/channels/taxonomy/term/3563/all en /channels/channels/event/2024-beatty-lecture-357671 <p>Irish author, playwright, and filmmaker <strong>Cónal Creedon </strong>and Danish evolutionary biologist <strong>Eske Willerslev</strong> will deliver the 70th Beatty Lecture at Æ»¹ûÒùÔº <strong>on October 22, 2024</strong>.<strong> </strong></p> Tue, 11 Jun 2024 15:54:26 +0000 webfull 200452 at /channels /channels/channels/event/poetic-attention-356596 &²¹³¾±è;±ô³Ù;±è&²¹³¾±è;²µ³Ù;Ìý&²¹³¾±è;±ô³Ù;/±è&²¹³¾±è;²µ³Ù; Thu, 04 Apr 2024 03:38:20 +0000 webfull 199206 at /channels /channels/channels/news/historical-fiction-guarantee-critical-success-or-trap-348315 <p>For 21st century authors, the odds of writing a critical hit are much higher if the novel takes place in the past, not the present or future. Between 2000 and 2020, about three quarters of the novels shortlisted for the National Book Award, the Pulitzer Prize, and the National Book Critics Circle Award took place in the historical past.</p> Mon, 15 May 2023 20:51:46 +0000 webfull 189651 at /channels /channels/channels/event/book-launch-mother-muse-lorna-goodison-339778 <p>Join Véhicule Press, the Department of English and the <a href="https://www.montrealpoetryprize.com/" target="_blank">Montreal International Poetry Prize</a> for the launch of <em>Mother Muse, </em>a poetry collection by <strong>Lorna Goodison</strong></p> Mon, 06 Jun 2022 15:15:40 +0000 webfull 180407 at /channels /channels/channels/news/experts-pride-month-june-2021-331401 <p>June is Pride Month in Canada. It is a time when we celebrate diversity and LGBTQ+ communities, acknowledge their history, the hardships they have endured, and the progress that has been made. (<a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/community/celebrating-pride-month-2021-1.6041475" target="_blank">CBC News</a>)</p> <p>Here are some experts from Æ»¹ûÒùÔº that can provide comment on this issue:</p> Tue, 08 Jun 2021 14:25:06 +0000 webfull 170990 at /channels /channels/channels/news/experts-escalating-violence-between-israelis-and-palestinians-331055 <p>Israel hit three multi-storey towers as it hammered the Gaza Strip with airstrikes, and militants in the territory fired barrages of rockets at Israel, in the most severe outbreak of violence since the 2014 Gaza war, with no resolution in sight. The fighting has taken on many hallmarks of that devastating 50-day conflict between Israel and Hamas, but with a startling new factor: large, heated protests by Israeli Arabs in support of those living in the territories as well as counter-violence by Jewish Israelis.</p> Thu, 13 May 2021 19:51:16 +0000 webfull 170594 at /channels /channels/channels/news/life-after-and-during-phd-project-designed-change-expectations-culture-academy-297765 <p>For the past four years a cross-Canada project developed by Æ»¹ûÒùÔº, <a href="http://tracemcgill.com">TRaCE</a>, has been gathering stories and data about life after (and during) a humanities PhD.</p> <h3>The goal?</h3> <p>To shift the expectations of PhD students away from a single-minded focus on a future in academe (since only about 30% will end up with tenure-track jobs) and give them a sense of a range of satisfying possible careers.</p> Wed, 12 Jun 2019 15:59:23 +0000 webfull 149899 at /channels /channels/channels/news/2019-john-g-diefenbaker-award-297759 <p>The John G. Diefenbaker Award allows a distinguished German scholar in the social sciences or humanities to conduct research in Canada, and spend brief periods gaining further experience at American institutions. The award is designed to encourage exchange between the university communities of Canada and Germany.</p> Wed, 12 Jun 2019 14:29:27 +0000 webfull 149892 at /channels /channels/channels/event/seminar-caroline-levine-295708 <h3><a href="https://english.cornell.edu/caroline-levine" target="_blank">Caroline Levine</a> will conduct a seminar for interested students and faculty on the morning of Thursday, 28 March. All are welcome to attend.</h3> Tue, 26 Mar 2019 14:59:00 +0000 webfull 147663 at /channels /channels/event/revengers-tragedy-218835 <p>Æ»¹ûÒùÔº Department of English, Drama and Theater Program presents:<br /><em><strong>The Revenger's Tragedy </strong></em>by Thomas Middleton<br />Directed by Patrick Neilson</p> Fri, 02 Nov 2012 18:01:40 +0000 webfull 88162 at /channels /channels/news/bob-dylan-awarded-nobel-prize-literature-263424 <p>The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2016 is awarded to Bob Dylan "for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition". (<a href="https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/2016/press.html">NobelPrize.org</a>)</p> Thu, 13 Oct 2016 20:09:19 +0000 webfull 122085 at /channels