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An Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference Presented by The McGill English Graduate Student Association

From ancient Greek mythology to cubism, jazz music, and the contemporary puzzle film, labyrinths serve as images for exploring intellectual, affective, and material complexity. This conference will investigate labyrinths from diverse cultural, aesthetic, and theoretical perspectives. Whether literal or figurative, labyrinths are markers of intricacy that can evoke feelings of panic, bewilderment, and failure, or present opportunities for adventure and problem-solving.

Program:

9:30 – 10:00
Sunita Nigam: “Not Just for Laughs: Sugar Sammy, Stand-up Comedy, and National     Performance”

10:00 – 10:30
Casey McCormick: “To Be Continued: Narrative Closure in the Television Finale”

10:30 – 11:00 Break / Refreshments

11:00 – 11:30
Mary Towers: “A ‘parade of corpses’: Death and Irony in Pierrot le fou”

11:30 – 12:00

On January 17, Dr. Anupama Mohan will be on campus to deliver a talk titled “Class, Subalternity, and Ethical Choice in Modern India” as part of the candidate selection process for the position in World Anglophone Literature.

The Graduate Program in English is pleased to announce an upcoming PhD Oral Defense by Joanne Holland, entitled:

"From Providence to Police: The Development of the Literary Detective Figure in the Long Eighteenth Century" 

The Graduate Program in English is pleased to announce an upcoming PhD Oral Defense by

Natalie Huffels, entitled: "The British Trauma Novel, 1791-1860" 

McGill University Department of  English Drama and Theatre Program presents

The Revengers Tragedy 
by Thomas Middleton

McGill University Department of  English Drama and Theatre Program presents
The Revengers Tragedy 

Join us for a talk by David Bezmozgis, an author recently included in the New Yorker's "20 under 40" list, and a former student of our deparment's faculty members Maggie Kilgour and Brian Trehearne.
His most recent book, The Free World, has been receiving rather exuberant reviews http://www.bezmozgis.com/freeworld_reviews.html 

The talk is hosted by the Department of Jewish Studies, and co-sponsored by the Department of English.

A day-long graduate and post-graduate conference

Speakers include: Jason Behrmann, Goksen Can, Li Cornfeld, Emily Field, Max Haiven, Pamela Lamb, Sabine Lebel, Dr. Bertrand Lebouché, David Lessard, Katie MacEntee, Nancy Mauro-Flude, Dylan Mulvin, Rae Rosenberg, Rafico Ruiz, Dr. Réjean Thomas, Anne Vassal, Valerie Webber and Ardath Whynacht.

Friday, November 16^th, 9:00am-5:00pm. See attached PDf for detailed schedule