Two Members of the Yan P. Lin Centre newly inducted as Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
Congratulations to Lin Centre (RGCS and RGGJ) members Arash Abizadeh and Daniel Weinstock, newly inducted as Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada!
Research Group on Global Pasts Announces Works-in-Progress Workshop
As a means of enhancing our scholarly community on campus, the Lin Centre鈥檚 Research Group on Global Pasts will organize an annual workshop to showcase ongoing research aligned with the core agenda of our research group. The workshop will consist of a series of short presentations on individual case studies (texts, events, objects, monuments, etc.) followed by group discussion.
2024 Annual Lecture of the Yan P. Lin Centre - 鈥業s the Disorder of Our Times Unprecedented?鈥� by Ay艧e Zarakol
The Lin Centre鈥檚 2024 Annual Lecture, 鈥業s the Disorder of Our Times Unprecedented?鈥� was delivered by Professor Ay艧e Zarakol, Professor of International Relations at the University of Cambridge, on March 27th. Professor Zarakol鈥檚 lecture was exemplary of the kind of cross-disciplinary, cross-era, cross-regional research on social and political ideas, orders and transformation that the Lin Centre seeks to encourage and promote!
Five Yan P. Lin Centre Members part of 2.5$M SSHRC inter-University Grant on Housing in Canada
Five members of the Yan P. Lin Centre and Research Group on Democracy, Space and Technology (RGDST) were one of 13 teams in the successful 鈥淨uality in Canada's Built Environment: Seeking Equity, Social Value and Sustainability鈥� SSHRC Partnership Grant worth $2,500,000. This unprecedented grant will assure the collaboration of a total of 14 universities, 70 researchers and 68 public and private organizations from every level of government across the country.听
Yan P. Lin Centre 2023 Annual Lecture - C. Thi Nguyen 鈥淰alue Capture鈥�
C. Thi Nguyen gave the 2023 Annual Lecture on Thursday, March 30, 2023 in the Faculty Club Ballroom on 鈥淰alue Capture鈥�.
Young Alumni Supporting Crowdfunding Initiatives for 污污草莓视频24
The Research Group in Constitutional Studies is hoping to build a permanent endowment that will provide long-term funding for students.
/arts/article/young-alumni-supporting-crowdfunding-initiatives-mcgill24
Bruno Latour awarded the prestigious Kyoto Prize
Bruno Latour, who delivered the 2021 Lin Centre Annual Lecture, has been awarded the prestigious Kyoto Prize, "presented to individuals who have made significant contributions in the fields of science and technology, as well as the arts and philosophy." Among the previous Kyoto Prize Laureates is Lin Centre emeritus member Charles Taylor.
Opinion: What鈥檚 Afghanistan鈥檚 future? The history of U.S. state-building offers some clues
LORENZ L脺THI, co-ordinator of the Research Group on Transitions and Global Modernities, contributed an article听in the Globe and Mail on September 3rd: What鈥檚 Afghanistan鈥檚 future? The history of U.S. state-building offers some clues.
Professor David Theodore (member of RGDST) appointed Director of the Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture
On June 11, Professor David Theodore, member of the Research Group on Democracy, Space and Technology has been a appointed as next director of the Peter Guo-hua Fu School of Architecture.
https://kollectif.net/professor-david-theodore-appointed-next-director/
Lorenz L眉thi's book was selected as one of "The books one should have read in 2020" (Les livres qu鈥檌l faut avoir lus en 2020) by "Le Grant Continent," Paris
The usual Cold War narratives focus on the Soviet-American rivalry as if the superpowers were the only driving forces in the international system. Lorenz M. L眉thi offers a radically different narrative, restoring a role for regional powers in Asia, the Middle East and Europe and revealing how regional and national developments shaped the course of the Cold War.
$2-million gift from Montreal philanthropist Stephen Jarislowsky to explore the impact of new technology on society
Donation will contribute to the establishment of Chair in Technology and Human Nature in 污污草莓视频鈥檚 Department of Philosophy.
Evan Fox-Decent and S茅bastien Jodoin named Canada Research Chairs
The Faculty of Law is delighted to announce that two of its scholars have been named Canada Research Chairs. Professor听Evan Fox-Decent (member of the Research Group on Constitutional Studies) has been named the Canada Research Chair (Tier 1) in Cosmopolitan Law and Justice, and Professor听S茅bastien Jodoin听has been named the Canada Research Chair (Tier 2) in Human Rights and the Environment.
Yves Winter's 鈥淢achiavelli and the Orders of Violence鈥� has been awarded the Canadian Political Science Association's CB Macpherson Prize for the best book in political theory.
The prize jury said "In this richly theorized and elegantly written book, Yves Winter offers a systematic treatment of Machiavelli's distinctive approach to political violence. Winter's analysis illuminates the public and performative nature of political violence in Machiavelli's thought and emphasizes how Machiavelli crucially views violence as a spectacle rather than merely a means to punish or coerce behavior.
Daniel Weinstock named Pearson Chair in Civil Society & Public Policy
Daniel Weinstock, a founding member of the Lin Centre's faculty and a member of its Research Group on Constitutional Studies, has been appointed as the next holder of the Katharine A. Pearson Chair in Civil Society and Public Policy in the Faculties of Law and Arts.
/law/channels/news/daniel-weinstock-pearson-chair-322537
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