Congratulations to Professors Ann Howey and Martin Danahay on their new publication!
“Neo-Victorianism and Medievalism: Re-appropriating the Victorian and Medieval Pasts” came out on May 2, 2024 from Brill.com.
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Professor’s SSHRC Funded Research with Canadian Author in the BrockNews
Author, actor, and playwright Ann-Marie MacDonald (centre) visits with Professor Aaron Mauro of Digital Humanities (L) and our own Professor Neta Gordon (R). Photo credit: the Brock News.
Last month’s visit from Ann-Marie MacDonald was featured in this week’s Brock News. Professor Neta Gordon, along with Professor Aaron Mauro (Digital Humanities), Professor Ebru Ustundag (Geography and Tourism Studies), and Tim Ribaric (Library), have been awarded SSHRC funding to bring in MacDonald as a research collaborator on their project, “Mapping Ann-Marie MacDonald.” Congratulations to all!
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Professor Knight to curate exhibition at Eclipse on the Escarpment
Professor Knight (third from right) shares her eclipse exhibition materials with her class.
Professor Leah Knight will be a part of the Eclipse on the Escarpment event on April 8th, hosted by the Faculty of Mathematics and Science (registration on ExperienceBU). Her exhibit, “ ‘Dark shall by thy sun’: Imagining eclipses in early modern England,” will be on display in the Ian Beddis Gymnasium from 12-4pm.
Read all about it in the Brock News!
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Canadian Author Visits MA Classroom
Professor Neta Gordon brought in a very special guest on March 19 to her graduate class, ENGL 5V56: The Politics and Art of Orientation in the work of Ann-Marie MacDonald.
Back row, L to R: Claire Thyne, Zoe Williams, Faith Lokaisingh, Olivia Hay, Jaime Bastien, Maddie Beaulieau
Front: Ann-Marie MacDonald
Photo: Neta GordonAuthor, actor, and playwright Ann-Marie MacDonald spent the morning in the classroom with the MA English grad students. In the afternoon she met with the research team of Gordon’s SSHRC-funded “Mapping Ann-Marie MacDonald” project. Look for the upcoming feature story in the Brock News!
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Brock Talks Public Lecture Series to Discuss the Anthropocene
Join our own Professor Adam Dickinson along with Christine Daigle (Philosophy) and Francine McCarthy (Earth Sciences), on Wednesday, March 27, at the St. Catharines Public Library for a public lecture, “The Anthropocene as Scientific and Cultural Concept (for our Times)”
For more information, see the event posting on ExperienceBU, as well as the recent Brock News article. Hope to see you there!
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MA Program Will Pause Intake for 2024-2025 Academic Year
Due to budgetary constraints and funding changes, the English department has decided not to accept MA applications for the 2024-2025 academic year. Over this time, we will be reconceptualizing the MA program to adapt appropriately to the new funding models and we expect to resume accepting students for the 2025-2026 year.
The department is sorry for any difficulties that this decision may cause prospective applicants.
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Professor Knight Awarded MLA-EBSCO Literacy Prize
Professor Leah Knight, together with Head Archivist David Sharron, received the 2023 MLA-EBSCO Collaboration for Information Literacy Prize for the course design of MARS/ENGL 4P01: Sources and Methods in Medieval and Renaissance Studies.
From the MLA website: “Thanks to a generous grant from EBSCO, the Modern Language Association confers up to two annual awards of $500 each for coursework developed in collaboration between department faculty members and academic librarians in literature, language, or related disciplines. The award recognizes successful integration of the disciplinary objectives of the course with learning objectives in information literacy, as defined in the Association of College and Research Libraries’ Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education. ”
Congratulations, Leah and David!
Professor Leah Knight (pointing)
David Sharron (r), Head of Archives and Special Collections in the Brock Library, shows students rare documents.
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Fall Preview Day
Many thanks to all who helped out with Fall Preview Day 2023! A special shoutout goes to the student volunteers, Francesca Mangiapane, Amanda Andrews, and Grace Paiva, for helping to promote our Department.
Student volunteers (L-R): Francesca Mangiapane, Amanda Andrews, and Grace Paiva
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MA in English Online Info Session on Friday, Nov 3
Calling all 4th year English Students!
You are invited to attend an online information session for the Master’s in English at Brock on Friday, November 3, 2023, 10 AM.
RSVP at the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs website or with the QR code provided here.Hope to see you there!
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Fall 2023 Convocation
Friday the 13th was an auspicious day for all the right reasons. Congratulations to all of our ’23 Brock MA English graduates and faculty on all of your hard work!
Photo credits: Brock University
RSVP at the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs 
