McMaster University Faculty of Humanities

10/01/2026

With events coming up from the MHS, Concert Band and from our SRA representatives, there’s no shortage of even more ways to get involved! SRA Humanities McMaster Concert Band McMaster Humanities Society

10/01/2026

Join a club, get involved and make the most of your university experience. Check out these Humanities club accounts to learn more about what each of them is up to:
McMaster Philosophers' Society
Communications & Media Arts Society
JPPL SOCIETY
GPSJ SOCIETY ☮︎
McMaster Classics Club
McMaster Concert Band
McMaster Humanities Society
McMaster English & Cultural Studies Undergraduate Society
McMaster Linguistics Society
McMaster History Society
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09/28/2026

McMaster University is joining communities across the country in recognizing National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on Sept. 30. Members of the McMaster community are encouraged to attend an event, take part in reflection, and join in this important journey of learning and reconciliation. Learn more about activities you can take part in on the McMaster News.

Explore McMaster events and resources for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2026. Learn, reflect and take part in reconciliation activities.

09/25/2026

The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse, A Memoir written by Humanities graduate and Toronto-based Vinh Nguyen, was chosen for this year's Hamilton Reads 2026 events. There’s still time to enjoy the highlighted book, enter the short story contest, and attend an event on campus. Events are coming up on September 24, October 1st, 8th and 20th in a variety of locations including right here on McMaster campus. Learn more about Hamilton Reads 2026 concluding events and Vinh Nguyen' The Migrant Rain Falls in Reverse here:

09/24/2026

"Recent data has shown that a generational divide has emerged in perspectives on gender rights, with younger men more likely to believe that gender equality has gone too far and that men should have authority over women," says Megan Blair, a postdoctoral fellow with the Wilson Institute for Canadian History. Megan's historical research on social and political issues of the past and how they affect us today is just part of our latest postdoc Q&A series. Read it here: https://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/2026/09/21/postdoc-profiles-megan-blair/

09/22/2026

McMaster researcher Kristine Alexander is examining the history of childhood and youth voices in Canada, including the ways young people have navigated questions of health, information and autonomy. Read the full story here:

Explore what history can teach us about young people’s health decisions and how past experiences can help researchers understand health choices today.

09/21/2026

The Environmental and Climate Justice Focus Area at the Centre for Global Peace, Justice and Health in the Faculty of Humanities at McMaster University invites students, faculty, staff and the broader community to the online event Environmental and Climate Justice: Putting a Spotlight on Faculty Research at McMaster University. The Environmental and Climate Justice Focus Area explores developing research on the climate emergency and environmental health through a human rights and peace studies lens. This online event will take place on Tuesday, October 13, 2026, from 2-3:30 pm on Zoom.
https://gpjh.humanities.mcmaster.ca/events/environmental-and-climate-justice-putting-a-spotlight-on-faculty-research/

09/18/2026

Were you tuned in to CHCH Morning Live on Wednesday? The show was broadcast live from McMaster’s campus featuring many people and places that you might find familiar. Among them were Bonny Ibhawoh, vice-president international and history professor, interviewed about McMaster’s role as a global institution and reporter Emily Vukovic experiencing ARiEAL’s eye-tracking technology! Watch the clips: https://www.humanities.mcmaster.ca/2026/09/18/humanities-people-and-spaces-featured-on-chch-morning-live/

09/18/2026

"Fascism does not cease to be fascism because people voted for it. Democracy may provide the doorway through which fascism enters," writes McMaster Professor Henry A. Giroux. Dr. Giroux's latest published article confronts the issues of historical amnesia when using terms like fascism to describe modern political movements. Read "The Language of Complicity: When Liberalism Cannot Name Fascism" on CounterPunch here:

In his magnificent Age of Extremes, the late historian Eric Hobsbawm warned that one of the defining characteristics of the late twentieth century was that men and women increasingly lived in a “sort of permanent present lacking an organic relation to the public past of the times they live in.” ...

09/17/2026

“This residence means so much to me, to be able to pay forward to what I’ve received as a writer,” says Lisa Richter, the 2026-27 Mabel Pugh Taylor writer in residence. Learn about Lisa, the residency and how you can get support with your writing through our video and through the link in our bio!