Chairs at Queen’s
Posted: November 24th, 2014For the university community, a chair is a position of distinction. Chairs provide the means for universities to recognize, attract and retain top researchers and scholars, both from within the university and from around the world. Research chairs carry special privileges and obligations.
The Douglas Chair in Canadian and Colonial History came with its own custom-made armchair. In 1910, James Douglas, Queen’s third chancellor, personally funded the chair and later commissioned an elaborately carved Burmese teak armchair to accompany the position.
The current chair holder is Dr. Don Akenson, a specialist in Irish history. The armchair, being restored, in 2010, by Stéphane Doyon, a Master of Art Conservation student, is now on display in the Special Collections room of Douglas Library. Read the entire alumni review story about chairs at Queen’s (by Andrea Gunn, MPA’07)
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