October 9, 2024
Postdoc makes it personal when talking about their research
Emily Scherzinger, a postdoctoral fellow with the McMaster Children and Youth University and an MA/PhD graduate from English and Cultural Studies, has been featured on This Could Change Everything, a new five-episode podcast hosted by Faculty of Science professor Joe Kim. “Emily was surprised and thrilled to get an invite to the show,” says an … Continued
August 28, 2024
Meet Anna Chatterton, the 2024-25 Mabel Pugh Taylor Writer in Residence
The Hamilton playwright, librettist and performer will mentor and support writers from the community through workshops and one-on-one consultations. ...
July 26, 2024
‘We are only safe if everyone is safe’: The Nexus of health and humanities
Life-saving health innovations only work if communities accept them. Matthew Miller from Health Sciences and Chandrima Chakraborty from Humanities are working together to develop novel health solutions while building trust at the community level....
July 24, 2024
McMaster’s English Language Development program finds reading speed growth is a predictor of academic success
The reading growth of students was assessed before and after their participation in the program, with researchers using eye-tracking technology and various language assessments. ...
July 11, 2024
McMaster University Library and British Library hosting online lecture celebrating Clarke/Salkey friendship
By Caitlin Burgess, McMaster University Library Archivists from two sides of the ocean are coming together to celebrate a special birthday. The virtual event One Love and Venceremos: Celebrating the Correspondence of Austin Clarke and Andrew Salkey is being held on Thursday, July 25 at 11 a.m. EDT to mark the 90th birthday of the … Continued
July 3, 2024
Exploring and understanding queer Caribbean worlds
Graduate student Linzey Corridon’s recent poetry project, West of West Indian, and his PhD dissertation have a symbiotic relationship. ...
June 6, 2024
‘Reading about eighteenth-century literature and culture never gets dull.’
Jacqueline Langille, the managing editor of Eighteenth-Century Fiction, will be retiring in August after more than 20 years with the journal. An accomplished artist with a background in journalism and book publishing, Langille has been responsible for the day-to-day operations of the journal, working closely with former editor Peter Walmsley and current editor Eugenia Zuroski to … Continued
May 10, 2024
A legacy of community stories and storytellers
Professors Daniel Coleman and Lorraine York are stepping back from their roles as co-directors of the Centre for Community-Engaged Narrative Arts. Amber Dean will be the organization's new director ...
April 30, 2024
Prof. Lorraine York and PhD candidate Stephanie Sushko in Hamilton Arts & Letters
Check out the pieces by ECS faculty member, Professor Lorraine York and PhD candidate, Stephanie Sushko, in the April, 2024 issue of Hamilton Arts & Letters: https://samizdatpress.typepad.com/hal_magazine_issue_17-2/hal-magazine-issue-seventeen2-part-one-cover.html
April 19, 2024
Humanities researchers working at the intersection of social challenges and the environment
Five researchers from a range of disciplines share insights about how humanities research can contribute to our understanding of the environment, and what they’d like people to be thinking about this Earth Day. ...
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