/arts/articles/rss en /arts/article/adjetey-2024-governor-generals-history-award <p>On November 20th, Wendell Nii Laryea Adjetey, Associate Professor and William Dawson Scholar in the Department of History and Classical Studies, received the <a href="https://www.canadashistory.ca/awards/governor-general-s-history-awards/award-recipients/2024/wendell-nii-laryea-adjetey-nii-laryea-osabu-i-atrekor-we-oblahii-ke-oblayee-mantse" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">2024 Governor General’s History Award for Scholarly Research</a> for his 2023 book, <a href="https://uncpress.org/book/9781469672113/cross-border-cosmopolitans/" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Cross-B</a></p> Tue, 26 Nov 2024 18:57:05 +0000 Andria Caputo 2750 at /arts /arts/article/faculty-publication-spotlight-eternal-sovereigns-gloria-bell <p>As Rome gears up to host an influx of tourists and pilgrims for the 2025 Jubilee, many visitors to the Eternal City might be unaware that far beneath the ornate ceilings of the Sistine Chapel, lies a vast collection of Indigenous cultural belongings and artifacts, many of which are hidden from the public to this day. </p> Mon, 18 Nov 2024 20:13:40 +0000 Andria Caputo 2735 at /arts /arts/article/myriam-denov-remporte-le-prix-du-quebec <p>Myriam Denov, professeure à l’École de service social de ����VR��Ƶ, décroche le Prix Marie-Andrée Bertrand pour l’innovation sociale.</p> <p>Myriam Denov est une figure majeure dans le domaine du travail social, reconnue pour ses recherches révolutionnaires sur les enfants et les familles touchés par la guerre.</p> Fri, 15 Nov 2024 22:39:28 +0000 Arts News 2734 at /arts /arts/article/kizziah-burton-named-2024-montreal-poetry-prize-winner <p>The <a href="https://www.montrealpoetryprize.com/">Montreal International Poetry Prize</a> has recently announced Texas poet, Kizziah Burton, as the winner of the 2024 Prize, for her poem “<a href="https://www.montrealpoetryprize.com/2024-competition">Portrait of Me Incensing the Mushrooms Channelling Demeter</a>.”</p> <p>Burton’s poem was characterized as “arresting, personal, political and prophetic” by Professor Eli MacLaren, who oversees and directs the running of the prize</p> Tue, 12 Nov 2024 21:06:03 +0000 Andria Caputo 2725 at /arts /arts/article/remembering-professor-michael-r-smith <p>With great sadness we announce the passing of Professor Michael R. Smith on Thursday, September 19<sup>th</sup>, 2024, just weeks after he had retired from the university. During the 50 years he spent at ����VR��Ƶ, he was a pillar of our department and an influential figure across the university. Generous, kind and always willing to share his wisdom with colleagues and students, Professor Smith leaves a lasting mark as a scholar, a mentor, and friend to many.</p> Tue, 12 Nov 2024 19:07:32 +0000 Faculty from the Department of Sociology 2721 at /arts /arts/article/interning-poetry-matters-researching-ungoogleable <p>At the beginning of our summer internship with Poetry Matters we were told that we would be researching Dr. Barbara Althea Jones—a Trinidadian-born poet, plant geneticist, and professor at ����VR��Ƶ during the sixties. Naturally, the first thing we did was google “Dr. Barbara Althea Jones.” We found almost nothing. So, we tried variations: “Dr. Jones,” “Barbara Jones,” “Professor Jones,” etcetera. Still, nearly no trace.</p> Tue, 12 Nov 2024 19:00:33 +0000 Avryl Bender and Jayda Smith 2720 at /arts /arts/article/native-nations-kathleen-duval-wins-2024-cundill-history-prize <p>On Thursday, October 31<sup>st</sup>, the Cundill History Prize announced that Kathleen Duval as the winner of the $75,000 Cundill History Prize for <i>Native Nations: A Millenium in North America.</i></p> <p>DuVal was among the three finalists of the prize, alongside <i>Judgement at Tokyo </i>by Gary J. Bass and<i> Before the Movement </i>by Dylan C. Penningroth<i>. </i>Fellow finaists were each awarded USD $10,000 during the ceremony.</p> Wed, 06 Nov 2024 17:03:15 +0000 ����VR��Ƶ Arts 2705 at /arts /arts/article/twenty-six-mcgill-arts-professors-recipients-sshrc-insight-grants <p>On September 13, 2024, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) announced the recipients of the 2024 Insight Grants and Insight Development Grants. Twenty-six faculty members and researchers from the Faculty of Arts are among the recipients. </p> <p>The Insight Grants support research proposed by emerging and established scholars for research initiatives of two to five years, and the Insight Development Grants support research in its initial stages, mainly short-term research projects. </p> Fri, 11 Oct 2024 21:29:31 +0000 Andria Caputo 2328 at /arts /arts/article/interview-ann-marie-macdonald <p>During the Fall 2024 semester, ����VR��Ƶ’s Department of English welcomes Ann-Marie MacDonald as the 2024-2025 <a href="/english/visiting-speakers/richler-writer-residence" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Richler Writer in Residence</a>. MacDonald’s literary works include ten plays and four novels, touching on feminist, queer, and decolonial themes.  </p> Fri, 11 Oct 2024 19:31:02 +0000 Andria Caputo 2327 at /arts /arts/article/faculty-publication-spotlight-children-professor-camille-owens <p>In her new book, <i><a href="https://nyupress.org/9781479812929/like-children/">Like Children: Black Prodigy and the Measure of the Human in America</a>, </i>Camille Owens explores a new history of manhood, race and hierarchy in American childhood, arguing that the child has been the key figure giving measure and meaning to the human in thought and culture since the early American Period.</p> <p>A graduate from the Department of African American Studies at Yale University, Owens joined the Department of English during the Fall 2023 semester as an assistant professor.</p> Wed, 09 Oct 2024 19:16:45 +0000 Andria Caputo 2310 at /arts