News & Announcements

New Faces

July 4, 2023

The Department is proud to welcome and introduce our newest faculty, staff and postdoctoral fellows!   Debra Burrowes joins UTM as the Assistant to the Chair. She comes with a wealth of experience in providing high-level administrative support in various capacities within the University of Toronto. In her new role, Debra will be responsible for […]

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Multiple APSA awards for ‘The Ghostwriters: Lawyers and the Politics behind the Judicial Construction of Europe’

July 4, 2023

Congratulations to Tommaso Pavone, one of our newest faculty members, for receiving two book awards from the American Political Science Association (APSA) for his book, The Ghostwriters: Lawyers and the Politics behind the Judicial Construction of Europe (Cambridge University Press, 2022). The C. Herman Pritchett Book Award is given by the Law & Courts Section […]

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Two ASA awards for ‘Outsourcing Repression: Everyday State Power in Contemporary China’

June 12, 2023

Congratulations to Lynette Ong whose book, Outsourcing Repression: Everyday State Power in Contemporary China (Oxford University Press), has received two awards from the American Sociological Association (ASA): The Distinguished Contribution to Scholarship in Political Sociology, Co-Winner, 2023 (Section on Political Sociology) The Gordon Hirabayashi Human Rights Book Award 2023 (Section on Sociology of Human Rights) […]

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Outstanding Teaching Award

May 31, 2023

The faculty of Arts & Science has named Phillip Lipscy, director of the Centre for the Study of Global Japan and chair in Japanese Politics and Global Affairs at the Munk School, as a recipient of this year’s Outstanding Teaching Award! Presented annually, the award recognizes teaching excellence in undergraduate and graduate education with a […]

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CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholar

May 23, 2023

We are delighted to announce that Nicole Wu has been selected to join the 2023-2025 cohort of CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars. The Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIFAR) is welcoming 16 distinguished early-career researchers to the prestigious CIFAR Azrieli Global Scholars program, an ambitious initiative providing two years of unrestricted research funding to talented researchers […]

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CPSA Award Shortlists

May 11, 2023

Congratulations to Emerita Professor Sylvia Bashevkin whose article, “Second-Wave Women’s Movements as Foreign Policy Actors: Assessing Canadian Feminist Interventions before 1995,” was shortlisted for the Best Article in Gender & Politics from CPSA’s Canadian Journal of Political Science (CJPS). Her paper “Explaining Reproductive Health Access: Provincial Abortion Policies in the Wake of Decriminalization, 1988-2018” was […]

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Early Career Teaching Award

April 19, 2023

Congratulations to Uahikea Maile on receiving a 2022-23 Early Career Teaching Award which recognizes faculty who demonstrate an ‘exceptional commitment to student learning, pedagogical engagement, and teaching innovation.’ Up to four awards are offered annually. Award recipients will be honoured at the annual Excellence in Teaching Reception to be held in the Fall.    

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JHI Program for the Arts

April 12, 2023

Congratulations to Maria Méndez Gutiérrez whose project ‘Embroidering Absence’ was selected for inclusion in the Jackman Humanities Institute (JHI) Program for the Arts 2023-2024. The program supports a range of events from small to large, designed to enhance, improve and raise the profile of the Arts at the University of Toronto. The theme for 2023-24 […]

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Awards of Excellence 2023

March 2, 2023

We are delighted to announce that Jonathan Craft, Dickson Eyoh, Lilach Gilady, Antoinette Handley, Ruth Marshall, Kanta Murali, Robert Vipond and Melissa Williams have been named this year’s recipients of the Northrop Frye Award (Faculty Team Category) for their collaboration on ‘The Undergraduate Curriculum Renewal Project,’ which developed and implemented a major renovation of the […]

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Annual undergraduate award and scholarship celebration returns to in-person delivery

January 26, 2023

Congratulations to our 2021/22 undergraduate award & scholarship recipients! Following a two-year hiatus, the department was delighted to return to hosting our undergraduate awards in-person this year to celebrate our student’s outstanding scholarly talent, dedication, and commitment. Associate Chair and Undergraduate Director and Professor Kanta Murali, M.C. for the celebrations, welcomed student award recipients, their […]

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