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
Five Yan P. Lin Centre Members part of 2.5$M SSHRC inter-University Grant on Housing in Canada
Published: 12 Jun 2023
Yan P. Lin Centre 2023 Annual Lecture - C. Thi Nguyen “Value Capture”
Published: 12 Jun 2023
Young Alumni Supporting Crowdfunding Initiatives for McGill24
Published: 8 Mar 2022
Events
- 18 Jan
Emily Nacol (Political Science, University of Toronto):"A 'More Onerous Citizenship': Political Theory in Plague Time"
- 26 Jan
RGGJ : The Promise and Peril of Participatory Democracy: Lessons from Non-profit Housing Cooperatives
- 1 Feb
RGGP : Maria Feliciano
- 2 Feb
RGTGM: Defectors Workshop
- 14 Mar
Kevin Elliott, (Ethics Politics & Economics, Yale): "Democracy for Busy People"