Distinguished James McGill Professor of Twentieth-Century Literature Allan Hepburn recently published Elizabeth Bowen in Context (Cambridge University Press, 2026) and Citizenship in Mid-Century British Literature: War, Statehood, Ex
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Published on: 22 Apr 2026
Curious about what goes on behind the scenes of an international poetry prize? The Faculty of Arts spoke to MA student Izzi Holmes and U3 Physics and English major Clara Costello about the important work they do for the Montreal International Poetry Prize and the positive impact it has on the McGill community, and on poets around the world.
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Published on: 20 Apr 2026
McGill Professor Thomas Soehl has received funding to study the challenges allophone newcomers to Quebec face in building the francophone social networks necessary for integrating French into daily life and participating meaningfully in a predominantly French-speaking society.
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Published on: 8 Apr 2026
McGill Professor Thomas Soehl has received funding to study the challenges allophone newcomers to Quebec face in building the francophone social networks necessary for integrating French into daily life and participating meaningfully in a predominantly French-speaking society.
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Published on: 2 Apr 2026
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Published on: 16 Mar 2026
Professors Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey and Jill Baumgartner will lead innovative research focusing on anti-Black carceral systems and climate-related health risks respectively
Published on: 11 Mar 2026
A study of Black Americans is among the first to show how the internalization of negative messages about dark skin tones could be linked to harms to health.
Researchers found that Black Americans who are, or perceive themselves to be, dark skinned show clear markers of cellular aging associated with immune-system damage and also score lower on a measurement of self-worth. Cellular aging and low self-worth are both associated with relatively poor health outcomes.
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Published on: 19 Feb 2026
The Montreal International Poetry Prize is committed to encouraging the creation of original works of poetry, to building international readerships, and to exploring the world’s Englishes.
We award one prize of $20,000 CAD to a poet for a single poem of forty or fewer lines. A jury of internationally reputed poets and critics selects a shortlist of approximately sixty poems, from which a judge chooses one winner. The shortlist is published in The Montreal Poetry Prize Anthology.
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Published on: 4 Feb 2026
The French government announced on Jan. 27 the rollout of its new videoconferencing platform, Visio. The domestically developed platform was created to replace U.S. tools like Zoom and Microsoft Teams across all state services by 2027 as part of the French government’s broader push for digital sovereignty. Officials say the shift will also cut software licensing costs and strengthen security and confidentiality.
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Published on: 28 Jan 2026
Congratulations to Professor Manshel for winning the MELUS Book Award!
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Published on: 20 Jan 2026
Congratulations to Professor Erin Hurley for receiving a SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant!
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Published on: 20 Jan 2026
Congratulations to Professor Carmen Faye Mathes!
Professor Mathes has been awared the 2025 Keats-Shelley Association Essay Prize for her essay “Apostrophe’s Occasions: Two Postures of Abolitionist Address.”
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Published on: 20 Jan 2026
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Published on: 14 Jan 2026
The Department of English is delighted to announce Professor Ricardo Wilson as the 2025-2026 Mordecai Richler Writer-in-Residence.
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Published on: 22 Dec 2025
Congratulations to Professor Camille Owens!
Professor Owens received an honorable mention from the Modern Language Association of America for her book Like Children: Black Prodigy and the Measure of the Human in America.
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Published on: 11 Dec 2025
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