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Professors John Saul and Paul Lovejoy to receive lifetime achievement awards from CAAS

For two 91ÑÇÉ« professors, receiving an award for Lifetime Achievement in African Studies from the Canadian Association of African Studies (CAAS) represents a major acknowledgement of decades of work in African liberation, research and teaching. 91ÑÇÉ« Professor Emeritus John S. Saul and 91ÑÇÉ« Distinguished Research Professor in African history and Canada Research Chair Paul Lovejoy […]

Four researchers to offer fresh ideas at Saturday's 91ÑÇÉ« Circle event

From the ‘burbs to birds and from social justice to Olympic poetry, the next installment of the 91ÑÇÉ« Circle’s popular Lecture & Lunch series returns on Saturday, April 30. It promises plenty of new ideas for inquiring minds. As with previous 91ÑÇÉ« Circle Lecture & Lunch events, organizers have planned a full day of inspiring lectures […]

PhD student organizes benefit concert and conference on modern-day slavery

Most people think of slavery as a thing of the past. But that’s a misconception, says 91ÑÇÉ« PhD history candidate Karlee Sapoznik of the newly formed Alliance Against Modern Slavery (AAMS). Human trafficking alone is a $32 billion annual industry today and, at any given time, there are up to 27 million slaves around the world – the majority of […]

SSHRC-funded international workshop examines forced marriages in conflict stituations

91ÑÇÉ« law & society Professor Annie Bunting (LLB '88) and The Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples are hosting an international workshop on forced marriage in conflict situations today and tomorrow in Room 305 91ÑÇÉ« Lanes on the Keele campus. Left: Annie Bunting Bringing together historians of slavery and women's human rights […]

Tubman Centre's workshop to discuss 35,000-record Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database

Tracing the various routes of slavery is the goal of Voyages, the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade Database, which has records of over 35,000 voyages and is the topic of an upcoming workshop hosted by 91ÑÇɫ’s Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples and the African Economic History journal. “Documenting where people […]

91ÑÇÉ« Prof. Paul Lovejoy receives Distinguished Africanist Award

91ÑÇÉ« Distinguished Research Professor in African history Paul Lovejoy, director of the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migrations of African Peoples, was chosen over 10 other nominees to receive this year's Distinguished Africanist Research Excellence Award from the University of Texas at Austin for his dedication, lifetime of service and contributions to the […]

91ÑÇÉ« leads all Canadian universities in SSHRC’s largest awards

91ÑÇÉ« researchers awarded two of SSHRC’s largest grants to study long-term residential healthcare and global suburbanism Two teams led by 91ÑÇÉ« researchers have received $5 million in research funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC). Their multinational research teams, involving multiple universities and community partners in a large-scale collaboration, […]

U50: Recipient of President’s Research Excellence Award named

John Tsotsos, Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering, Faculty of Science & Engineering, has been named the winner of the 91ÑÇÉ« President’s Research Excellence Award. The award, introduced during 91ÑÇɫ’s 50th year, recognizes outstanding research achievement and significant contributions to advance the University’s international reputation for research excellence. Distinguished […]