Humanities / en Arthur Ripstein receives Killam Prize in humanities  /celebrates/arthur-ripstein-receives-killam-prize-humanities <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Arthur Ripstein receives Killam Prize in humanities&nbsp;</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2021-02-03T12:58:28-05:00" title="Wednesday, February 3, 2021 - 12:58" class="datetime">Wed, 02/03/2021 - 12:58</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/killam-prize" hreflang="en">Killam Prize</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-law" hreflang="en">Faculty of Law</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-philosophy" hreflang="en">Department of Philosophy</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/humanities" hreflang="en">Humanities</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/Ripstein.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Arthur Ripstein"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p><a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/">University Professor</a> of law and philosophy <strong>Arthur Ripstein</strong> has been awarded <a href="https://canadacouncil.ca/press/2021/02/the-canada-council-for-the-arts-announces-the-2021-killam-prize-winners">the prestigious Killam Prize for the Humanities</a> by the Canada Council for the Arts.</p> <p>The prize recognizes select Canadian researchers who have achieved international scholarly eminence in their fields.&nbsp;</p> <p>“The Killam Prize is one of the most distinguished recognitions a Canadian scholar can receive,” said University Professor <strong>Jutta Brunnée</strong>, dean of the Faculty of Law. “Professor Ripstein has made innumerable, signal contributions to legal thought and philosophy, and so it is fitting that the Canadian Council for the Arts has chosen to recognize him with this most prestigious honour.”&nbsp;</p> <p>A fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and author of several influential books, Ripstein joined ˾ֱ’s department of philosophy in 1987 and was jointly appointed to the Faculty of Law in 1999.&nbsp;</p> <p>“Arthur Ripstein is one of the most important legal and political philosophers in the world. The Killam Prize could not have gone to someone more deserving,” said <strong>Martin Pickavé</strong>, chair of the department of philosophy in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science. “Over the last 35 years, Arthur has crafted an impressive and hugely influential body of work while at the same time inspiring many students in law as well as in philosophy by his outstanding presence in the classroom.”</p> <p>The Killam Prize is&nbsp;“such a high honour,” Ripstein said. “To be recognized for an academic career working in two disciplines – I am thrilled and humbled.”</p> <h3><a href="https://www.law.utoronto.ca/news/university-professor-arthur-ripstein-awarded-killam-prize-contributions-humanities">Read the Faculty of Law story</a>&nbsp;</h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Wed, 03 Feb 2021 17:58:28 +0000 lanthierj 168225 at Three faculty members win prestigious Royal Society of Canada awards /celebrates/three-faculty-members-win-prestigious-royal-society-canada-awards <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Three faculty members win prestigious Royal Society of Canada awards</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>rahul.kalvapalle</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2019-09-17T00:00:00-04:00" title="Tuesday, September 17, 2019 - 00:00" class="datetime">Tue, 09/17/2019 - 00:00</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-law" hreflang="en">Faculty of Law</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/faculty-arts-science" hreflang="en">Faculty of Arts &amp; Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/humanities" hreflang="en">Humanities</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/royal-society.jpg" width="680" height="453" alt="Lynne-Viola_Anita-Anand_Dwight-Seferos"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(photo by Perry King)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>The Royal Society of Canada, the nation's academy of scholars, scientists and artists, has bestowed prestigious awards on three University of Toronto faculty members.</p> <p>Professor <strong>Anita Anand</strong>,&nbsp;the J.R. Kimber Chair in Investor Protection and Corporate Governance at ˾ֱ's Faculty of Law, won the Yvan Allaire Medal for outstanding contribution in governance of private and public organizations.</p> <p><strong>Dwight Seferos</strong>, a professor in the department of chemistry, is receiving&nbsp;the Rutherford Memorial Medal in chemistry.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Lynne Viola</strong>, a&nbsp;<a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/">University Professor</a>&nbsp;in the department of history, has been awarded the Pierre Chauveau Medal, awarded biennially&nbsp;for a distinguished contribution to knowledge in the humanities, in a subject other than&nbsp;Canadian literature and Canadian history.</p> <p>The scholars' work&nbsp;“is&nbsp;a reflection of the University of Toronto’s excellence in research across a broad range of disciplines,” said&nbsp;<strong>Vivek Goel</strong>, ˾ֱ’s vice-president, research and innovation, and strategic initiatives.</p> <h3><a href="/news/three-u-t-faculty-phd-student-honoured-royal-society-canada-awards-excellence">Read the <em>˾ֱ News</em> story</a></h3> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Tue, 17 Sep 2019 04:00:00 +0000 rahul.kalvapalle 160104 at Historian Lynne Viola awarded Killam Prize for humanities /celebrates/historian-lynne-viola-awarded-killam-prize-humanities <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Historian Lynne Viola awarded Killam Prize for humanities</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2019-04-25T16:08:05-04:00" title="Thursday, April 25, 2019 - 16:08" class="datetime">Thu, 04/25/2019 - 16:08</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/history" hreflang="en">History</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/humanities" hreflang="en">Humanities</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/20180611_LynneViola_8719.jpg" width="680" height="453" alt="Portrait of Lynne Viola"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(Photo by Diana Tyszko)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Historian and <a href="https://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards-funding/university-professors/">University Professor</a> <strong>Lynne Viola </strong>is the recipient of a 2019 Killam Prize – the top annual award of the Canada Council for the Arts.</p> <p>Viola, one of the world’s leading scholars on Stalinist Russia, is receiving the prize for the humanities. Her books, which are rich in detail culled from primary sources such as the KGB archives, seek to create a more nuanced understanding of Soviet history. <em>The Best Sons of the Fatherland</em> (1987) focused on the supporters of Stalin’s regime. <em>Peasant Rebels Under Stalin</em> (1996) looked at state government resisters. <em>The Unknown Gulag</em> (2007) looked at Stalin’s victims and their fates and 2017’s <em>Stalinist Perpetrators on Trial</em> looked at those who implemented Stalin’s Great Terror, from 1936 to 1938.</p> <p><a href="/news/u-t-s-lynne-viola-one-world-s-leading-scholars-soviet-union-wins-prestigious-molson-prize">Viola received the Molson Prize in 2018</a> for her significant contributions to the cultural and intellectual heritage of Canada.</p> <h3><a href="/news/u-t-researchers-awarded-killam-prizes-contributions-humanities-health-sciences">Read the <em>˾ֱ News</em> story</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Thu, 25 Apr 2019 20:08:05 +0000 lanthierj 160309 at