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Ricardo Wilson is the 2025-26 Mordecai Richler Writer-in-Residence

webfull — Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:19:50 +0000

The Department of English is delighted to announce Professor Ricardo Wilson as the 2025-2026 Mordecai Richler Writer-in-Residence.

Published: 22 December 2025

Camille Owens Receives Honorable Mention for "Like Children"

webfull — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:25:46 +0000

Congratulations to Professor Camille Owens!

Professor Owens received an honorable mention from the Modern Language Association of America for her book Like Children: Black Prodigy and the Measure of the Human in America.

Published: 11 December 2025

Prof. Sandeep Banerjee on CBC Ideas

webfull — Mon, 24 Nov 2025 18:51:45 +0000

Professor Sandeep Banerjee was a guest in the CBC Ideas episode "How this 19th-century Indian feminist flipped the colonial travelogue on its head."

Listen to the episode

Published: 24 November 2025

Professor Manshel's 'Writing Backwards' was awarded the 2026 Perkins Prize!

webfull — Mon, 03 Nov 2025 15:44:33 +0000

Congratulations to Professor Alexander Manshel for being awarded The Barbara Perkins and George Perkins Prize!

2026 Perkins Prize Citation:

Alexander Manshel, Writing Backwards: Historical Fiction and the Reshaping of the American Canon. New York: Columbia University Press, 2024.

Published: 3 November 2025

Professor Nathalie Cooke appointed to Royal Society of Canada

webfull — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:02:40 +0000

Congratulations to Professor Nathalie Cooke on her election as a Fellow to the Royal Society of Canada!

Published: 19 September 2025

Nathalie Cooke's Latest Book: Tastes and Traditions

webfull — Tue, 19 Aug 2025 21:03:09 +0000

Tastes and Traditions: A Journey Through Menu History by Professor Nathalie Cooke
Published by Reaktion Books

Published: 19 August 2025

Feminist pedagogy through creative assessments

webfull — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 20:34:40 +0000

Zine-making 101: Feminist pedagogy through creative assessments

Published: 22 April 2025

Professor Manshel's "Writing Backwards" released as an audiobook

webfull — Tue, 22 Apr 2025 16:45:57 +0000

Associate Professor Alexander Manshel's publication Writing Backwards: Historical Fiction and the Reshaping of the American Canon (Columbia University Press, 2023) has been released as an audiobook by University Press Audiobooks.

Published: 22 April 2025

English PhD candidate heads Montreal’s first trans film festival

webfull — Thu, 03 Apr 2025 14:33:07 +0000

English PhD candidate, Iris Pintiuta, created Exposure, Montreal's first trans film festival. The festival aims to promote inclusive representation for trans people, as well as create programs and events that advance trans acceptance.

'“Too often, queer and trans scholarship doesn’t make it back to the people it speaks about. I wanted to change that – I wanted to build a bridge between academic knowledge and public access and use what I was learning to support my community, not just advance my own career.”'

Published: 3 April 2025

Creative Writing Prizes and Awards 2025

webfull — Thu, 06 Mar 2025 21:03:14 +0000

The MONA ADILMAN PRIZE IN POETRY, for one student, estimated value $500, or for two students, estimated value $250, is open to undergraduate or graduate students registered in the Faculty of Arts for the best poem or group of poems relating to ecological or environmental concerns.

Published: 6 March 2025

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