UVic historians featured on web videos
Canada's History magazine has posted several video interviews with UVic historians on their website. Among those featured are Drs. Penny Bryden, John Lutz and Lynne Marks, and doctoral students Megan Harvey and Sylvia Olson. The magazine plans to do more video interviews at other universities but chose to launch the series with UVic. More: http://canadashistory.ca/Education/New-Research.aspx
"Too Asian"? We must defend diversity at all costs
Concerned members of several university campuses are condemning an attack on diversity from an article entitled "'Too Asian'?" published in Maclean's magazine on Nov. 11.
Archaeologist wins Royal Society medal
A curiosity about the ancient world has taken University of Victoria archaeologist John Oleson from excavating the high Jordanian desert to harnessing the power of a nuclear submarine to scan the bottom of the Mediterranean Sea. His dedication to learning more about life millennia ago has earned him many academic honours, and recently the Royal Society of Canada added one more—the 2010 Pierre Chauveau Medal for distinguished contribution to knowledge in the humanities other than Canadian literature and history.
I-witness Holocaust Field School
Germanic and Slavic Studies is offering a new and life-changing course in Central Europe in May 2011. The I-witness Holocaust Field School will explore how the Holocaust has been "memorialized" at Central European historical sites and help participants deepen their understanding of antisemitism, racism, religious intolerance, homophobia and the stigmatization of the mentally and physically disabled. The program will run from May 2–28, at UVic, Berlin, Cracow and Vienna. Application deadline Nov. 1. Info: http://web.uvic.ca/geru/iwitness/
Women's Archives celebrates 15 years
The Victoria Women's Movement Archives, in the McPherson Library, will host a party marking its 15th anniversary on Oct. 14, from 3–5 p.m. A collaborative effort of women's groups in Victoria, the UVic Archives and the Department of Women's Studies, the archives preserve and provide access to important material on the history of women's movement groups in Victoria.
Opening doors to Islam
An invitation to speak at an international academic gathering is nothing new for historian Dr. Andrew Rippin, who this summer wound up his 10-year term as dean of humanities at the University of Victoria. But when the invitation comes from one of the most important centres of Islamic culture in the Middle East, and when only two other scholars from the Western world will be there, it shows how widely respected Rippin's research is around the globe.
Linguistics student off to Shanghai on Premier's Scholarship
Unlike many students returning to university this fall, Brittney O'Neill doesn't have to worry about covering her tuition. The third-year UVic linguistics student is heading to East China Normal University in Shanghai as BC's sole recipient of the 2010 Irving K Barber Premier's One World Scholarship worth $20,000.
Noted linguist appointed new humanities dean
If you've ever taken a linguistics course, the name John Archibald will already be familiar to you. He's the co-editor of the longstanding best-selling introductory text on linguistics—Contemporary Linguistic Analysis—and he is also UVic's new dean of humanities.
Looking over Sir James Douglas’s shoulder
A heritage preservation project that has created a legacy for all British Columbians completed its second phase with the June 22 launch of The Governor’s Letters at Government House by Lieutenant Governor Steven L. Point.
Convocation: Erin Fairweather
Since her final final exam, Erin Fairweather has been couchsurfing. But don’t get the idea that she’s a slacker. Winner of this year’s Jubilee Medal in the Humanities, Fairweather has been traveling through France, Switzerland, Germany and Spain living with people offering their couches to budget travelers through couchsurfing.org.
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