About FASS
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Dalhousie's Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences offers a world of choices: thousands of courses, two hundred professors, thirty-five academic programs. Learn more about the Faculty.
Research in FASS
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How can the study of humanities and social sciences inform policy, improve health and restore the environment? Find out how FASS research and researchers are changing the world.
FASS in Dal News
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Standing up for the world
Generations of Dalhousie's Rhodes Scholars are a force for good.
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Golden moments: Celebrating the 2024 Aurum Award Winners
Recognizing exceptional alumni who are making society a better place.
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read.watch.listen
Dal alumni and faculty share their books, television shows, films, webinars, and podcasts.
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24 hours: Jack Bennet
Jack Bennett (BA’17, JD’23) shares a day in the life of a lawyer and co-host of The Big Sing, a Halifax event that teaches singers of all levels a pop song in three-part harmony.
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How the Middle Ages are being revisited through Indigenous perspectives
Indigenous and critical race approaches to narratives of the Middle Ages help reveal more accurate histories, and combat the misuses of ‘the medieval’ for hate.
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Future alumni: Kriti Maini
Fascinated by how people engage with history, Kriti Maini will graduate in Spring 2025 with a combined honours in political science and history.
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Dress code, flexible: A presidential robe reimagined in time for Convocation
Dal President Kim Brooks recruited a Costume Studies student to create a new design for her ceremonial garb, one that better reflects the land Dal sits on, the university's values, and her own identity.
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Grad profile: Food (culture) for thought
Michelle Wang, whose own parents immigrated to Canada from China in the 1990s, met with other second-generation Canadians for her honours thesis on how food shapes cultural identities and experiences.
News from FASS
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FASS grads celebrate at the 2024 spring convocation
More than 300 FASS students received their degrees as part of the 2024 Dalhousie Spring convocation activities.
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Dean's Message to the FASS community ‑ Spring 2024
FASS Dean Dr. Jennifer Andrews shares a message with the FASS community
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Political Science PhD candidate Patricia Porto de Barros Ayaz wins the Outstanding Graduate Student Award
Patricia Porto de Barros Ayaz, a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science, was awarded this honour at the 2024 Dalhousie Impact Awards.
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FASS faculty highlights and announcements ‑ Spring 2024
On behalf of several of the FASS departments and programs, please find several faculty highlights and announcements