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!
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