message from George Baird, Dean:

I am pleased to announce the appointment of Andrew Payne as Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design.

Professor Payne holds a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in English from York University, and a Doctorate in English from the University of Toronto. He has taught here at the Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design since 1996, serving since then as co-ordinator of the Faculty’s Writing Program, and since 2004 as the Director of the Bachelor of Arts in Architectural Studies Program.

Professor Payne has published widely in the fields of architecture, art and cultural theory, both in Canada and abroad. Indeed, his broad knowledge of the field of cultural theory has made him a much sought-after participant in symposia and colloquia on numerous topics within that territory. He has recently completed (with Professor Rodolphe el-Khoury) Architecture and the Culture of Sense and is currently working on two other manuscripts: Thales or some Other: Construction in the Intellectual and Cultural Legacies of Modernity and Clamors of Being: The Genesis of Sense in Gilles Deleuze, Alain Badiou, and Jacques Derrida.

Professor Payne’s new appointment commenced on January 1, 2008. Please join me in congratulating him on his appointment as Senior Lecturer.