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  • Long Hoang Vu Awarded Ontario Graduate Scholarship

    Wednesday, April 09, 2025 | By


    The 2025-2026 Ontario Graduate Scholarships (OGS) is a prestigious award given to a Graduate student, it recognizes exceptional academic achievements and research potential in their graduate studies.  OGS is a program that builds and fosters scholars that will make significant contributions to their field of studies.  This year HUMA is proud to announce that Long Hoang Vu is one of the recipients honored with this award.

    As a graduate PhD student at Brock University, Long has demonstrated a strong commitment to research and academic endeavors.  Receiving this award is a true testament of the dedication Long has for his field of study.  Congratulations goes out to Long on this outstanding achievement and we look forward to seeing your continued success!

     

     

    Categories: News

  • HUMA 7P01 — Poster Presentation a Success!

    Friday, April 04, 2025 | By

    On Wednesday April 2, the PhD Interdisciplinary Humanities 7P01 first and second year students presented their capstone thesis project to the Brock community members.  The event showcased the students hard work, dedication and expertise, effectively they were able to engage the community in the complexities of their projects through their clear and informative presentations.

    Congratulations and appreciation goes out to the students for the success of this event, which highlighted the commitment that Brock HUMA has to fostering academic excellence! Great job everyone!


    Teresa A. Galbraith
    Thesis: Case study of the discursive production of whiteness, health, and heteronormativity through the anthropomorphization of Elsie the Borden Cow.
    Supervisor: Lynn Arner
    Email: [email protected]


    Long Hoang Vu
    Thesis: The Cultural Politics of Giftedness
    Supervisor: Trevor Norris
    Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2540-3223
    Email: [email protected]


    Philip Akoje
    Thesis: Decoloniality, Masks, Masquerades, and Rhizomes
    Supervisor: David Fancy
    Website:https://brocku.academia.edu/PhilipAkoje
    https://orcid.org/0009-0007-2566-4216;
    Email:  [email protected]


    Laur Pilon
    Thesis: Queer, Trans and Crip Abstractions: Painting as a Mode of Posthumanist Performativity 
    Supervisor: Christine Daigle
    Website:http://www.laur-p.com
    Email: [email protected]


    Elizabeth Colantoni
    Thesis: Cosimo “Il Vecchio” de’ Medici’s Politics-as-Performance 
    Supervisor: David Fancy
    Email: [email protected]


    Anna Roshni Jose
    Thesis: Therapeutic Mnemotechnics: A Study on Cultural Memory in Select Palestinian Short Fiction in English
    Supervisor: Susan Spearey
    Email: [email protected] 


    Hani Hedayati
    Thesis: Critical Discourse Analysis of Post-Colonial Ideologies and Their Re/Production in Migration Literature 
    Supervisor: Margot Francis 
    Email: [email protected]

  • Anna Roshni Jose receives 2025 International TA Award!

    Friday, April 04, 2025 | By

    The International TA Award is sponsored by Centre for Pedagogical and Faculty of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs, and is presented annually to “an international graduate teaching assistant who demonstrates excellence and promise in the field of teaching.”  This year HUMA is pleased to announce Anna Roshni Jose as the recipient of the 2025 International TA Award!

    Since her start at Brock in 2023, Anna has completed many professional development opportunities which contributed to her growth as an educator. Through the sentiments of fellow TA’s, faculty, supervisors and former students Anna is able “to create an impactful learning space”, one that is an “engaging and inclusive learning environment” a true testament of Anna’s skills and dedication.

    An award ceremony will take place on Tuesday April 8 at 10am at the Goodman Atrium, where Anna will be presented this prestigious award. Congratulations Anna for a such an accomplishment!

     

  • Congratulations to Laur Pilon for earning national spotlight!

    Wednesday, March 26, 2025 | By

    We are happy to announce that our PhD student Laur Pilon’s painting The figure’s rebirth unfolds in a leaky silence was selected earlier this year by the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa to be part of its collection. Laur is leading the way in research-creation, a practice-based approach to research that combines creative and academic exploration generating new knowledge and innovative ideas.

