Faculty of Arts

Daniel L. Overmyer, PhD, FRSC

Daniel L. Overmyer, PhD, FRSC

Professor Emeritus

Chinese philosophy and religions, local religion in Chinese villages

Richard Price, PhD

Richard Price, PhD

Professor

international relations, role of norms and ethics in world politics, norms limiting warfare, chemical weapons taboo, ban against landmines

David Pokotylo, PhD

David Pokotylo, PhD

Associate Professor

Heritage conservation

Peter Petro, PhD

Professor

Russian, Czech, Slovak literature, Dostoevsky, Tolstoy

Stephen Partridge

Assistant Professor

Middle Ages

Kyung-Ae Park, PhD

Kyung-Ae Park, PhD

Associate Professor and Co-Director, Centre for Korean Research

Korean politics (North and South Korea), U.S.-Korean relations, Korean unification

Thomas Salumets, PhD

Associate Professor

German and Estonian, theory, figurational sociology and Norbert Elias

Alain-Michel Rocheleau, PhD

Assistant Professor

French cinema, French and Quebecois theatre, Anglican Church and Roman Catholic Tradition

W. Craig Riddell

W. Craig Riddell

Professor Emeritus

Labour economics (wages, employment, unemployment), labour relations (unionization, collective bargaining), social policy: education, training, income support programs (unemployment insurance, welfare)

Laurie Ricou

Professor

Canadian literature, British Columbia, Pacific Northwest writing, regionalism, environment/ecology and literature

Allen G. Sens, PhD

Allen G. Sens, PhD

Professor

War, armed conflict, international security, international conflict management, Canadian foreign policy, weapons, nuclear weapons, peacekeeping, arms control

Mark Schaller

Mark Schaller

Professor

Psychological process underlying the advancement of science, psychological processes in the formation of group stereotypes and intergroup prejudice, psychological foundations of culture

Katherine Sirluck, PhD

Instructor

Shakespeare, Renaissance drama, feminist theory, cultural anthropology, language, gender politics, contemporary drama, poetry

Patricia A. Shaw

Patricia A. Shaw

Professor

Founding Chair, First Nations and Endangered Languages Program

First Nations languages, endangered languages, language revitalization, community capacity-building for language sustainability, archival research for endangered Aboriginal languages

Mark Vessey

Associate Professor

Classical/Christian literary culture in late antiquity, European Renaissance, church fathers (i.e. Augustine, Jerome), Erasmus, bible and book history

Michael Byers

Professor

Canada Research Chair in Global Politics and International Law

Politics, government, defense, military, Arctic, sovereignty, United States, human rights, civil liberties, terrorism, international, United Nations, NATO, Middle East, arms control, nuclear, treaties, diplomacy, environment, climate change, law

Catherine Wilson

Professor

General ethics, social and political philosophy, history of philosophy, philosophy of science, philosophy of biology

Robert Silverman

Professor Emeritus

Piano music, Beethoven, Schumann, Brahms, Chopin, Bach, Liszt, Rachmaninoff

Hector Williams, BA Hons, MA, PhD

Hector Williams, BA Hons, MA, PhD

Professor Emeritus, Classics and Classical Archaeology

Fifty years of experience in maritime archaeology in Mediterranean and Arctic; classical archaeology in Greece and Turkey. Maritime history of Canada. Maritime museums (on board of Vancouver Maritime Museum for 30 years). Vampire archaeology (National Geographic tv special). Atlantis (once regular on CBC radio and tv on Atlantis stories).

W. Peter Ward

Professor

History of health