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Ideas and actions

Welcome to the Faculty of Arts, a dynamic community of students, faculty and staff working in and across the humanities, social sciences and creative arts. Our ideas and actions are propelled by curiosity, creativity, and a deep commitment to contribute to a better world.

The Faculty of Arts acknowledges that we live and work on the traditional territory of ‎the Neutral, Anishinaabeg, and Haudenosaunee peoples. The University of Waterloo is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land promised to the Six Nations that includes ten kilometres on each side of the Grand River. Learn more about territorial acknowledgement.

       

News

  1. Jan. 15, 2019Waterloo Centre for German Studies announces inaugural book prize winnerlogo for Waterloo Centre for German Studies

    The winner of the inaugural Waterloo Centre for German Studies (WCGS) Book Prize has just been announced. Alice Weinreb of Loyola University Chicago is the winner for her book Modern Hungers: Food and Power in Twentieth-Century Germany, published by Oxford University Press.

  2. Dec. 10, 2018Ceremonial Fire Grounds offer a space for learning and reconciliationpeople gathered around ceremonial fire with drummers and singers

    On a wintery morning in late November, students, staff and faculty gathered around the Ceremonial Fire Grounds beside Laurel Creek for the opening of Bridge: Honouring the Lives of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two Spirit People. The sacred fire site now plays a vital part in the Bridge initiative - and offers many more opportunities for learning.

  3. Dec. 7, 2018Arts alumni named to Forbes 30 under 30 list

    This year, 11 of Waterloo’s alumni and former students have earned spots on the 2018 Forbes 30 Under 30 list — including three students who majored or minored in Arts.

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Events

  1. Jan. 17, 2019Book launch — Atomic Assurance: The Alliance Politics of Nuclear ProliferationTwo workers working with nuclear weapons

    Do alliances curb efforts by states to develop nuclear weapons? Alexander Lanoszka's Atomic Assurance looks at what makes alliances sufficiently credible to prevent nuclear proliferation; how alliances can break down and so encourage nuclear proliferation; and whether security guarantors like the United States can use alliance ties to end the nuclear efforts of their allies.

  2. Jan. 17, 2019Gichitwaawizi’igewin: Honouring launch reception

    Artist Catherine Dallaire re-examines the original Indigenous values in animal and plant life that are often vilified by contemporary Western settler culture. Building understanding between Indigenous and non-Indigenous worldviews is an important step towards peace and conciliation in the Canadian context.

  3. Jan. 17, 2019Felony and the Guilty Mind in Medieval England
    Come and enjoy cheese and pastries, relaxed conversation, and a discussion of crime in medieval England!
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