Presentations

• Professor’s SSHRC Funded Research with Canadian Author in the BrockNews

  Friday, April 19, 2024 | By lbetts

  

  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!

  Categories: Awards, English Faculty, Presentations

• Professor Knight to curate exhibition at Eclipse on the Escarpment

  Tuesday, March 26, 2024 | By lbetts

  

  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!

  Categories: English Faculty, Presentations

• Canadian Author Visits MA Classroom

  Thursday, March 21, 2024 | By lbetts

  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 Gordon

  Author, 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!

  Categories: English Faculty, Presentations

• Brock Talks Public Lecture Series to Discuss the Anthropocene

  Thursday, March 21, 2024 | By lbetts

  

  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!

  Categories: English Faculty, Presentations

• Fall 2023 OGS and SSHRC Workshop

  Tuesday, September 19, 2023 | By lbetts

  

  Are you a 4^th-year Humanities student who is interested in applying of a Master’s program or an MA student interested in applying to a PhD program?

  The Department of English Language and Literature is holding a workshop on grant applications for Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS) and Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) funding agencies.

  Learn the steps involved in writing and submitting effective applications that will increase your chances of obtaining external funding for graduate studies in the Humanities.

  Join Professor Mathew Martin from the Department of English Language and Literature and Research Awards & Scholarships Specialists Tessa Mazachowsky and Emily Huneault from the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs for this important writing workshop.

   

  When: 5 October, 2023, 3-4pm
  Where: Glenridge A Room 201

  Questions? Contact mmartin@brocku.ca.

  Categories: English Faculty, English Graduate Students, English Undergraduate Students, Info Session, Presentations