Jennifer Jenkins speaks on CBC Ideas about diplomacy, women’s history, and war on the 100th Anniversary of the International Congress of Women at The Hague.

http://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/peace-in-their-time-1.3052046

 

Congratulations to James Retallack who wins two major research awards: A Killam Research Fellowship & J.S. Guggenheim

Links:
http://news.utoronto.ca/german-history-expert-receives-both-killam-and-guggenheim-fellowships

The Killam Fellowship is among the most rare and prestigious awards available to humanities scholars in Canada, giving the recipient two years release from teaching. For more information on Jim’s winning Killam project:
http://killamprogram.canadacouncil.ca/fellowship-winners-2015/james-retallack

The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship is among the most prestigious fellowships available to humanities scholars in North America: http://www.gf.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Nominations-By-Field-with-header-US2015.pdf

Winning one of these awards would be a banner achievement in itself — winning two is almost unheard of. Warm congratulations to Jim for this tribute to a distinguished record of research and publication.

Joseph W. Goering, Professor of Medieval History at the University of Toronto, has received the 2015 Medieval Academy’s CARA Award for Excellence in Teaching.

Link: http://medieval.utoronto.ca/2015/03/congratulations-to-joe-goering-for-the-cara-award-for-excellence-in-teaching/

Lights, Camera, Africa!

Julie MacArthur screens African films in Canada as a way of fostering a conversation about the challenges facing the continent