Last month, Prof. Alexander Manshel was interviewed for WNYC's听On the Media with听Brooke Gladstone. They discuss Prof. Manshel's new book and his other recent research on the politics of race when it comes to literary prizes.
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Published on: 4 Jan 2024
The Department of English congratulates Professor Marianne Stenbaek who has been awarded the听prestigious title of听honourary doctorate from Ilisimatusarfik (University of Greenland) in recognition of her research on and with the Inuit. The honour is given to individuals who have made "comprehensive and meaningful" contributions to research and research education at Ilisimatusarfik and who have "worked for the development of society in a considerable number of years." Below is an excerpt from the award ceremony, attended by Prof. Stenbaek on September 29:听
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Published on: 9 Dec 2023
MA student听Shailee Rajak joins CBC Radio One's听"All in a Weekend" this Sunday, September 24th, to discuss her recently published children's book听Sita and Helen. Shailee and host Sonali Karnick will be talking about the book, its intercultural value, its foregrounding of a feminist perspective, and the importance of having it read by children of all backgrounds.听
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Published on: 22 Sep 2023
Recent PhD alumnus Kasia Van Schaik's debut story collection,, has been longlisted for one of Canada's most prestigious literary awards, the Scotiabank Giller Prize.听
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Published on: 21 Sep 2023
The Department of English is proud to recognize the following students who have been selected for the awards and scholarships listed below for the 2022-2023 academic year.
(The writing prizes are determined by committees made up of professors in the Department of English, who review submissions with the authors鈥� names removed.)
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Published on: 21 Sep 2023
Catherine Bradley - Head of Wardrobe, costume designer, researcher, and teacher in the Department of English - was awarded the H. Noel Fieldhouse Award for Distinguished Teaching!
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Published on: 31 May 2023
To mark World Poetry Month, the Arts News team spoke to Professor Miranda Hickman (Department of English) and students Anushree Joshi (MA, English), James Jarrett (U3, English and Music) and recent alum Jana Perkins (MA, English) about the importance of poetry and how research and community initiatives such as Poetry Matters are building spaces for poetic discussions both on and beyond 9I制作厂免费's campus.
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Published on: 18 Apr 2023
Cree-M茅tis scholar Dr. Deanna Reder did not study Indigenous literatures as an undergraduate. At the time such courses did not exist at her university. Propelled by this lack, she began to read outside of the conventional canon, with a keen eye on texts written by Cree or M茅tis authors. By the time she began her doctoral work in 2001, the field began to shift and a generation of 21st Century Indigenous writers began to be published.
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Published on: 15 Mar 2023
Listen to Professor Alexander Manshel,听author of the forthcoming book听Writing Backwards: Historical Fiction and the Reshaping of the American Canon, in the podcast听On the Media. Manshel speaks of the ressurgence of historical novels and their focus on disregarded histories in the segment "How Historical Novels Can Help Us Remember".
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Published on: 6 Mar 2023
Come to a Zoom information session about the Honours Program in English
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Published on: 7 Feb 2023
Professors Fiona Ritchie and Tabitha Sparks have both published new books!
- Fiona Ritchie, . Bloomsbury.
- Tabitha Sparks, , University of Virginia Press.
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Published on: 14 Dec 2022
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Published on: 26 Nov 2022
Professor Fiona Ritchie has been awarded a short-term Visiting Fellowship at Jesus College, University of Oxford, which she will take up in Winter 2023 during her sabbatic leave. While in Oxford, Professor Ritchie will conduct archival research for her research project on women and regional theatre in Britain in the long eighteenth century.
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Published on: 15 Sep 2022
Congratulations to Professor Lecker!
Professor Robert Lecker has been awarded the prestigious , a biennial prize recognizing achievement in critical or imaginative literature from the Royal Society of Canada.
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Published on: 14 Sep 2022
The Department of English is proud to recognize the following students who have been selected for the awards and scholarships listed below for the 2021-2022听academic year.
(The writing prizes are determined by committees made up of professors in the Department of English, who review submissions with the authors鈥� names removed.)
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Published on: 12 Sep 2022
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