Blog — Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences is an annual gathering of dozens of academic associations in Canada. It runs from May 12 to 20 and is fully virtual for...
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Blog — ...an article that appeared in The Atlantic in 2012, that, “no country in the world is more mis-characterized in Western eyes than Iran.” As Manijeh Mannani and Veronica Thompson state...
Blog — ...participants in the design of their future lives? How could those seeking refuge be encouraged to actively participate in the policies that impact them? What might that transformative world of...
Blog — This week’s #AUPBookOfTheWeek is Hobohemia and the Crucifixion Machine: Rival Images of a New World in 1930s Vancouver by Todd McCallum. This monograph explores Vancouver’s “hobo jungle,” and forces us...
Blog — Fearful of losing her family’s history and her father’s memories about Jewish life during World War II in Iran, Farideh Goldin asked Baba, as she called her father, to write...
Blog — ...of research might be happening over the next century. Will grad students be writing dissertations on “reimagining water”? Will we be publishing books entitled “The Diaspora of Americans, 2017–2020: Where...
Blog — ...a thoughtful (and sometimes fun!) look at Canadian culture and society with a bit of education alongside a bit of world history. In the spirit of holiday gift guides, we’ve...
Blog — ...beginning of May. At this time of year, we’re usually scrambling to print off promotional material, build displays, and research the best restaurants in whichever city is hosting the Congress...
Blog — ...archival research and family history to tell the story of her mother and grandmother’s lives during the Indian nationalist movement. Both of these books draw on primary documents to recreate...
Blog — The rapid pivot to online education following the COVID-19 outbreak has universities around the world leaning heavily on educational technology to facilitate remote lectures, exams, meetings, conferences, and more. But...