Ron Levi, Paul Cohen receive Ordre des Palmes académiques from France

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From left: Consul General of France Mark Trouyet, Associate Professors Ron Levi and Paul Cohen, and Brigitte Proucelle, cultural, education and sciences adviser at the French Consulate (photo by Dhoui Chang)

Two University of Toronto faculty members have been named Chevalier (knight) dans l’Ordre des Palmes académiques – an honour granted to those who have made major contributions to French education and culture.

Ron Levi and Paul Cohen received France’s oldest non-military decoration at a ceremony at the Munk School of Global Affairs & Public Policy from Marc Trouyet, France’s consul general. The title was created by Napoleon I in 1808, becoming a decoration in 1866 under Napoleon III.

“It is indeed a privilege to honour two such distinguished professors for their ability to liaise to and with France, its history and society,” said Trouyet.

Levi is an associate professor of global affairs and sociology, the director of global strategy at the Munk School and the George Ignatieff Chair of Peace and Conflict Studies. Cohen is an associate professor of history who helped to launch the Centre for the Study of France and the Francophone World in the Munk School, where he was director until 2017.

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Historian Lynne Viola awarded Killam Prize for humanities

lanthierj — Thu, 25 Apr 2019 20:08:05 +0000

Historian Lynne Viola awarded Killam Prize for humanities

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Historian and University Professor Lynne Viola is the recipient of a 2019 Killam Prize – the top annual award of the Canada Council for the Arts.

Viola, one of the world’s leading scholars on Stalinist Russia, is receiving the prize for the humanities. Her books, which are rich in detail culled from primary sources such as the KGB archives, seek to create a more nuanced understanding of Soviet history. The Best Sons of the Fatherland (1987) focused on the supporters of Stalin’s regime. Peasant Rebels Under Stalin (1996) looked at state government resisters. The Unknown Gulag (2007) looked at Stalin’s victims and their fates and 2017’s Stalinist Perpetrators on Trial looked at those who implemented Stalin’s Great Terror, from 1936 to 1938.

Viola received the Molson Prize in 2018 for her significant contributions to the cultural and intellectual heritage of Canada.

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