Here I can further develop a scholarly practice that adheres to Canadian geographer Katherine Mc Kittrick’s admonishments to shift “our analytic frame away from the lone site of the suffering body” and “toward co-relational texts, practices, and narratives that emphasize black life” (McKittrick 2014). “I am grateful to the Robarts Centre for the support and space to examine Blackness in a Canadian context.
Her areas of research interest include the Black Radical Tradition, Black feminism/womanism, Black aesthetics and Black literatures. This research is supported by a Joseph Bombardier Scholarship. Her doctoral research, “Being Otherwise: Black Women’s Literary Interventions into Radical Being, Knowledge and Power,” considers self-fashioning and world-making in Black women’s intellectual traditions and literatures in the Americas. Anderson is a PhD candidate in Humanities at York University in Toronto.
Candidate, Humanities, Research Associate Research Interests: Canadian History Immigration and Ethnicity in North America Middle East Studies Coptic Studies Transnationalism and Diaspora Race and Racism. In addition to his doctoral research, Michael is the founder and project manager of the Coptic Canadian History Project (CCHP), a non-profit public history and community outreach organization affiliated with the Department of History and the Clara Thomas Archives and Special Collections, York University Libraries. He charts this groups' immigration, settlement, integration, and associational activities since 1945. Michael's dissertation examines the transnational, pluricultural, and ecumenical history of Coptic Orthodox Christian immigrants, first in Egypt and then later in the first and largest immigrant communities in Toronto, Montreal, and New York. Michael Akladios is a Ph.D candidate in history at York University, working under the supervision of Dr. I live with and in this fear, a fear that reminds me to respect all that is around me.” Once I take a sip, I tacitly consent to be a slave of the water’s desire and at any moment it may choose to do with me whatsoever it may please. I am in control of what I sip but not of what happens beyond the sip. When asked to describe himself, Ali said, "I fear water far more than I fear thirst : my thirst is my own but the water is not. As a side, Ali also enjoys cultural studies and his work with such literature began during his formative years in Dubai when he sought to understand his family's diasporic identity - he engaged with texts from the Middle East, East Africa and the Indo-Pak and crystallized his understandings through a Masters in Sociology. Ali is also pursuing his PhD studies in communications and culture. Since moving to Toronto in 2006, Ali has worked within a variety of companies dedicated to scaling some application of education technology. (A)(li)ttle bit of this and that, Ali's interests are in the applications of technology within research and education. Student, Communication and Culture, Research Associate | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | A To join, please visit: Biographies and Research Profiles Research Associates are expected to present their work during their period of affiliation and are particularly encouraged to do so at the annual graduate student conference. Scholars who have completed a PhD may apply (with sponsorship from a Faculty Associate at the Robarts Centre) to become a Research Associate for a two-year term. Launching in autumn 2021, Research Associates can take part in our new Robarts Connects Series, which aims at connecting York graduate students with each other, connecting your studies with your future, and connecting your research with unavoidable research themes in the contemporary Canadian landscape. The Robarts Centre provides leadership, funding, presentation and publication opportunities for graduate students through our Research Clusters and the Northern Studies Training Program.Īs Research Associates, York graduate students have access to a list of opportunities to attend events, join interdisciplinary networks, and have additional academic experiences besides what is available in their programs. We support York faculty, post-docs, graduate students, along with adjunct faculty and visiting fellows in critical, diverse and collaborative research leading to engaged research partnerships and projects, publications and intellectual exchange. The Robarts Centre for Canadian Studies is a 21st-century research engine for the study of Canada and Canada in the world.
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