Some interesting research from PhD candidate Andy Lopez and professor Mike Schutz. Using collections of everyday sounds they’ve demonstrated that the beeps that are used for auditory research don’t reflect sounds in the real world – and that has real consequences. news.mcmaster.ca/dont-keep-it...

McMaster has become the first university in Ontario to sign the San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment, more familiarly known as DORA, which will allow us to better assess research contributions in terms of societal and community impact. news.mcmaster.ca/mcmaster-sig...

Congratulations!

My first ever interview in Turkish for International Women’s Day on the threat of anti-gender policies to democracy. archive.is/jZQi6

New online portal with documents on the post 1945 German far right. radikale-rechte.de

Why do I love teaching at @mcmasteruniversity.bsky.social? Well yesterday a biochem major who’s taking my 18th-century lit class came to my office hours to talk with me about MY BOOK which she IS READING out of SHEER INTEREST ✨

“For authoritarian regimes, internet blackouts are a powerful political tool of repression that conceal state violence,” says Communication Studies and Media Arts PhD candidate Niloofar Hooman. Read her timely analysis in @ca.theconversation.com: theconversation.com/why-iran-kee...

Alexis-Carlota Cochrane, PhD candidate in Communication Studies and Media Arts, calls for an “enforceable, survivor-centred, AI-aware online safety framework” in response to new digital tools harming women and gender diverse people: news.mcmaster.ca/ai-generated...

Episode 1 of Generations Ahead, a new podcast series produced by the Wilson College of Leadership & Civic Engagement and The Walrus Lab, is out. Sam Reusch (Apathy is Boring) and my colleague Sara Wolfe discuss youth civic engagement during a critical time for democracy.

David Brooks’ last opinion piece for the NYT directs Americans to re-embrace their humanity, and he calls on universities to lead in this work. At Mac, the Faculty of Humanities and Wilson College, co-led by the Faculty of Social Sciences, do this every day. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/o...

A key point in this editorial, by Mount Allison president Ian Sutherland and student Lucas Orfanides, is that, along with possessing relevant (and essential) job skills, liberal arts grads are uniquely well positioned to deal with AI's ethical shortcomings. www.theglobeandmail.com/business/com...

Excited to announce that McMaster Humanities is looking to recruit established international researchers to our institution. Please see the following link for details of the government of Canada’s Impact+ program and reach out to me if you are interested. www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/2025/12/22/m...

Excited to share my acting debut with Ontario's public broadcaster TVO (@tvodocs.bsky.social @therundowntvo.bsky.social & more). I was in an episode on fever for the TVO Kids series 'Burps, Butts, and Bones' (do they know their audience or what?). I learned about acting from the +++talented Ryan.

Well done, McMaster scholars Melinda Gough and Peter Cockett!

Call for Application: Full Professor of Modern and Contemporary History @unibayreuth.bsky.social

Professor Bonny Ibhawoh will share recommendations at the upcoming at COP30 Climate Change Conference from a study conducted with the support of McMaster students and researchers. https://news.mcmaster.ca/bonny-ibhawoh-climate-justice-cop30/

Tenure track philosophy job in Canada Western University’s Department of Philosophy seeks to hire a Asst Professor with an area of specialization in one or more of metaphysics, epistemology, and logic, broadly construed). The anticipated start date is July 1, 2026 www.uwo.ca/facultyrelat...

TOMORROW: LBI London Summer Lecture 2025 Hitler’s Mein Kampf: Reflections 100 Years On Dr Lisa Pine Tomorrow, Thursday 10 July 2025, 5:30pm–7:00pm Senate House, London Free admission Sign up: lbilondon.ac.uk/pine @ghilondon.bsky.social @lisapine.bsky.social

Impending and Exciting News! Job Opportunity as a Research Fellow for my Wellcome Trust Research Project in Medical Humanities and HPSM at the University of Leeds soon to be posted!

Among the thousands of groups affected by the sudden cessation of funds are state arts councils, museums, historic sites, archives, libraries, educators and media outlets in all 50 states.

📣 Reminder for Canadian university students! Applications due Monday, March 31st! More details below. ⬇️

Congratulations to English and Cultural Studies postdoctoral fellow @stacya.bsky.social, whose course, "Black Latin America: Belonging, Refusal, Resistance" was featured on the CBC Hamilton website last week.

Philosophy at Lethbridge is also hiring Faculty of Arts & Science - Assistant Professor Philosophy Department uleth.peopleadmin.ca/postings/810...

I'm really appreciative of @thespec1846.bsky.social and JP Antonacci covering the recent measles outbreaks. Local news gets to the heart of local concerns in aa very personal way that I think has the power to change hearts and minds www.thespec.com/news/hamilto...

Philosophy at Guelph is hiring in Ethics/ Applied Ethics. Please share widely. careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...

Why should humanities education persist in an AI age? Self-development, to start theconversation.com/why-should-h...

It’s good to see a well worn #envhist #cdnhist book at the Hamilton Public Library. Join us in Hamilton Ontario for the sequel/epilogue at 2025 Canadian History and Environment Summer Symposium - "Contamination and Rebirth" Friday, May 30 – Sunday, June 1, 2025 niche-canada.org/2025/01/17/c...

Our Undergraduate Student Research Award (USRA) recipients all completed fascinating independent research projects this past summer — everything from an analysis of health disparities in Black and Indigenous communities to unravelling an art forgery. www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/2025/01/10/u...

Firaxis—the studio behind the Civilization series—is hiring a historian. An *actual* historian. And note, when they ask for "4+ years as a Writer, Narrative Designer, or other position with commensurate duties," that includes teaching, writing, and research—i.e. your Ph.D. in History.

Studying philosophy (and other humanities subjects) is an ideal preparation for a world of work that's increasingly defined by AI. As this piece points out, "...we should invest in developing the cognitive tools that will always stand apart from automated routines." Indeed!

Humanities researchers are working at the intersection of people and technology. Check out this latest article by Sara Bannerman, a professor in communication studies and media arts here at McMaster. brighterworld.mcmaster.ca/articles/ana...

My first Bluesky post, and it's a nice one: I was thrilled to "hood" my now-former PhD student Ryan Heyden at today's convocation ceremony. You can read a little more about Ryan and his research in this Q and A. Congratulations to all our graduates! dailynews.mcmaster.ca/articles/goo...