Prof. Stenbaek awarded honourary doctorate from the University of Greenland
The Department of English congratulates Professor Marianne Stenbaek who has been awarded the prestigious title of honourary doctorate from Ilisimatusarfik (University of Greenland) in recognition of her research on and with the Inuit.
"Sita and Helen" on CBC Radio One
MA student Shailee Rajak joins CBC Radio One's "All in a Weekend" this Sunday, September 24th, to discuss her recently published children's book 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.
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Kasia Van Schaik's "We Have Never Lived On Earth" longlisted for the 2023 Giller Prize
Recent PhD alumnus Kasia Van Schaik's debut story collection, We Have Never Lived On Earth, has been longlisted for one of Canada's most prestigious literary awards, the Scotiabank Giller Prize. Said to "shimmer and compel like half-remembered dreams," these interwoven short stories follow the journey of Charlotte Ferrier, a ch2022-2023 Student Awards and Prizes
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’ names removed.)
Catherine Bradley was awarded the H. Noel Fieldhouse Award for Distinguished Teaching!
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!
Poetry Matters Featured in McGill's Arts News
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 McGill's campus.
The Department of English Welcomes Visiting Scholar Deanna Reder
Cree-Métis 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 Métis 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.
Listen to Prof. Manshel on the podcast "On the Media"
Listen to Professor Alexander Manshel, author of the forthcoming book Writing Backwards: Historical Fiction and the Reshaping of the American Canon, in the podcast 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".
Thinking About Honours?
Come to a Zoom information session about the Honours Program in EnglishFind out:
Congratulations to Professors Nathalie Cooke, Fiona Ritchie and Tabitha Sparks!
Professors Fiona Ritchie and Tabitha Sparks have both published new books! Fiona Ritchie, Shakespeare in the Theatre: Sarah Siddons and John Philip Kemble.Apply to the Reynolds Workshop 2022-23
Arte Video Povera and DIY Self-Portraiture: How to tell stories through images without professional equipment
Congratulations to Professor Fiona Ritchie on her fellowships!
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.
Congratulations!
Professor Robert Lecker has been awarded the prestigious Lorne Pierce Medal
Congratulations to Professor Lecker!Professor Robert Lecker has been awarded the prestigious Lorne Pierce Medal, a biennial prize recognizing achievement in critical or imaginative literature from the Royal Society of Canada.
The citation reads as follows:
2021-2022 Student Awards and Prizes
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 academic year.
(The writing prizes are determined by committees made up of professors in the Department of English, who review submissions with the authors’ names removed.)
Congratulations to Professor Ara Osterweil on her contributions to an award winning book!
Professor Ara Osterweil contributed to The Films of Andy Warhol Catalogue Raisonné, 1963-1965 (ed. John G. Hanhardt, Whitney Museum of Art), which was awarded the 2022 Kraszna-Krausz Moving Image Book Award!