Faculty Publication Spotlight

"Quotas: The 'Jewish Question' and Higher Education in Central Europe, 1880-1945" Ed. by Judith Szapor and Michael L. Miller

Andria Caputo — Wed, 12 Feb 2025 18:53:46 +0000

Edited by ��ϲ�� professor Judith Szapor, Department of History and Classical Studies, and Michael L. Miller, from the Central European University in Vienna, Austria, Quotas: The ‘Jewish Question’ and Higher Education in Central Europe, 1880-1945, published by Berghahn Books, explores the ideologies and practices of quota regimes in Central Europe and the ways quotas have been justified, implemented, challenged and remembered, from the late nineteenth century until the middle of the twentieth century.

Faculty Publication Spotlight: "Listening in Many Publics" by Jay Ritchie

Andria Caputo — Wed, 15 Jan 2025 20:27:02 +0000

In his newest collection of poems Listening in Many Publics, PhD Candidate Jay Ritchie is motivated by the possibility of a future that is fulfilling, luminous and held in common.

Shortlisted for the Quebec Writers’ Federation A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry, Listening in Many Publics is Ritchie’s fourth collection of poems, and features three long poems that are composed of individual, interlinked poems.

Faculty Publication Spotlight: "Eternal Sovereigns" by Gloria Bell

Andria Caputo — Mon, 18 Nov 2024 20:13:40 +0000

As Rome gears up to host an influx of tourists and pilgrims for the 2025 Jubilee, many visitors to the Eternal City might be unaware that far beneath the ornate ceilings of the Sistine Chapel, lies a vast collection of Indigenous cultural belongings and artifacts, many of which are hidden from the public to this day.

Faculty Publication Spotlight: “Like Children” by Professor Camille Owens

Andria Caputo — Wed, 09 Oct 2024 19:16:45 +0000

In her new book, Like Children: Black Prodigy and the Measure of the Human in America, 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.

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.

Faculty Publication Spotlight: "Montreal's Square Mile" edited by Professor Don Nerbas

Andria Caputo — Tue, 10 Sep 2024 15:16:53 +0000

Edited by ��ϲ�� professor Don Nerbas, University of Toronto professor Dimitry Anastakis and Dawson College Faculty member Elizabeth Kirkland, Montreal’s Square Mile: The Making and Transformation of a Colonial Metropole, 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.

Faculty Publication Spotlight: “The Unfinished Quest” by T.V. Paul

Andria Caputo — Wed, 15 May 2024 21:22:50 +0000

Fresh off the heels after receiving the Distinguished Scholar Award from the International Studies Association, Professor T.V. Paul has published his latest book, “The Unfinished Quest: India’s Search for Major Power Status from Nehru to Modi” with Oxford University Press.

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.

Faculty Publication Spotlight: "Slaves of the Emperor" by David Porter

Andria Caputo — Tue, 16 Apr 2024 18:35:31 +0000

Recently shortlisted for the Canadian Historical Association's Wallace K. Ferguson Prize, Slaves of the Emperor, 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.

Faculty Publication Spotlight: "The Prestes Column" by Jacob Blanc

Andria Caputo — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 18:18:25 +0000

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

Professor Jacob Blanc joined ��ϲ��’s Institute for the Study of International Development in August 2023.

We spoke to Professor Blanc about his book and his upcoming projects.

Faculty Publication Spotlight: "Russia and Ukraine" by Maria Popova

Andria Caputo — Wed, 14 Feb 2024 21:47:21 +0000

In "Russia and Ukraine: Entangled Histories, Diverging States", 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.

"More Than a Massacre" by Sabine Cadeau

Andria Caputo — Mon, 15 Jan 2024 16:37:57 +0000

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.

Faculty Publication Spotlight: Writing Backwards by Alexander Manshel

Andria Caputo — Thu, 14 Sep 2023 15:07:46 +0000

As a professor of contemporary American literature and historical fiction, Alexander Manshel is no stranger to the popularity of contemporary historical fiction novels.

Faculty Publication Spotlight: "Harvesting Freedom" by Gabriel Allahdua and Ed Dunsworth

Andria Caputo — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 22:21:20 +0000

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.

Research Spotlight on the Indian Ocean World Centre

Chantay Alexander and Kimberley Lord — Thu, 16 Nov 2023 21:15:07 +0000

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 the world is your oyster 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.

Professor Barry Eidlin on the Importance of Labour Movements and Collective Action

Andria Caputo — Wed, 15 Nov 2023 21:41:51 +0000

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. Barry Eidlin, 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.

“We Have Never Lived on Earth” by Kasia Van Schaik

Andria Caputo — Wed, 11 Oct 2023 18:00:20 +0000

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.

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.

We spoke to Dr. Van Schaik about the inspiration behind her work. Read our interview with her: