Gabriel García Márquez started as a journalist, and wrote many acclaimed non-fiction works and short stories, but is best known for his novels, such as ‘One Hundred Years of Solitude’ (1 …
Languages and Cultures
Breaking down views of Drake on Twitter
During the four days following the release of Drake’s Views on April 29, Twitter has been flooded with the fans’ excitement about the new album.There were 3,828,931 tweets around Views in that period, most of them original tweets, not retweets, in what seems to be an...
Exploring the diffusion of Drake
‘Views’ is a cultural epidemic that has infected millions in just weeks, thanks to the power of Internet and the fact billions of people around the world are connected. Drake knows the laws that govern it.
Celebrating Shakespeare 400
Western News joins the celebration of the most recognized English language playwright. We recruited this institution’s finest Shakespeare scholars to share their insights into The Bard – and play a little dress-up.
His virtual reality in the Digital Age
Over the last several years, digital humanists have increasingly found avenues for analysis in the work of William Shakespeare. While computational analysis of classic literary works has been the subject of protracted controversy, many suggest new technologies have...
Program inspires staffer’s push to ‘go beyond’
How do you promote gender equity and workplace equality in a tribal community in southeastern Africa, particularly when the view of women is so dissimilar from your own? That was the monumental task facing Michele Parkin earlier this year as she spent a month in a...
Looking for a curator of the human species
The Curator Wikipedia defines a curator as a manager or overseer, a keeper who normally works in a cultural institution to preserve a certain heritage. Her tasks include the organization of a collection and the interpretation of the collected materials. A curator...
Exploring our social response to Paris attacks
One tweet from One Direction member Louis Tomlinson during the Paris attacks summarily proves the true impact of celebrity and the existence of the global connectivity.
Making a blockbuster out of the Renaissance
Duels, battles, warriors and romances are topics you’ll encounter in Andrea Privitera’s Italian Renaissance class. But you’ll learn about these topics by playing video games, not just reading texts. Privitera, a PhD candidate in the Department of Modern Languages and...
Journey shows the power of ‘baby steps’
Debra Hawthorne’s transcript reflects a postsecondary experience more than three decades in the making. And when she takes the final few steps of that journey at Convocation next week, the Western staffer will stand as a testament to passion and determination. “It was...
Snapshots of experience tapped as winners
Three Western students nabbed top honours in the 2014 Modern Languages and Literatures Photo Contest for snapshots of their varied international experiences. Last fall, students were asked to contribute one photograph of their experience abroad for an online photo...
Visiting professor hopes to continue connections
Stefan Creuzberger is not only a believer in the power of international academic connections – he is a proud example of it. Creuzberger, a Contemporary History professor at the University of Rostock (Germany), visited Western last week as part of a week-long academic...
Portrait pilferer returns to scene decades later
It had been delivered by hand, while office staff were in a meeting. Nobody saw the package delivered or, perhaps more importantly, the person who delivered it.
Breaking down views of Drake on Twitter
During the four days following the release of Drake’s Views on April 29, Twitter has been flooded with the fans’ excitement about the new album.There were 3,828,931 tweets around Views in that period, most of them original tweets, not retweets, in what seems to be an...
Exploring the diffusion of Drake
‘Views’ is a cultural epidemic that has infected millions in just weeks, thanks to the power of Internet and the fact billions of people around the world are connected. Drake knows the laws that govern it.
Celebrating Shakespeare 400
Western News joins the celebration of the most recognized English language playwright. We recruited this institution’s finest Shakespeare scholars to share their insights into The Bard – and play a little dress-up.
His virtual reality in the Digital Age
Over the last several years, digital humanists have increasingly found avenues for analysis in the work of William Shakespeare. While computational analysis of classic literary works has been the subject of protracted controversy, many suggest new technologies have...
Program inspires staffer’s push to ‘go beyond’
How do you promote gender equity and workplace equality in a tribal community in southeastern Africa, particularly when the view of women is so dissimilar from your own? That was the monumental task facing Michele Parkin earlier this year as she spent a month in a...
Looking for a curator of the human species
The Curator Wikipedia defines a curator as a manager or overseer, a keeper who normally works in a cultural institution to preserve a certain heritage. Her tasks include the organization of a collection and the interpretation of the collected materials. A curator...
Exploring our social response to Paris attacks
One tweet from One Direction member Louis Tomlinson during the Paris attacks summarily proves the true impact of celebrity and the existence of the global connectivity.
Making a blockbuster out of the Renaissance
Duels, battles, warriors and romances are topics you’ll encounter in Andrea Privitera’s Italian Renaissance class. But you’ll learn about these topics by playing video games, not just reading texts. Privitera, a PhD candidate in the Department of Modern Languages and...
Journey shows the power of ‘baby steps’
Debra Hawthorne’s transcript reflects a postsecondary experience more than three decades in the making. And when she takes the final few steps of that journey at Convocation next week, the Western staffer will stand as a testament to passion and determination. “It was...
Snapshots of experience tapped as winners
Three Western students nabbed top honours in the 2014 Modern Languages and Literatures Photo Contest for snapshots of their varied international experiences. Last fall, students were asked to contribute one photograph of their experience abroad for an online photo...
Visiting professor hopes to continue connections
Stefan Creuzberger is not only a believer in the power of international academic connections – he is a proud example of it. Creuzberger, a Contemporary History professor at the University of Rostock (Germany), visited Western last week as part of a week-long academic...
Portrait pilferer returns to scene decades later
It had been delivered by hand, while office staff were in a meeting. Nobody saw the package delivered or, perhaps more importantly, the person who delivered it.