Chevalier dans l’Ordre des Palmes académiques
May 2, 2019
Congratulations to Professor Ron Levi recently named a Chevalier (knight) dans l’Ordre des Palmes académiques – an honour granted to those who have made major contributions to French education and culture. Levi is an associate professor of global affairs and sociology, the director of global strategy at the Munk School and the George Ignatieff Chair […]
2019 APSA Council
April 26, 2019
Professor Melissa Williams is among three nominees for APSA’s 2019 Council (Vice President). Congratulations Melissa! The candidates, along with any additional nominations by petition, will be put to a vote by the full membership via electronic ballot in July.
Teaching Award
April 26, 2019
Congratulations to graduate student Simon Lambek, awarded a ‘Superior Graduate Student Course Instructor Teaching Award’ (2018-19) this week for teaching POL 381H1 F Contemporary Political Theory last Summer. Honoured to have received the award, Simon described the course, which he designed and developed himself, as “covering a range of normative, critical, analytic and continental theory […]
CPSA Shortlist
April 17, 2019
Congratulations to Professor Sylvia Bashevkin whose book Women as Foreign Policy Leaders: National Security and Gender Politics in Superpower America has been shortlisted for the 2019 CPSA Prize in International Relations. The winner will be announced at the CPSA Annual Conference President’s Dinner in Vancouver on June 5th. The CPSA Prize in International Relations was […]
Remembering Meyer Brownstone (1922 – 2019)
April 5, 2019
The department of Political Science is remembering former Associate Chair Professor Meyer Brownstone who passed away on April 3rd aged 96. One of the architects of Canada’s first public health insurance system, he was awarded the prestigious Pearson Prize Medal in 1987 by the United Nations Association in Canada. His many positions included Deputy Minister […]
Harvard bound
March 27, 2019
Congratulations to political science doctoral student Teddy Harrison who come September, will be heading to Harvard’s Department of African and African American Studies to begin a SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship working with philosopher Tommie Shelby. Teddy, whose PhD research focuses on the legitimacy of the Canadian criminal justice system for Indigenous people, is hoping the opportunity […]
ISA Bertha Lutz Prize
March 20, 2019
The Diplomatic Studies Section (DPLST) of the International Studies Association (ISA) has announced that the 2019 Bertha Lutz Prize has been awarded to U of T political scientist Sylvia Bashevkin. In 2017 the DPLST, in cooperation with the Centre for International Studies and Diplomacy (CISD) at SOAS – University of London, established the prize to […]
ISA Award Winners
February 28, 2019
Congratulations to faculty members Diana Fu and Filiz Kahraman named as 2019 ISA (International Studies Association) award recipients. Professor Fu won the International Political Sociology (IPS) book award for Mobilizing without the Masses while Professor Kahraman was awarded the Lynne Rienner Publishers Award for Best Dissertation in the Human Rights (HR) Section. Congratulations! A complete […]
Lee Ann Fujii Award
February 21, 2019
We were happy to learn this week that The Interpretive Methodologies and Methods (IMM) Conference Group of the American Political Science Association announced the creation of “Routledge’s Lee Ann Fujii Award for Innovation in the Interpretive Study of Political Violence.” The award, funded by Routledge/Taylor & Francis, is to be given to books, journal articles […]
Educate to Liberate
February 19, 2019
In Foreign Affairs, Carla Norrlof explores the role of education for combatting populism and fostering liberal attitudes in support of the liberal international order while pointing to the significant obstacles universities still face in honoring their commitment to core liberal tenets particularly non-discrimination. The article is available here.