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Though Brazil and the United States share a history of deep racial inequalities and discrimination, they have pronounced differences in frameworks of civil rights. This presentation places those patterns of rights in conversation, and focuses on ways in which twentieth-century Brazilians who were Black made claims in a context of negative rights.

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Jerry D谩vila is the Jorge Paulo Lemann Chair in Brazilian History and Executive Director of the Illinois Global Institute at UIUC. D谩vila鈥檚 research focuses on the influence of racial thought and social movements on public policy in Brazil. He is the author of Hotel Tr贸pico: Brazil and the Challenge of African Decolonization (Duke, 2010), Diploma of Whiteness: Race and Public Policy in Brazil (Duke, 2003), and Dictatorship in South America (Wiley, 2013), and also co-authored A History of World Societies, 12th ed. (Bedford-St. Martin鈥檚, 2021).

This event is organized in partnership with the University of Toronto Latin American Studies Program and 91亚色's CERLAC. It is sponsored by the Albert Tucker Speakers' Series of the Glendon History Department.

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Psychedelics (Opium) and Pyschology in Renaissance Florence?? Come learn about the surprising end-of-life medicine practices from Prof. Cynthia Klestinec (Miami University) at her talk on "Dying Well in Renaissance Venice," from 1:30-3:00 p.m., Thursday, March 16 in room YH170. The talk is part of the History Caf茅/caf茅 historique is funded by the Albert Tucker Speaker Series. Come meet other History profs and students interested in History!

The sixteenth-century nobleman Alvise Cornaro suggested that a good life would lead to a good death, one that was as quick as it was painless. The reality, however, was much more complicated. Taking up some of those complications, this presentation considers聽how early modern physicians expanded their role in end-of-life care, expanding the practices of palliative care at a time when death was increasingly medicalized. In Venice,聽physicians were at the deathbed long before the eighteenth century, when traditional histories of death cite their prominence.聽They provided palliative care to their patients that diminished physical suffering, (especially the growing importance of opium).聽However, they also developed palliative measures that addressed the psychological suffering of their patients; this medicine of the mind recovered ancient philosophical notions of the good death and developed a range of consolations for the worldly concerns, fears, and anxieties of patients. Considering this development, this presentation will also focus on the ways that this medicine of the mind -聽medicina mentis - stood in contrast and in opposition to the medicine of the soul, offered by priests in the form of the sacraments, known also as the聽cura animarum.

Cynthia Klestinec is a professor of English and coordinator of the medical humanities minor at Miami University. She studies the history of medicine in the Renaissance and is the author of Theaters of Anatomy: Students, Teachers, and Traditions of Dissection in Renaissance Venice (Johns Hopkins, 2011) and Professors, Physicians, and Practices in the History of Medicine (Springer, 2017).

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Professors and did interviews with Glendon liaison last fall about our program (the first 30 seconds are in French then we switch to English), please feel free to check those out! And Glendon History Professors Rose Ndengue and Gillian McGillivray were featured, respectively, in Shifter Canadian Black Culture Magazine and 91亚色's inaugural issue of y-file Aspire research e-magazine. Ndengue's profile, written by Avah Taylor, is entitled "How Glendon's Dr. Rose Ndengue is Fighting for an Equitable Place in Society for Black Women." It appeared in the November 15, 2022 issue of Shifter. McGillivray's profile, written by Elaine Smith, is entitled "Book offers a sweet exploration of power and politics." It appeared in the October 13, 2022 issue of Aspire. Current and potential history students are encouraged to check out the articles! The image featured above is the cover of McGillivray's forthcoming edited volume, scheduled for publication by Lexington Press in January 2023.