    For the full story visit: https://brocku.ca/brock-news/2025/03/grad-students-art-earns-national-spotlight/

    Categories: HUMA Grad Students

  • Poster Session on April 2nd, 2025

    Wednesday, March 19, 2025 | By

    Join our celebration of excellence as our 1st and 2nd year students showcase their outstanding PhD capstone projects! 

    All are welcome to view the projects and to engage in discussion with the students.

    Cairns Atrium, April 2nd, 1-3 pm  

  • Congratulations to Venus Torabi!

    Monday, December 23, 2024 | By

    Venus Torabi successfully defended her dissertation, “The CrISIS of Ludic Terrorism: Videogaming Exploited as a Means of Islamists’ Radicalization, Recruitment and Propaganda,” on Thursday, December 19th. Bravo, Venus!

    We look forward to seeing you cross the stage to accept your degree at Spring Convocation!

    L to R: Dr. Angela Book (Psychology), Venus Torabi, Dr. Lissa Paul (GPD), Dr. Jason Hawreliak (Digital Humanities), Alain Torabi

     

    Categories: Defense, HUMA Grad Students, Student Funding and Awards

  • Another Proud Moment for HUMA!

    Thursday, December 19, 2024 | By

    Congratulations to HUMA students Alia Wazzan, Maya Karanouh and Long Vu who have been recognized for their hard work!

    Alia Md. Wazzan

    Alia Wazzan has been awarded The 2024–2025 Robert G. Rawle Graduate Bursary and The 2024–2025 Marilyn Rose Graduate Award for Excellence in Humanities. Alia is in preparation for her Dissertation on “Netflix’s Feminist Euphoria on its MENA Platform: Colonial Feminism in the Era of a Neoliberal Platform Economy?” in the upcoming year.

    Maya Karanouh

    Maya Karanouh is a fourth year student and has received the General Brock Soiree Graduate Award. Maya’s Dissertation is on “Enhancing Growth of Canadian Small and Medium-sized Enterprise (SME) through the Disruptive Application of Artificial Intelligence.”

    A photo of Long Hong Vu at Brock University
    Long Vu is the recipient of the  Dr. Marilyn J. Rose Graduate Studies Fund. Long is a second year student with HUMA who’s Dissertation is on  “The Cultural Politics of Giftedness.”

    Categories: HUMA Grad Students, Student Funding and Awards

  • Congratulations Grace Channer!

    Tuesday, November 26, 2024 | By

    On November 15, Grace Channer successfully defended her thesis entitled, “TEMPLE: Resistance Embodied as a Diaspora Aesthetic Strategy.”

    Another proud moment for HUMA!

    Grace Channer with Dr. Margot Francis

    Left to right: Dr. Cathy van Ingen, Dr. Jason Hawreliak, Grace Channer and Dr. Margot Francis

    Categories: HUMA Grad Students

  • “Shadow Companions” by Julie Gemuend

    Friday, November 08, 2024 | By

    Exhibit display by artist-researcher Julie Gemuend, “Shadow Companions”  will be featured at the Marilyn I. Walker School of Fine & Performing Arts – Museum in the Hallway/Boîte-en-valise from November 2 – December 13.

     

    Categories: HUMA Grad Students

  • Congratulations to Dr. Josh Manitowabi!

    Friday, October 25, 2024 | By

    Manitowabi Samson

    It was a proud moment for us to watch Dr. Josh Manitowabi cross the stage to accept his Doctorate in Philosophy!

    This is the latest in a string of accomplishments by Dr. Manitowabi, who is an Assistant Professor in the Department of History at Brock.

    Congratulations, Dr. Manitowabi!

    Joshua Manitowabi

    How it started…

    … How it’s going

     

    Graduate Program Director, Dr. Lissa Paul, Dr. Joshua Manitowabi, and Dr. Danny Samson

    Associate Dean and VP Research Humanities, Dr. Elizabeth Vlossak, Dr. Lissa Paul, Dr. Joshua Manitowabi, and Dr. Danny Samson

    Professor Sherri Vansickle, Dr. Sheila Cote-Meek, Dr. Joshua Manitowabi, and Professor Jeannie Martin

    Dean of Humanities Dr. Carol Merriam, Dr. Lissa Paul, Dr. Joshua Manitowabi, and Dr. Danny Samson

    Categories: Convocation, HUMA Grad Students, News

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