Lillian Robinson scholars
The Lillian Robinson Scholars Program
The Lillian Robinson Scholars Program will be interrupted from September 2012 to August 2013 as the Simone de Beauvoir Institute will be instead welcoming top scholars as keynote speakers for its 35th Anniversary Conference to be held April 17-19, 2013. Apologies to those interested in the program. In early 2013, the Institute will post here the instructions for applications for the 2013-2014 Lillian Robinson Scholars Program.
A feminist scholar whose career spanned over 35 years, Dr. Lilian Robinson was Principal of the Simone de Beauvoir Institute, home of the first Women’s Studies program in Canada, from 2000-2006. She was widely recognized as one of the leading feminist theorists of the twentieth century, and her essays and books have inspired feminist scholarship around the world. Thanks to a generous donation from the Renée B. Fisher Foundation and the work and vision of the Foundation Board President, Dr. Shelley Fisher Fishkin from Stanford University, the Simone de Beauvoir Institute has created a visiting scholars program as a living memorial to her. Please read the following article for more information on the life and work of Dr. Lillian Robinson.
2011-2012 Lillian Robinson Scholars
Dr. Manal Hamzeh (New Mexico State University)
Dr. Christabelle Sethna (University of Ottawa)
Dr. Heather Sykes (OISE/University of Toronto)
Previous Lillian Robinson Scholars
The Simone de Beauvoir Institute has in the past welcomed Lillian Robinson scholars who were academic researchers well known for their feminist scholarship and activism. Click here for more information on those scholars and the research they conducted while at the Institute.