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Congratulations to Natasha Sarazin, whose essay on Brazilian autoworkers that she wrote for GL/HIST 4630 (6.0) Brazilian Globalization Seminar won 91亚色's Centre for Research on Latin America and the Caribbean's $500 undergraduate essay prize! Did you know Brazil's President Lula was an autoworker? Click here to read her brilliant essay that begins in the early twentieth century and ends with twenty-first Global South solidarity stories. Every year, History students have the chance to compete for CERLAC's prize, the Gertrude Mianda聽Prize聽($500), or Glendon History's brand new $700 Michael Drache聽Essay聽prize聽(details coming soon). For those looking for winter courses, there's still time to join GL/HIST/ILST聽3675 Brazil and the Making of the Atlantic World, GL/HIST/GWST 4631 3.0 Gender in Modern Latin American History, and GL/HIST/GWST 3654 3.0 Politiques f茅ministes africaines ou afrof茅ministes II. Sign up now or email聽history@glendon.yorku.ca聽for permission to enroll!聽聽

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This fall, Glendon History & the student Glendon Historical Society had the pleasure of hosting PhD student Luah Tomas to discuss the historic Brazilian elections in October that opposed former auto-worker and now elected President Lula da Silva versus the "Trump of the tropics" Jair Bolsonaro.

In November, Myriam Paris (CNRS-France) spoke to students about R茅union's struggle for citizenship, Madina Thiam (NYU) about decolonization in Mali in the 1950s. Professor Rose Ndengue screened the documentary Ouvrir la Voix for the first time in Toronto; then hosted film-maker Amandine Gay to speak about her documentary. Thanks to our visitors and to the students and faculty members who came to enjoy our events!

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This story is published in YFile鈥檚 New Faces Feature Issue 2021, part one. Every September, YFile introduces and welcomes those joining the 91亚色 community, and those with new appointments. Watch for part two on Sept. 10.

Glendon Campus will welcome three new faculty members this fall: Buddhika Bellana, Rose Ndengue and C茅lia Romulus.

鈥淕lendon is fortunate to have these brilliant minds joining its rank this year, as we fully embrace a call to build a place that truly reflects our mission, our aspirations and the rich diversity of our student body鈥�, said Marco Fiola, principal of Glendon. 鈥淭ogether, they embody Glendon, and they bring a wealth of knowledge and experiences that is nothing short of astounding. We know that they will find at Glendon the fertile ground to make their ideas flourish, and the young minds in which to instill the knowledge and cultivate the values that have made Glendon鈥檚 reputation as a place that constantly challenges barriers and limitations.鈥�

Buddhika Bellana

Buddhika Bellana is joining 91亚色鈥檚 Glendon Campus as an assistant professor in the Department of Psychology. He completed his undergraduate degree in psychology at Glendon, and after completing his doctorate at the University of Toronto and a postdoc at Johns Hopkins University, he is back where it all began.

Bellana鈥檚 research examines how humans learn and remember. Specifically, his current focus is how our existing knowledge affects the formation of new memories and why certain kinds of information (e.g. compelling stories, social situations, emotional experiences) are often more easily remembered than others. To answer these questions, he draws upon a variety of tools, including human neuroimaging, behavioural experimentation, automated text analysis and natural language processing.

In his spare time, you can find Bellana watching basketball highlight reels, reading fiction and about how we get lost in fictional worlds.

Rose Ndengue

Rose Ndengue is delighted to join the Department of History at Glendon as an assistant professor. She was previously a visiting assistant professor in political science at the University of Rouen.

Ndengue holds a master鈥檚 degree in political sociology from the Institut d鈥櫭﹖udes politiques de Lyon and a PhD in African History from the Universit茅 de Paris Sorbonne cit茅, Paris 7.

An expert on African decolonization, gender and Black feminisms in a colonial and postcolonial context, Ndengue鈥檚 research focuses on the mobilization of African and Afro-descendant women in Europe and Cameroon. With a multidisciplinary approach that mixes socio-history, political science, sociology, postcolonial studies, and feminist and gender studies, her research contributes to the emerging field of Black Feminist studies from a transnational perspective.

Ndengue is a dedicated teacher whose classes provide a learning environment that values a critical, decolonial and inclusive approach to knowledge. Her professional life is nourished by her various other commitments: she notably co-founded the Afrofeminist collective Sawtche in Lyon and she is a member of Stand Up for Cameroon.

