Year: 2015

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

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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.

Posted on by Christine Leonardo

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/

Alison Smith Promoted to Full Professor

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Alison Smith Promoted to Full Professor

Congratulations to Dr. Alison Smith, who has just been promoted to Full Professor in the Department of History. Prof. Smith joined our Department in 2006, and in the years since then has developed a very impressive record in research, teaching, and service. Please join me in congratulating Prof Smith on this well-deserved promotion.

Congratulations to Professor Ken Bartlett

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Congratulations to Professor Ken Bartlett

Professor Ken Bartlett’s 2014 book A Short History of the Italian Renaissance has been recognized by Choice magazine, a publication of the Association of College & Research Libraries, as one of the Outstanding Academic Titles of 2014. The list “reflects the best in scholarly titles.” Congratulations on this important recognition!