Welcome to the Yan P. Lin Centre
The Yan P. Lin Centre for the Study of Freedom and Global Orders in the Ancient and Modern Worlds brings together more than forty scholars from across the university working in comparative, historical, normative, and critical social inquiry. It provides a unified home for the humanistic social sciences, allowing for collaborations across the Faculties of Arts, Engineering, and Law, drawing on disciplines ranging from history, classics, architecture, political science, and philosophy. It is dedicated to studying social structures, social transformations, and ideas about social values from across eras and in regions around the world.
Events
The Centre offers a number of events throughout the year, including the Yan P. Lin Annual Lecture. Each research group organizes events tailored to its expertise.
Research Groups
The Centre is clustered into five research groups: Global Antiquities, Transitions and Gobal Modernities, Constitutional Studies, Global Justice, and Democracy, Space, and Technology.
News
Two Members of the Yan P. Lin Centre newly inducted as Fellows of the Royal Society of Canada
Published: 5 Sep 2024Research Group on Global Pasts Announces Works-in-Progress Workshop
Published: 24 Apr 2024
2024 Annual Lecture of the Yan P. Lin Centre - ‘Is the Disorder of Our Times Unprecedented?’ by Ayşe Zarakol
Published: 10 Apr 2024
