MSVU English Students Soar at AAUEC 2024

Two weeks ago, on 22-24 March, six MSVU students participated in the Annual Atlantic Undergraduate English Conference (AAUEC), which took place at Université de Moncton in New Brunswick this year. Students from over a dozen universities, including the Mount, presented on various topics and on texts ranging from the medieval period to the present. The six MSVU English Department representatives, once again, did a fantastic job with their contributions, presenting well-argued and sophisticated academic essays and well-crafted and poignant creative works: 

Academic  

• Natalie Freeman: Bodies, Bodies, Bodies: Sexualized Mummies and British Futurity in Grant Allen’s “My New Year’s Eve Among the Mummies” 
• Michael Gillis: Masculinity, Militarization, and Machismo in a Porous Translation of “The Battle of Maldon” 
• Emma Henderson: Inventing Desire: Deleuzian Becomings in Nicole Brossard’s Mauve Desert 
• Jenna Ryall: Turning Back the Feet of Time: Time as a Threat to Empire in “The Mummy’s Foot” 

Creative 

• Elizabeth MacKay: Stroking Midnight 
• Georgia Wachter: Philips Mountain  

Our presenters also handled themselves exceptionally well in the question periods, providing answers with poise and asking thoughtful and perceptive questions of their colleagues.  

Congratulations to all six students, and thank you for helping to showcase the talent at the Mount! 

English Honours Colloquium 2024

Want to hear our Honours students present their fascinating research? Are you an English student wondering whether Honours is right for you and want to see what it’s all about? Or do you just want to hang out with amazing people on a Wednesday afternoon? Join us for the Honours Colloquium!

Blurbs 2014: Conversations about Research

Ever wonder what English faculty and students are working on?  BLURBS is an annual event organized by Mackenzie Bartlett that features students and faculty talking about their research in brief, informal presentations, covering anything from big-picture brainstorming to the more developed stages of composition. Everyone is welcome to attend as people exchange thoughts, research tips, and other helpful pointers in a casual environment.

Thursday, November 20
4:30 – 6:00
Seton 404
(cookies provided!)

Today’s presenters include honours students who are working on their theses: Jessica Herritt on representations of evil and corruption in Tolkien’s works, Geena Kelly on gendered roles in science fiction, Shelby MacGregor on adaptation theory and representations of gender in the Hunger Games series,  and Rebecca Power on alliterative poetry and adapting Tolkien’s Beren and Lúthien legends.  Along with thesis students, several faculty members will also talk about their work: Reina Green on the impact of performance space on audience-actor relationships;  Karen Macfarlane on museum gothic and zombies, and Anna Smol on doing archival research on Tolkien’s manuscripts.

Come to listen, to share your thoughts, to be inspired, or to help inspire!