Ayehsa Chaudhry’s New Book Featured in the Vancouver Sun
Ayesha Chaudry’s recently published book, Domestic Violence and the Islamic Tradition, was featured in the Vancouver Sun yesterday. The book is making a substantial contribution to discussions of a significant global issue. Congratulations Ayesha! http://blogs.vancouversun.com/2014/02/24/ubc-prof-wages-koranic-battle-against-violence-against-women/
Thomas Schneider Wins Killam Research Fellowship
Congratulations to Thomas Schneider who has been awarded a UBC Killam Faculty Research Fellowship from the “lzaak Walton Killam Memorial Fund for Advanced Studies,” Senior Category. The award will assist Thomas in undertaking the research project proposed in his application.
Congratulations to CNERS student Kris Rhude – UBC’s Top Academic Varsity Athlete!
Kristopher Rhude, a CNERS student majoring in Near Eastern Studies and Religious Studies, was named the top academic varsity athlete in 2013 by UBC President Stephen Toope. Congratulations Kris! See the full story here.
Congratulations to Christian Brady
UBC Library cIRcle and the Graduate Student Society has awarded MA student Christian Brady one of four GSS cIRcle Open Scholar Awards for his classics Podcast Prometheus Unbound entitled, Podcasting Lucan and the Classical World. Congratulations Christian!
Chelsea Gardner has been awarded the Philip Lockhart Fellowship
PhD candidate Chelsea Gardner has been awarded the Philip Lockhart Fellowship
Roger Wilson awarded a SSHRC Insight Grant
Roger Wilson was awarded a SSHRC Insight Grant for: ‘Living in luxury in late Roman Sicily: excavating a high-status rural villa’.
Congratulations to Siobhan McElduff!
Siobhan McElduff has recently been promoted to Associate Professor.
CNERS welcomes our newest faculty member, Dr Kevin Fisher!
CNERS is delighted to welcome our newest faculty member, Dr. Kevin Fisher. He will be joining us in the summer of 2013 as Assistant Professor of Eastern Mediterranean Archaeology.
Congratulations Andrew McClellan – best grad student paper at the CAC!
Andrew won the Classical Association of Canada’s prize for the best paper by a graduate student at the annual meeting with his paper entitled “Virgil on the Treatment of the Dead in the Aeneid.”
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