Alumni

Pre-Show Conversation with Paul Yachnin at the Centaur Theatre

admin — Thu, 12 Mar 2026 20:33:40 +0000

Dig deeper into Shakespeare’s play, Macbeth, in an unmissable pre-show conversation at the Centaur Theatre with Paul Yachnin, Tomlinson Professor of Shakespeare Studies

Space in African Studies

admin — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 19:31:47 +0000

Support Us! #ɬ�﷬24

admin — Wed, 11 Mar 2026 15:39:06 +0000

Support us!

Security and the new re-globalization paradox

admin — Mon, 09 Mar 2026 19:31:01 +0000

McDonald, Currie Lecture 2026 Security and the new re-globalization paradox Date and Time: March 12, 4:00 pm Place: ɬ�﷬ Faculty Club Ballroom, 3450 Rue McTavish

Two and a Half Cheers for a More Independent and Less Partisan Senate

admin — Wed, 04 Mar 2026 19:53:03 +0000

Join MISC at 4:00 pm on Monday, March 30th at the Faculty Club (3450 McTavish Street) for the 2026 Winter Eakin Lecture, Two and a Half Cheers for a More Independent and Less Partisan Senate, by the Honourable Marc Gold.

McDonald, Currie Lecture 2026

admin — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 19:13:20 +0000

McDonald, Currie Lecture 2026 Security and the new re-globalization paradox Date and Time: March 12, 4:00 pm Place: ɬ�﷬ Faculty Club Ballroom, 3450 Rue McTavish

Beyond cruelty: agency, personhood and relationality in detention & deportation research

admin — Fri, 27 Feb 2026 19:15:16 +0000

Professor Ulla D. Berg

Title: Beyond cruelty: agency, personhood and relationality in detention & deportation research

Dreaming Trans: Method, Sex, and the Unconscious

admin — Wed, 18 Feb 2026 18:43:49 +0000

Dreaming Trans: Method, Sex, and the Unconscious

Session 2 – Transmasculine sexuality in film, the archive, and the bathhouse (Film Screening: Desire Lines, 2024)

Birks Annual Lecture Series

admin — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 19:35:05 +0000

Lectures by Tulasi Srinivas, Professor of Anthropology, Religion and Transnational Studies, Marlboro Institute

First talk on October 22:

Save the Date | Kagedan Lecture on Social Work and Social Perinatal Care During Migration – March 19, 2026

admin — Tue, 17 Feb 2026 17:06:43 +0000

We are pleased to invite you to the Kagedan Lecture entitled “Social Work and Social Perinatal Care During Migration: from therapeutic support to defending rights”.

Submissions for the 2026 competition are open!

admin — Wed, 04 Feb 2026 16:58:08 +0000

The Montreal International Poetry Prize is committed to encouraging the creation of original works of poetry, to building international readerships, and to exploring the world’s Englishes.

We award one prize of $20,000 CAD to a poet for a single poem of forty or fewer lines. A jury of internationally reputed poets and critics selects a shortlist of approximately sixty poems, from which a judge chooses one winner. The shortlist is published in The Montreal Poetry Prize Anthology.

27th Annual Neuropsychology Day and Brenda Milner Lecture

admin — Thu, 29 Jan 2026 14:22:49 +0000

The 27th Annual Neuropsychology Day and Brenda Milner Lecture honours the career and achievements of Professor Brenda Milner, an eminent cognitive neuroscientist and pioneer of the discipline of neuropsychology.

Carmen Faye Mathes Has Been Awarded the 2025 Keats-Shelley Association Essay Prize

admin — Tue, 20 Jan 2026 17:44:54 +0000

Congratulations to Professor Carmen Faye Mathes!

Professor Mathes has been awared the 2025 Keats-Shelley Association Essay Prize for her essay “Apostrophe’s Occasions: Two Postures of Abolitionist Address.”

The committee writes:

Department Research Featured Among Quebec’s Top Discoveries

admin — Thu, 08 Jan 2026 21:59:55 +0000

We’re proud to share that a paper on pain research, featuring Professor Caroline Palmer, Professor Roy, and PhD student Wenbo Yi, has been recognized as one of Quebec Science’s Top 10 Discoveries of the Year. This achievement highlights the innovative work being done in our department to advance understanding of pain mechanisms and perception.

Congratulations to Social Work Professor Myriam Denov receives SSHRC’s highest honour

admin — Mon, 05 Jan 2026 16:33:20 +0000

"Myriam Denov, a leading advocate for children’s rights and a Professor in ɬ�﷬’s School of Social Work, has won a Gold Medal from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), its highest honour.

The award is for sustained leadership, dedication and originality of thought that have inspired students and colleagues; it comes with a $100,000 prize for future research.

Denov’s research interests include children born of war and families affected by war and genocide. Over the past 25 years, she has worked with war-affected children on three continents and advised NGOs and such governmental organizations as Global Affairs Canada, Citizenship and Immigration Canada and the Department of National Defence." (ɬ�﷬ Reporter)