I am an elected member of
the Royal Society of Canada,
the Royal Historical
Society and the Royal
Asiatic Society. I am also the recipient of a papal
honour.
I received the President's
Research Award from St Francis Xavier in 2001, the University Outreach Award from St
Francis Xavier in 2015, and the University
Research Award from St Francis Xavier in 2018.
I have received a number
of awards from the Social Sciences and
Humanities Research Council of Canada -
both research
grants (for a project on British Idealism in India and South Africa) and grants to organise scholarly conferences
in Canada.
I have given a number of
endowed lectures and have been the holder of visiting Research
Chairs in Poland, China, and India.