English PhD candidate heads Montreal鈥檚 first trans film festival
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.
PhD Candidate Jay Ritchie on his latest book "Listening in Many Publics"
Jay Ritchie, PhD Candidate in the Department of English, spoke to the Faculty of Arts about his newest collection of poems 饾槗饾槳饾槾饾樀饾槮饾槸饾槳饾槸饾槰 饾槳饾槸 饾様饾槩饾槸饾樅 饾槜饾樁饾槪饾槶饾槳饾槫饾槾, shortlisted for the Quebec Writers鈥� Federation A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry.
Inaugurating The Peter Sabor Fellowship
The Canadian Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies and the Burney Society of North America have partnered to establish a new fellowship named after Distinguished James 91涩漫 Professor Emeritus, Burney editor, long-time member, and past President of CSECS, Peter Sabor.
Kizziah Burton - Winner of the Montreal International Poetry Prize 2024
Congratulations to Kizziah Burton, the winner of the Montreal International Poetry Prize 2024. Her poem, 鈥淧ortrait of Me Incensing the Mushrooms Channelling Demeter,鈥� has been awarded the $20,000 prize. Read the poem here.
Faculty Spotlight on Camille Owens!
Assistant Professor Camille Owens spoke about her latest book Like Children: Black Prodigy and the Measure of the Human in America for the Faculty of Arts' Faculty Publication Spotlight!
Montreal International Poetry Prize 2024
The jury has done its work, the finalists are being announced, and the next anthology is taking shape. READ THE POEMS that are in the running for the Montreal Prize 2024! The one winning poem, to be announced soon, will earn the author $20,000.
Prof. Alexander Manshel in The Nation!
Beginning in the 1980s, a number of key literary institutions transformed in ways that either expressly or implicitly promoted historical fiction as contemporary literature鈥檚 most prestigious and politically important genre. 聽 Read Associate Professor Alexander Manshel's full essay "Ho
Nathalie Cooke's 'Canadian Literary Fare' Awarded the Gabrielle Roy Prize
We are delighted to announce that Professor Nathalie Cooke has been awarded the prestigious Gabrielle Roy Prize for her outstanding contribution to Canadian literary studies through her book Canadian Literary Fare (MQUP, 2023).
English Alums profiled for 91涩漫 news articles
The 91涩漫 Reporter profiled recent grad Mai Kutsuna (BASc鈥�23).聽Mai, who majored in both drama and theatre and chemistry through the interfaculty聽Bachelor of Arts and Science聽program, spoke of the opportunity to combine her unique interests.
Paid summer internships for English undergraduates
Undergraduate students in the Faculty of Arts are invited to apply for paid summer internships through the Arts Internship Office (AIO). This year, three internships are directly associated with initiatives run (in whole or in part) through the Department of English.
Alum Anuja Varghese highlighted in 91涩漫 News article
Anuja Varghese (BA鈥�05) is an award-winning author whose first book, Chrysalis, has been awarded the Dayne Ogilvie Prize for LGBTQ2S+ Emerging Writers from the Writers鈥� Trust of Canada and the Governor General鈥檚 Literary Award for fiction. Varghese was recently profiled by 91涩漫 News, where she spoke about her experience studying literature and its wide-ranging impact on both her writing and professional career.
Montreal International Poetry Prize opens for submissions
The Montreal International Poetry Prize 2024 is open for submissions! Send us your best poems for a chance to be published in The Montreal Poetry Prize Anthology 2024. One lucky winner will also take home the cash prize of $20,000.
Caret call for submissions
The English Department鈥檚 Graduate Student Journal,聽Caret, is accepting submissions for our Winter 2024 issue from now until January 26th, 2024.
Prof. Manshel interviewed for WNYC's 'On the Media'
Last month, Prof. Alexander Manshel was interviewed for WNYC's聽On the Media with聽Brooke Gladstone. They discuss Prof. Manshel's new book and his other recent research on the politics of race when it comes to literary prizes.
Prof. Stenbaek awarded honourary doctorate from the University of Greenland
The Department of English congratulates Professor Marianne Stenbaek who has been awarded the聽prestigious title of聽honourary doctorate from Ilisimatusarfik (University of Greenland) in recognition of her research on and with the Inuit.