/channels/news_feeds/all/term/arts_fac/rss en /channels/channels/news/three-mcgill-researchers-receive-sshrc-partnership-engage-grants-370328 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div> <div> <p><span><span>The Social Science and <span>Humanities<span> Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) <span>announced<span> <span>recipients<span> of <span>the <span>latest<span> <span>Partnership Engage Grants<span> <span>competition<span>,<span> <span>including<span> a total of $73,782 <span>awarded<span> to <span>three<span> ɬÀï·¬ <span>researc<span>hers<span>.<span> </span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/sshrc_partnership_grant_recipients_january_2026.png?itok=ZYFAeRvX" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">14 </span><span class="month">January </span><span class="year">2026</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 14 Jan 2026 16:32:44 +0000 webfull 214806 at /channels /channels/channels/news/ricardo-wilson-2025-26-mordecai-richler-writer-residence-369991 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>The <strong>Department of English</strong> is delighted to announce Professor <strong>Ricardo Wilson </strong>as the 2025-2026 <strong>Mordecai Richler Writer-in-Residence</strong>.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/richler2026_rwilson_banner.jpg?itok=BxeJW69N" width="160" height="80" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">22 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 22 Dec 2025 15:19:50 +0000 webfull 214450 at /channels /channels/channels/news/camille-owens-receives-honorable-mention-children-369782 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2>Congratulations to Professor Camille Owens!</h2> <h3>Professor Owens received an honorable mention from the Modern Language Association of America for her book <a href="https://nyupress.org/9781479812929/like-children/"><em>Like Children: Black Prodigy and the Measure of the Human in America</em></a>.</h3> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/owens_faculty_spotlight.jpg?itok=85z5Zdr8" width="160" height="107" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">11 </span><span class="month">December </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 11 Dec 2025 15:25:46 +0000 webfull 214209 at /channels /channels/channels/news/mcgills-bachelor-arts-and-science-program-celebrates-20-years-interdisciplinary-scholarship-369294 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2><em>Happy 20th birthday, B.A. &amp; Sc.!</em></h2> <div> <div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/basc.png?itok=Z1lCghwn" width="160" height="106" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">25 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 25 Nov 2025 13:58:56 +0000 webfull 213645 at /channels /channels/channels/news/prof-sandeep-banerjee-cbc-ideas-369289 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2>Professor Sandeep Banerjee was a guest in the<strong> </strong>CBC Ideas episode "How this 19th-century Indian feminist flipped the colonial travelogue on its head."</h2> <h2 class="bl-tpl"><strong><a class="button--outline" href="https://www.cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-23-ideas/clip/16168730-pandita-ramabai-a-19th-century-indian-feminist-travelled-world">Listen to the episode</a></strong></h2> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/banerjee_headshot_low.jpg?itok=5qdIFiPM" width="160" height="160" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">24 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 24 Nov 2025 18:51:45 +0000 webfull 213639 at /channels /channels/channels/news/professor-manshels-writing-backwards-was-awarded-2026-perkins-prize-368695 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2>Congratulations to Professor Alexander Manshel for being awarded The Barbara Perkins and George Perkins Prize!</h2> <p><strong>2026 Perkins Prize Citation:</strong></p> <p><a href="https://cup.columbia.edu/book/writing-backwards/9780231211260/?fbclid=PAZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAacjfQyhS7G7wpc8XtZWxts9C59RLas8xMhFeBXRWk-8fvoej-vbGL2R7329qQ_aem_IJMAxTRYtq4qKTiGaQgyeA">Alexander <span><span>Manshel, <i>Writing Backwards: Historical Fiction and the Reshaping of the American Canon</i>. New York: Columbia University Press, 2024.</span></span></a></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/manshel_writingbackwards_square.jpg?itok=hL6PYt7M" width="160" height="160" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">3 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 03 Nov 2025 15:44:33 +0000 webfull 213003 at /channels /channels/channels/news/experts-economic-impact-quebec-housing-crisis-367924 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>According to a report by Quebec researchers studying social inequalities, Quebec’s economy lost $4.2 billion in 2021 due to the ongoing housing crisis — a figure the authors say is likely even higher in 2025. </p> <p><em>Manque de logements adéquats : quels coûts sur la prospérité économique?</em> is the first publication in a larger research project conducted by the <a href="https://observatoiredesinegalites.com/en/">Observatoire des inégalités du Québec</a> with several partners. </p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/gettyimages-2173838455.jpg?itok=PTlMRgVm" width="160" height="91" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">22 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 22 Sep 2025 16:25:04 +0000 webfull 212127 at /channels /channels/channels/news/professor-nathalie-cooke-appointed-royal-society-canada-367871 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2><strong>Congratulations to Professor Nathalie Cooke on her election as a Fellow to the <span><span>Royal<span><span> Society <span><span>of <span><span>Canada!</span></span></span></span></span></span></span></span></strong></h2> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/banner_cooke_2.jpg?itok=f4iBLlVu" width="160" height="86" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">19 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 19 Sep 2025 15:02:40 +0000 webfull 212061 at /channels /channels/channels/news/isabel-wilkerson-deliver-2025-beatty-lecture-366868 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div><em>Pulitzer-Prize winning American journalist, journalism professor and author will speak Oct. 23  </em></div> <div> </div> <div> <p>Isabel Wilkerson, Pulitzer Prize winner and bestselling author of <em>Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents </em>and <em>The Warmth of Other Suns </em>will deliver the 2025 Beatty Lecture at ɬÀï·¬ on Oct. 23 during the University’s annual Homecoming festivities. Nahlah Ayed, host of CBC national radio program <em>Ideas, </em>will moderate the event.</p></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/wilkerson_envoke_headshot_photo_credit_leslie_andrews.jpg?itok=Q8XwJCFN" width="160" height="181" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">28 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 28 Aug 2025 16:49:01 +0000 webfull 210941 at /channels /channels/channels/news/nathalie-cookes-latest-book-tastes-and-traditions-366491 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><h2><b><i>Tastes and Traditions: A Journey Through Menu History </i>by<i> </i>Professor Nathalie Cooke<br /> Published by Reaktion Books</b></h2> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-primary-image field-type-image field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><img class="no-float" src="/channels/files/channels/styles/wysiwyg_medium/public/channels/image/mh-019_edit.jpg?itok=v6Tvs4VP" width="160" height="160" alt="" /></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-published-date field-type-datestamp field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div class="custom-multi-date"><div class="multi-date first"><span class="label">Published: </span><span class="day">19 </span><span class="month">August </span><span class="year">2025</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 19 Aug 2025 21:03:09 +0000 webfull 210544 at /channels