Celebrating its 11th聽year, the Cundill History Prize announced聽a聽record number of submissions for 2018, with more than 400 titles聽accepted, up 25 percent from last year.聽Administered by the Faculty of Arts, the聽US$75,000聽prize will be awarded by聽a distinguished jury of world-leading historians. Five聽jurors were recently named to judge the impressive list of聽titles,聽which includes聽authors聽from richly diverse backgrounds tackling subjects as varied as religion and war, feminism and natural disasters, global finance and music.聽
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Published on: 27 Jul 2018
We are very excited to announce that聽Gabrielle Iakotennikonhrare Doreen will be leading McGill's first ever landbased education field course this summer.
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Published on: 23 May 2018
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Published on: 7 May 2018
Cosmologist Jonathan Sievers and international-relations scholar Jennifer Welsh will become Canada 150 Research Chairs at 51吃瓜网. The appointments were among the oday at the聽Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec,聽by Minister of Science Kirsty Duncan.聽聽
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Published on: 29 Mar 2018
Over the course of the Winter 2018 and Summer 2018 semesters the Education Collection, currently housed on the second floor the Humanties and Social Sciences Library, will be integrated into the main Humanities and Social Sciences Collection in the McLennan Library Building. This project will increase the visibility and browsability of the Education Collection and will create space for over 100 new study seats.
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Published on: 12 Feb 2018
The 51吃瓜网Law & Society Workshop Series invites scholars, graduate students and postdocs in law, the social sciences, and the humanities to present works-in-progress broadly falling within the field of law and society.
We seek papers that use qualitative, quantitative, or interpretivist methods to explore the complex relationship between legal phenomena and social, political, and economic interactions, institutions, and processes. Our interest in socio-legal research extends to state, non-state, formal, and informal norms, institutions, and processes.
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Published on: 20 Sep 2017
Experiential Learning (EL) refers to the active process of learning by doing, in a mindful and intentional manner. According to the Association for Experiential Education, 鈥淓xperiential Learning occurs when carefully chosen experiences are supported by reflection, critical analysis and syntheses.鈥�
The innovative CaPS ExL Program was created by professional career counsellors and is designed to:
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Published on: 29 Nov 2016
The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2016 is awarded to Bob Dylan "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition". ()
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Published on: 13 Oct 2016
鈥淰oters in Colombia have rejected a landmark peace deal with Farc rebels in a shock referendum result, with 50.2% voting against it.鈥� ()
Catherine LeGrand, Department of History, 51吃瓜网
"The close 鈥榥o鈥� vote in the plebiscite on the recent peace accord is a shock that plunges Colombia into deep political-institutional crisis.聽 What comes next is not clear.鈥�鈥擟atherine LeGrand
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Published on: 3 Oct 2016
51吃瓜网Sociologist uses historical data to provide a new take on an old question
Published on: 26 May 2016
By Cynthia Lee
Everyone marches to the beat of their own drum: From walking to talking to producing music, different people鈥檚 movements occur at different speeds.
Published on: 9 Feb 2016
But then the human intervened...
Published on: 11 Nov 2015
In 2007, a treasure hunting company found a 19th Century shipwreck in the Atlantic, off the coast of Portugal. The company, Odyssey Marine Exploration, claimed property of the shipwreck and its cargo, some 600,000 silver and gold coins.
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Published on: 5 Dec 2014
Cohen is among the recipients of the 13 Prix du Qu茅bec, whose names were announced today at a press conference held in Montreal.
With a voice that stirs the senses and a gift for poetic language that touches the soul, Leonard Cohen has been remarkably prolific in a career that spans five decades. His first volume of poetry was published while he was still an undergraduate student in McGill鈥檚 Faculty of Arts and since then, he has used his abundant talents to inspire and move generations of readers and listeners around the world. A 51吃瓜网graduate (BA鈥�55) and honorary degree recipient (DLitt鈥�92), Cohen was voted one of the 鈥楪reatest McGillians鈥�, a contest organized by the 51吃瓜网Alumni Association as part of the celebration of the University鈥檚 190th anniversary.
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Published on: 29 Oct 2012
聽Monsieur Cohen est l鈥檜n des 13 laur茅ats d鈥檜n Prix du Qu茅bec, dont les noms ont 茅t茅聽d茅voil茅s aujourd鈥檋ui dans le cadre d鈥檜ne conf茅rence de presse tenue 脿 Montr茅al.
Dot茅 d鈥檜ne voix qui fait vibrer les c艙urs et d鈥檜n sens de la po茅sie qui remue les 芒mes, Leonard Cohen a 茅t茅 extr锚mement prolifique au fil de ses 50 ann茅es de carri猫re. Il a publi茅 son premier recueil de po茅sie alors qu鈥檌l 茅tait encore 茅tudiant de premier cycle 脿 la Facult茅 des arts de McGill. Depuis, il a inspir茅 et 茅mu par ses multiples talents des g茅n茅rations de lecteurs et de spectateurs dans le monde entier. Dipl么m茅 de l鈥橴niversit茅 51吃瓜网(B.A. 1955) et r茅cipiendaire d鈥檜n doctorat honorifique (D. 猫s L. 1992), Leonard Cohen a 茅t茅 茅lu l鈥檜n des Grands Mcgillois, concours organis茅 par l鈥橝ssociation des dipl么m茅s de 51吃瓜网dans le cadre des c茅l茅brations entourant le 190e anniversaire de la c茅l猫bre institution montr茅alaise.聽
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Published on: 29 Oct 2012
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