Dear readers, What could be more relaxing than a holiday in one of the world's cultural capitals? According to this recent article, such cities may need 'warning labels', especially in the case of such historic centres as Jerusalem, Paris, and Florence (pictured above, in a 19th-century image). The article details psychotic states brought about by…
On Monday, April 15, King’s faculty member and Chair of Dalhousie University’s French Department, Dr. Chris Elson, was invested into the Ordre des Palmes Academique (Order of Academic Palms), a national order bestowed by the French Republic to distinguished academics and figures in the world of culture and education.
Nick Baker begins PhD at U of T Nick Baker, BA(Hons)’11 shared the news he's been accepted into the PhD program in the Department of History at U of T, writing: "In September I will begin generously funded doctoral studies in the Department of History at the University of Toronto, where I will continue my…
Dear readers, Lest the title of this week's issue of Early Modern Times mislead you, I will not be offering 'Dan Savage' type advice on improving your sex lives. Instead, I'm referring to the recent news that Casimir Pulaski, a Polish general during the American Revolutionary wars, may have been female or intersex. Pulaski died…
Dr. George Elliott Clarke told students at the final Foundation Year Program (FYP) lecture of the year that throughout their lives they would be faced with moral and ethical questions they may not even be able to conceive of now, but assured them they would be equipped to confront them when the time came. In…
It is the best of times at King’s when both Foundation Year Program (FYP) and journalism students can access extra writing support from one of two tutors assigned. Dr. Mark Burke, BA(Hons)’03, is the writing coach for FYP students. He was once a student in the program and later a FYP tutor. Allison Lawlor, FYP’94,…
Dear readers, Global warming may certainly be a 'hot' topic nowadays--and continually heating up--but the effects of climate change are not only felt in the contemporary world and at the twilight of the dinosaurs. The widespread effects of a drop in only a few degrees on the politics, society, culture, and thought of the early…
Dear readers, This week I watched an HD broadcast of Robert Lepage's gripping (and griping) production of Shakespeare's Coriolanus (written around 1608), which appeared at the Stratford Festival last summer. Lepage's creative set designs and innovative use of 3D animation, not to mention powerful performances by André Sills and Lucy Peacock among others, made for…
Photos courtesy of Ellery Platts @ellerysphotography The 2018/19 King’s athletics season can perhaps best be described by a familiar saying: ‘brains and brawn.’ The Blue Devils student athletes celebrated their successes—on the court and in the classroom—at the annual athletic awards night on Saturday, with 19 athletes receiving conference All-star awards and 34 athletes receiving…
