VRƵ News - Faculty of Arts /channels/news_feeds/all/term/arts_fac/rss en Kizziah Burton - Winner of the Montreal International Poetry Prize 2024 /channels/channels/news/kizziah-burton-winner-montreal-international-poetry-prize-2024-361337 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Congratulations to <strong>Kizziah Burton</strong>, the winner of the <strong>Montreal International Poetry Prize 2024</strong>. Her poem, “Portrait of Me Incensing the Mushrooms Channelling Demeter,” has been awarded the $20,000 prize. <strong><a href="https://www.montrealpoetryprize.com/2024-competition">Read the poem here</a></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/winner_graphic_web.jpg?itok=Fkf_WNwq" 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">21 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 21 Nov 2024 20:02:49 +0000 webfull 204543 at /channels Faculty Spotlight on Camille Owens! /channels/channels/news/faculty-spotlight-camille-owens-361289 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Assistant Professor <a href="/english/staff/camille-owens">Camille Owens</a> spoke about her latest book <i><a href="https://nyupress.org/9781479812929/like-children/">Like Children: Black Prodigy and the Measure of the Human in America</a> </i>for the Faculty of Arts' Faculty Publication Spotlight!</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/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">19 </span><span class="month">November </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 19 Nov 2024 16:45:27 +0000 webfull 204480 at /channels Día de los Muertos 2024 /channels/channels/news/dia-de-los-muertos-2024-360676 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>680 Sherbrooke West, Room #367, 2:30pm - 3:30pm</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/screenshot_2024-10-24_at_4.44.23_pm.png?itok=KLGR8YCF" width="160" height="246" 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">October </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Fri, 25 Oct 2024 18:30:54 +0000 webfull 203804 at /channels Two VRƵ researchers win 2024 Prix du Québec honours /channels/channels/news/two-mcgill-researchers-win-2024-prix-du-quebec-honours-360619 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><em>Professors recognized for work on war-affected children and families, development of ‘intelligent’ fabrics</em></p> <p>Two VRƵ researchers won Prix du Québec, the highest honours awarded by the Quebec government in the fields of culture and science.</p> <p><a href="/socialwork/about/people/faculty/denov">Myriam Denov</a>, Professor in VRƵ’s School of Social Work won the <a href="https://prixduquebec.gouv.qc.ca/">Prix du Québec</a>’s Marie-Andrée-Bertrand Prize for social innovation.</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/prix_du_quebec_2024.jpg?itok=yIFJQuAf" 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">October </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Tue, 22 Oct 2024 15:47:10 +0000 webfull 203739 at /channels Montreal International Poetry Prize 2024 /channels/channels/news/montreal-international-poetry-prize-2024-360200 <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 jury has done its work, the finalists are being announced, and the next anthology is taking shape. <strong><a href="https://www.montrealpoetryprize.com/">READ THE POEMS</a></strong> that are in the running for the Montreal Prize 2024! The one winning poem, to be announced soon, will earn the author $20,000.</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/read_the_finalists_graphic.jpeg?itok=mrptc_Gh" 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">October </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 03 Oct 2024 23:18:49 +0000 webfull 203257 at /channels Prof. Alexander Manshel in The Nation! /channels/channels/news/prof-alexander-manshel-nation-359579 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><div> <blockquote> <div dir="auto"><em>Beginning in the 1980s, a number of key literary institutions transformed in ways that either expressly or implicitly promoted historical fiction as contemporary literature’s most prestigious and politically important genre.</em></div> </blockquote> <div dir="auto"> </div> <div dir="auto">Read Associate Professor Alexander Manshel's full essay "<a href="http://www.thenation.com/article/culture/historical-fiction-awards-essay/"><strong>How Historical Fiction Redefined the Literary Canon</strong></a>" in <em>The Nation.</em></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/nationalbookawards-875067390.jpeg?itok=yDC9WRoj" width="160" height="101" 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">12 </span><span class="month">September </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 12 Sep 2024 21:25:26 +0000 webfull 202570 at /channels Paul Hsiang Lecture Series on Chinese Poetry /channels/channels/news/paul-hsiang-lecture-series-chinese-poetry-359532 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><b>Sex, Ritual, and Virtue in the</b><i> <b>Book of Odes</b></i></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/hsiang_lecture_on_chinese_poetry_nick_williams_poster_reviewed_and_updated.png?itok=ff26jMPW" width="160" height="207" 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">September </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 11 Sep 2024 14:51:52 +0000 webfull 202505 at /channels 101 VRƵ research projects awarded $23.5 million in NSERC Discovery Grants funding /channels/channels/news/101-mcgill-research-projects-awarded-235-million-nserc-discovery-grants-funding-358031 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p><strong><em>Funding supports groundbreaking research in the natural sciences and engineering</em></strong></p> <p>The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded 101 VRƵ research projects funding from its Discovery Grants competition for a total investment of $23.5 million.</p> <p>The Discovery Grants support ongoing programs with long-term goals, recognizing the creativity and innovation that are at the heart of all research advances.</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/mcgill-arts-2024-c-alex-tran-1536x1025.png?itok=maxVcLPu" width="160" height="106" /></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">July </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 24 Jul 2024 16:07:59 +0000 webfull 200895 at /channels Fred Genesee receives Roger Brown Award /channels/channels/news/fred-genesee-receives-roger-brown-award-357971 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p style="text-align:center"><em><strong>VRƵ psychology professor honoured for achievements in child language acquisition</strong></em></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/fred_genesee.jpg?itok=jPbXDGwX" 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">17 </span><span class="month">July </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 17 Jul 2024 16:03:39 +0000 webfull 200809 at /channels VRƵ scholars receive $190,000 to expand impact of research in the social sciences and humanities /channels/channels/news/mcgill-scholars-receive-190000-expand-impact-research-social-sciences-and-humanities-357893 <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p>Seven VRƵ researchers have been awarded over $190,000 in Connection Grants by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC). The awards are part of $1.7 million in federal funding invested in 54 projects nationwide. </p></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">4 </span><span class="month">July </span><span class="year">2024</span></div></div></div></div></div> Thu, 04 Jul 2024 17:57:57 +0000 webfull 200716 at /channels