in this case, it just so happens to be true: in Arts, the possibilities of industry, research area, discipline, and specialty are seemingly endless. As such, we’re launching a new series diving into the nooks and crannies of student research conducted on campus.</p> Thu, 16 Nov 2023 21:15:07 +0000 Chantay Alexander and Kimberley Lord 1526 at /arts /arts/article/barry-eidlin-labour-movements-and-collective-action <p>If you’ve been paying attention to the news over the last few months, you might have noticed that workers across Canada and the U.S. have been striking in greater numbers. <a href="/sociology/contact-us/faculty/eidlin">Barry Eidlin</a>, an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology, has been a regular guest on TV, radio and print outlets writing and talking about the importance of these events, and has helped contextualize what’s behind the current uptick in strikes and protests.</p> Wed, 15 Nov 2023 21:41:51 +0000 Andria Caputo 1522 at /arts /arts/article/interview-kasia-van-schaik <p>This year has been an eventful one for Kasia Van Schaik. On the heels of finishing her PhD in the Department of English, her debut story collection “We Have Never Lived on Earth” has been longlisted for the Scotia Bank Giller Prize.</p> <p>We Have Never Lived on Earth follows the journey of Charlotte Ferrier, a child of divorce raised by a single mother in a small town of British Columbia after moving from South Africa.</p> <p>We spoke to Dr. Van Schaik about the inspiration behind her work. Read our interview with her:</p> <p> </p> Wed, 11 Oct 2023 18:00:20 +0000 Andria Caputo 1435 at /arts /arts/article/common-name-everything-sarah-wolfson <p>To mark World Poetry Month, we are bringing you a special edition of our Faculty Publication Spotlight Series: an interview with poet and creative writing course instructor Sarah Wolfson</p> <p><em>A Common Name for Everything </em>was published in 2019 by Green Writers Press and was awarded the 2020 A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry by the Quebec Writers' Federation. </p> Wed, 27 Sep 2023 15:51:13 +0000 Andria Caputuo 1332 at /arts /arts/article/shakespeare-theatre-fiona-ritchie <p>Sarah Siddons and her brother, John Philip Kemble, were the most famous British actors of the late-18th and early-19th centuries. In creating iconic interpretations of Shakespeare's major characters, such as Lady Macbeth and Hamlet, Siddons and Kemble's legacies live on today.</p> Sun, 20 Aug 2023 06:16:00 +0000 Andria Caputuo 654 at /arts /arts/article/cross-border-cosmopolitans-wendell-adjetey <p>In <i><a href="https://uncpress.org/book/9781469672113/cross-border-cosmopolitans/">Cross-Border Cosmopolitans: the Making of a Pan-African North America</a>,</i> Professor Wendell Adjetey dives into African American history from 1900 to 2000, with specific focus on global Black liberation movements. <a href="/history/staff/wendell-adjetey">Professor Adjetey</a> is an Assistant Professor of post-Reconstruction U.S. and African Diasporic history in the Department of History and Classical Studies.</p> Sun, 20 Aug 2023 06:17:51 +0000 Andria Caputuo 655 at /arts