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Course, exhibition turn spotlight to TIFF
By Debora Van Brenk, Western News, November 28, 2019
A new course examining film festivals has debuted to rave reviews worthy of an interdisciplinary blockbuster. Read the full article
The world’s top economists just made the case for why we still need English majors
By Heather Long, The Washington Post, October 19, 2019
As humanities majors slump to the lowest level in decades, calls are coming from surprising places for a revival. Some prominent economists are making the case for why it still makes a lot of sense to major (or at least take classes) in humanities alongside more technical fields. Read the full article
In the Salary Race, Engineers Sprint but English Majors Endure
By David Deming, The New York Times, October 1, 2019
The advantage for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) majors fades steadily after their first jobs, and by age 40 the earnings of people who majored in fields like social science or history have caught up. Read the full article
Student doc highlights Indigenous soldier’s legacy
By Deb Van Brenk , Western News , July 01, 2019
Pte. Arnold Logan is profiled in For Home and Native Land, a 30-minute SASAH student-produced documentary examining not only Logan’s life and sacrifice, but highlighting the legacy of Indigenous soldiers.
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Kigali, Rwanda
Read the inspiring stories from SASAH students Lexie, Misha, Mickey, Olivia and Veronica, who spent five weeks in Kigali, Rwanda, as part of their SASAH course. https://fre3140rwanda2019.wordpress.com/
Unearthing the forgotten
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Whose names and stories do we remember? How do we choose which to preserve? How – and why – do we perpetuate those that we remember? Western student historians working at Woodland Cemetery grappled with these questions and more as they worked toward curating “Lost & Found,” a guided historical walking tour that resurrects stories of individuals buried in the cemetery’s Potter’s Fields. Read more
SASAH alumni named a finalist in SSHRC contest
May 2018
Celebrity Soirée: An Evening with Lainey Lui and SASAH
April 6, 2018
On Friday, April 6th Visiting Professor Lainey Lui and the students from her "Rumour Has It" course gathered for the premiere of their short film and a celebration of the School for Advanced Studies in the Arts & Humanities.
SASAH Director honoured with Distinguished University Professorship
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Former SASAH Director honoured with Edward G. Pleva Award for Excellence in Teaching
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Alterna Savings Supports SASAH
March 2018
Alterna Savings and Credit Union Limited has given $25,000 to Western University’s School for Advanced Studies in the Arts and Humanities (SASAH), to help develop future leaders who are committed to bettering communities at home and around the world.
SASAH is a reinvention of the traditional models of the University Arts and Science programs. The school’s mandate is to blur the lines between disciplines to better equip students with the ability to develop creative insights in developing sustainable solutions to complex global issues. These include solutions to problems around political and social inequity, environmental sustainability, and access to healthcare in developing countries.
SASAH Student named Rhodes Scholar
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Levi Hord, a fourth-year Sexuality Studies, School for Advanced Studies in Arts & Humanities (SASAH) and Scholar’s Electives student, has been named a recipient of the 2018 Rhodes Scholarship, an international postgraduate award for students to study at the University of Oxford. Levi is Western’s 23rd Rhodes Scholar.
'Sasha? What's that?' Defining the undefinable
By Prem Sai Ramani,
"Defining SASAH is like trying to predict the weather. You can only truly know its state in the moment and guess with varying certainty about its future. It’s dynamic, shifting and influenced by the university zeitgeist and the experiences of the students." Fourth year SASAH student Prem shares his experience in the School for Advanced Studies in the Arts & Humanities.
Along for her 'exciting ride'
Impact Western, September 2017
In her first year, Avery Lafortune jumped at the opportunity to take part in Alternative Spring Break in the Dominican Republic. In her second year, she spent five weeks participating in a community service learning opportunity in Rwanda. In her third year, she spent a semester abroad studying at the University of Sydney in Australia. Just this past summer, the recent School for Advanced Studies in Arts & Humanities (SASAH) graduate, joined the Vindolanda Field School for a six-week, immersive, hands-on Roman archeological dig in England.
