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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Funding supports groundbreaking research in the natural sciences and engineering
The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded 101 UU直播 research projects funding from its Discovery Grants competition for a total investment of $23.5 million.
The Discovery Grants support ongoing programs with long-term goals, recognizing the creativity and innovation that are at the heart of all research advances.
UU直播 psychology professor honoured for achievements in child language acquisition
Seven UU直播 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.听
UU直播 honours its accomplished researchers with Distinguished James UU直播 Professor, James UU直播 Professor, and William Dawson Scholars awards.
UU直播 awarded $10.9 million in federal funding through Canada Research Chairs Program
Congratulations to Professor Morton Weinfeld, who received the Louis Rosenberg Canadian Jewish Studies Distinguished Service Award, recognizing outstanding contributions to Canadian Jewish Scholarship and Culture at annual meeting of the Association for Canadian Jewish Studies, May 29, 2023, in Toronto.
Catherine Bradley - Head of Wardrobe, costume designer, researcher, and teacher in the Department of English - was awarded the H. Noel Fieldhouse Award for Distinguished Teaching!
ISID congratulates Marie-Perle Nkosi, president for the 2022/2023 year of the International Development Studies Students Association and one of three Black Grad Valedictorians at UU直播 this year!听 Read the full details and an interview with Marie-Perle in the UU直播 Reporter:听
To mark World Poetry Month, the Arts News team spoke to Professor Miranda Hickman (Department of English) and students Anushree Joshi (MA, English), James Jarrett (U3, English and Music) and recent alum Jana Perkins (MA, English) about the importance of poetry and how research and community initiatives such as Poetry Matters are building spaces for poetic discussions both on and beyond UU直播's campus.
Cree-M茅tis scholar Dr. Deanna Reder did not study Indigenous literatures as an undergraduate. At the time such courses did not exist at her university. Propelled by this lack, she began to read outside of the conventional canon, with a keen eye on texts written by Cree or M茅tis authors. By the time she began her doctoral work in 2001, the field began to shift and a generation of 21st Century Indigenous writers began to be published.
Listen to Professor Alexander Manshel,听author of the forthcoming book听Writing Backwards: Historical Fiction and the Reshaping of the American Canon, in the podcast听On the Media. Manshel speaks of the ressurgence of historical novels and their focus on disregarded histories in the segment "How Historical Novels Can Help Us Remember".
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