C茅lia Romulus

C茅lia Romulus joined Glendon鈥檚 Department of International Studies as an assistant professor in July. She completed her PhD in the Department of Political Studies at Queen鈥檚 University, where her research focused on: the normalization of gendered state repression under the Duvalier dictatorship; how these systematized forms of violence shaped movements of population out of Haiti; and the notion of citizenship as experienced by multiple generations of migrants.

Her research and teaching draws from anti-oppression and anti-racist education, Afro and decolonial feminisms, and explores questions related to the gender and the politics of memory, migrations, citizenship, political violence and interdisciplinary methods.

Prior to completing her PhD, Romulus worked as a program director in the areas of gender-based violence in public spaces and in security sector reform for UN Women, the United Nations entity dedicated to gender equality and the empowerment of women. She continues to work as a consultant and trainer on questions related to anti-oppression, anti-racism, black femininities/masculinities, gender mainstreaming in public policies and in development.

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is a selection of texts 鈥渢hat describes the language, conceptual vocabulary, and issues at stake in Florentine political culture at key moments in its development during the Renaissance.鈥� Mark Jurdjevic co-edited this new book with Natasha Piano and John P. McCormick.

presents the diversity of Machiavelli鈥檚 genres, letters, poetry, plays, comedy, history, and political theory. This book 鈥渉as been carefully curated to reveal those crucial but lesser known aspects of Machiavelli鈥檚 thought and to show how his major arguments evolved within a dynamic Florentine setting.鈥�

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91亚色鈥檚 Glendon College was well represented at the 2018 Heritage Toronto Awards on Oct. 29, when two faculty members were recognized for their work.

The Heritage Toronto Awards, now in its 44th year, highlight extraordinary contributions to the conservation and celebration of Toronto鈥檚 heritage. Professor Roberto Perin and Professor Elaine Gold were among the seven winners named from 60 nominees in five categories.

鈥淐o-Interim Principal Ian Roberge and I look at this event and the awards presented as a recognition of the natural evolution of the roles of museums and historic collections in the making of civil society and as creators of new knowledge鈥�, said Dominique Scheffel-Dunand, Glendon co-interim principal and associate principal, Research and Graduate Studies. 鈥淲e are delighted that Professor Roberto Perin and Professor Elaine Gold, both engaged in investigating culture and language contacts and diversity in cities and in Canada at 91亚色鈥檚 Glendon Campus, were recognized at the 2018 Heritage Toronto Awards for their important contributions to the creation of new knowledge in this field.鈥�

Perin, a history professor, was presented with The Historical Writing: Book Award, for his work titled The Many Rooms of This House: Diversity in Toronto鈥檚 Places of Worship since 1840.

The Many Rooms of this House聽is a story about the rise and decline of religion in Toronto over the past 160 years. Unlike other studies that concentrate on specific denominations, or ecclesiastical politics, Perin鈥檚 ecumenical approach focuses on the physical places of worship, the local clergy and congregants that gather there. His timely and nuanced analysis reveals how the growing wealth of the city stimulated congregations to compete with one another over the size, style, materials, and decoration of their places of worship. However, the rise of consumer capitalism after the Second World War has negatively affected these same congregations leading to multiple church closings, communal breakdown and redevelopments. Perin鈥檚 fascinating work is a lens to understanding how this once overwhelmingly Protestant city became a symbol of diversity.

The Canadian Language Museum, housed on the Glendon Campus with Gold as director, was also profiled at the event. Their exhibit 鈥淩ead Between the Signs: 150 Years of Language in Toronto鈥� was nominated in the Public History Award category. The exhibit opened in the Glendon Gallery in 2017 and was translated by students in Glendon鈥檚 School of Translation.

The winners were announced during a ceremony which took place at The Carlu in Toronto.聽 More than 500 guests from the city-building community attended this flagship networking event.

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