Dr. Sommers goes to Vegas!
In February of 2018, Prof. Rory Sommers presented at the 30th annual Ethnographic and Qualitative Research Conference in Las Vegas, Nevada. Titled “Probing, Provoking and “Saving Face”: Navigating the Power-Resistance Dynamic of Active Interviewing,” his presentation explored the challenges… Read More
Faye Guenther on Archives, Memoir, and Queer Histories
Professor Faye Guenther‘s latest academic article has been published in a recent issue of Australian Feminist Studies (32, 2017). Read the abstract below, and click here to access the full text of the article. Congratulations, Faye! In… Read More
Claire Meldrum is on the case
Claire Meldrum has enjoyed two recent publishing successes. Her article, “Dressing Up: Social Climbing, Criminality and Fashion in Anna Katharine Green’s “Behind Closed Doors” was published in the Spring 2018 issue of Clues: A Journal of Detection (36.1, 2018). She… Read More
Michelle Szabo Publishes New Book: Food, Masculinities, and Home
After four years of author wrangling, peer review solicitation, writing, editing and re-editing, FHASS Professor Michelle Szabo’s book collaboration, Food, Masculinities and Home: Interdisciplinary Perspectives has been published (Bloomsbury 2017). The academic volume, co-edited and introduced by Michelle, brings… Read More
Sarah Yi-Mei Tsiang Can’t Stop!
In addition to welcoming students into the Creative Writing & Publishing program this past fall, Professor Sarah Tsiang has been busy to say the least! She recently launched two new children’s books—Sugar and Snails in March and Toesy… Read More
Community and Creativity: Sheridan Newcomer Access Project is up and running
Prof. Peter Grevstad‘s students in SOCS23314GD (Community and Creativity) have created a website for their initiative, #SNAP, the Sheridan Newcomer Access Project. Peter reports that the website is now up and running, and it offers profiles, like this… Read More
Dr. Alia Somani delivers talks for BHM and The Tubman Institute
This semester has been a busy one for FHASS’s own Dr. Alia Somani, Professor of Postcolonial Literature. First, Alia gave a talk at the Black History Month Kick-Off Celebration in February. The event was hosted by the Canadian… Read More
Paul Vermeersch wins OAC grant!
Alchemy congratulates Paul Vermeersch, Professor of Publishing, on his impressive recent grant from the Ontario Arts Council. The $12,000 Works in Progress grant has been awarded for the completion of Paul’s upcoming book of poetry, currently titled Self-Defence… Read More
The Dr. is in: Mr. Rory Sommers becomes Dr. Rory Sommers!
Alchemy congratulates FHASS’s own Dr. Rory Sommers, Professor of Sociology (Criminology), on the successful defense of his PhD dissertation from the University of Guelph. You can read a summary of Rory’s project in this issue’s Spotlight on Research…. Read More
Knudsen in Translation: Dr. Christian Knudsen’s Essay in French
Alchemy would like to extend its congratulations to Christian Knudsen, Professor of Cultural History, whose article “Gendered Penance and Monastic Sexual Misconduct” was translated into French for a book entitled Enfermements III. Le genre enfermé. Hommes et femmes… Read More
