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Celebrating 2025 Killam Award recipients in the Faculty of Arts

Advancing knowledge and leadership through distinguished scholarship

2025 Killam Awards celebrate a tradition of scholarship

Celebrating the Killams’ vision, the awards honoured excellence across UCalgary’s disciplines

In Memoriam: Anthony W. Rasporich, Faculty of Arts

Former Dean of the Faculty of Social Science and Professor Emeritus; campus flag was lowered on Aug 19.

Recognizing postdoctoral excellence in the UCalgary Faculty of Arts

During National Postdoc Appreciation Week (Sept. 15-19, 2025), the Faculty of Arts spotlights three exceptional postdoctoral scholars.

Introducing new appointments in the Faculty of Arts

The Faculty of Arts welcomes new colleagues and celebrates promotions

Royal Society of Canada announces 2025 Fellows including three UCalgary scholars

Henry Leung, Bruce Pike, and Frank Stahnisch recognized with Canada’s top academic honour

In the media

In the News Mack Penner, History, in CTV News

World of woes: How the global polycrisis is shaping Canada’s youth

In the News Paul Chastko, History, CBC Calgary Eyeopener (audio)

New book on Alberta oil boom

In the News Trevor Tombe, Political Science, in MLI

One Canadian economy? Not quite yet: Trevor Tombe in The Hub

In the News David Wright, History, on CGTN

David Wright on Japanese PM's comments regarding Taiwan

In the News David Bercuson, History, in the National Post

Liberals are playing silly games with the military again: Full Comment podcast

Announcements

Great Minds in Despair: The Forced Migration of German-Speaking Neuroscientists to North America

Dr. Frank W. Stahnisch presented to the Huntington Library and the Southern California Society for the History of Medicine in Los Angeles, CA

The Quest for Holism and Integration: Healing, Wellness, and Complementary Medicine, 1870-2020

Dr. Frank W. Stahnisch gave a paper in the History of Psychiatry and Medicine Colloquium at Harvard University’s Countway Library, Boston, MA

The Boom: Oil, Popular Culture, and Politics in Alberta, 1912-1924

Dr. Paul Chastko's new book on the early 20th century Turner Valley oil boom featured on the Calgary Eyeopener.