The November/December 2016 issue of Arts Scisco features stories on research in the women's and gender studies program, new publications, and graduate research.

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Arts Scisco

The Faculty of Arts Research Newsletter

Research Profile: Women's and Gender Studies

The Women’s and Gender Studies Program in the Faculty of Arts sits at the interdisciplinary juncture between the humanities and social sciences. Faculty members are spread across disciplines equally, and conduct their research in a fashion that engages colleagues, students, and the wider public. Gone are the days of disciplinary purity: WGS bridges gaps of all kinds. (read more)

Publication Spotlight: The Afterlife of Greek and Roman Sculpture

For centuries, statuary décor was a main characteristic of any city, sanctuary, or villa in the Roman world. However, from the third century CE onward, the prevalence of statues across the Roman Empire declined dramatically. Lea Stirling and her co-editors recently explored the uses and re-uses of statue in their book. (read more)

Graduate Student Profile: Wanda Hounslow

Wanda Hounslow recently began her work in the Department of Sociology graduate program, her research focuses on the Canadian settler-colonial legacy that has left behind systemic and institutional racism, discrimination, criminalization, and oppression. (read more)