Research Project Sites

Details on Selected Projects

Some of the research projects being undertaken by members of the Faculty of Humanities are displayed at hcmc.uvic.ca/about/projects.php. For information on other projects, see the appropriate departmental site.

Portraits of Humanities Researchers and Projects

The following is a list of press items on some of the research projects in the faculty of Humanities:

English

Michael Best: Internet Shakespeare Editions (pdf);English Profs Publish Academic Writing Guide

Kim Blank: English Profs Publish Academic Writing Guide

Misao Dean: Exhibiting Histories

Elizabeth Grove-White: The Shamrock and the Maple Leaf

Ray Siemens: Reading the Future: The Digital Age is About to Take Book-Reading to a Whole New Dimension; Digital Lit: An English Prof Blends Humanities with State-of-the-Art Technology; Shakespeare Across the Ether: Transmitting Digital Literature to Researchers Anytime, Anywhere

French

Claire Carlin: Le mariage sous l'Ancien Régime

Catherine Caws: FLORE,  French Learning Object Repository for Education; FrancoToile, Gateway to Francophone Culture

Emile Fromet de Rosnay: Dynamic Reading Viewer of Mallarmé's Coup de Dés

Germanic & Russian Studies

Michael Hadley (retired): Justice that Heals (pdf)

Greek & Roman Studies

John Oleson: Archaeology Meets Agriculture in the Desert (pdf)

History

Brian Dippie: "Draw, Pardner" - Art in the Wild West

John Lutz: Uncovering Victoria's Secrets; Local History Made User-Friendly; Site Adds Doukhobor Mystery; Local History Treasure Trove Added to Website; Student Slueths Have More "Cold Cases" to Solve

Reginald Roy (Prof. Emeritus): Lieutenant Governor Launches Veterans Oral History Project

Eric Sager: Tracking the Elusive 'Traditional Family' (pdf)

David Zimmerman: The Rescue of Scholars from Nazi Germany

Linguistics

Barry Carlson: Lacandon Cultural Heritage Project

Ewa Czaykowska-Higgins: Helping Preserve the 'Soul' of a Culture (pdf); $900,000 Program to Revitalize Island Aboriginal Languages

Leslie Saxon: Gems of Language

Philosophy

Conrad Brunk: Uvic Ethicist Backs Claim that GM Corn Threatens Mexican Farming Culture

Women's Studies

Christine Welsh: Story of the Coast Salish Knitters (pdf)