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English PhD candidate heads Montreal鈥檚 first trans film festival

English PhD candidate, Iris Pintiuta, created , 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.

'鈥淭oo often, queer and trans scholarship doesn鈥檛 make it back to the people it speaks about. I wanted to change that 鈥� 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.鈥�'

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Published on: 3 Apr 2025

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, shortlisted for the Quebec Writers鈥� Federation A.M. Klein Prize for Poetry.

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Published on: 3 Feb 2025

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 涩里番 Professor Emeritus, Burney editor, long-time member, and past President of CSECS, Peter Sabor.

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Published on: 6 Jan 2025

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. .

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Published on: 21 Nov 2024

Faculty Spotlight on Camille Owens!

Assistant Professor Camille Owens spoke about her latest book for the Faculty of Arts' Faculty Publication Spotlight!

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Published on: 19 Nov 2024

Montreal International Poetry Prize 2024

The jury has done its work, the finalists are being announced, and the next anthology is taking shape. that are in the running for the Montreal Prize 2024! The one winning poem, to be announced soon, will earn the author $20,000.

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Published on: 3 Oct 2024

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.
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Read Associate Professor Alexander Manshel's full essay "" in The Nation.
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Published on: 12 Sep 2024

Nathalie Cooke's 'Canadian Literary Fare' Awarded the Gabrielle Roy Prize

We are delighted to announce that Professor Nathalie Cooke has the prestigious Gabrielle Roy Prize for her outstanding contribution to Canadian literary studies through her book (MQUP, 2023).

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Published on: 11 Jul 2024

English Alums profiled for 涩里番 news articles

The 涩里番 Reporter profiled recent grad Mai Kutsuna (叠础厂肠鈥�23).听Mai, who majored in both drama and theatre and chemistry through the interfaculty听Bachelor of Arts and Science听program, spoke of the opportunity to combine her unique interests.

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Published on: 31 Jan 2024

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.

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Published on: 24 Jan 2024

Alum Anuja Varghese highlighted in 涩里番 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 涩里番 News, where she spoke about her experience studying literature and its wide-ranging impact on both her writing and professional career.

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Published on: 22 Jan 2024

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.

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Published on: 21 Jan 2024

Caret call for submissions

The English Department鈥檚 Graduate Student Journal,听Caret, is accepting submissions for our Winter 2024 issue from now until January 26th, 2024.

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Published on: 11 Jan 2024

Prof. Manshel interviewed for WNYC's 'On the Media'

Last month, Prof. Alexander Manshel was interviewed for WNYC's听On the Media with听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.

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Published on: 4 Jan 2024

Prof. Stenbaek awarded honourary doctorate from the University of Greenland

The Department of English congratulates Professor Marianne Stenbaek who has been awarded the听prestigious title of听honourary doctorate from Ilisimatusarfik (University of Greenland) in recognition of her research on and with the Inuit. The honour is given to individuals who have made "comprehensive and meaningful" contributions to research and research education at Ilisimatusarfik and who have "worked for the development of society in a considerable number of years." Below is an excerpt from the award ceremony, attended by Prof. Stenbaek on September 29:听

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Published on: 9 Dec 2023

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