Archives: English

Archives: English

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The People of the Kattawapiskak River: A free public screening of the new film by Alanis Obomsawin about Attawapiskat

There is accounting, and then there is accountability–accountability understood in terms of legal obligations and democratic answerability. Alanis Obomsawin’s new documentary on Attawapiskat... More

Posted on Monday, January 21st, 2013 in English Feed for all posts filed under English, FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News

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On the Promise of Peace: Kant’s Wartime and the Tremulous Body of Philosophy

A talk by David L. Clark Professor, Department of English and Cultural Studies, McMaster University Immanuel Kant’s last texts move from the labour of critique to more palpably social and political... More

Posted on Monday, January 21st, 2013 in English Feed for all posts filed under English, FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News

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Marcus’ Blog – Uncle George

The holidays have just rolled past and for most of us that means the carnival of all our extended family have made the rounds as well. And although I don’t want to get into too much personal detail... More

Posted on Monday, January 14th, 2013 in English Feed for all posts filed under English, FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Marcus' Blog Feed for all posts filed under Marcus' Blog

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Marcus’ Blog – One Man’s Trash

The dumpster, all tumored with lazily tossed garbage bags, jittered from side to side, as if prepping to explode. A few feet from its open hatch, I stood holding a little nine-inch TV set, with power... More

Posted on Monday, November 26th, 2012 in English Feed for all posts filed under English, FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Marcus' Blog Feed for all posts filed under Marcus' Blog

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Gender Failure: Words and music about how gender fails us all – Featuring Ivan Coyote and Rae Spoon

  Carleton University’s English Department is set to host an important and relevant event on the binary structure of gender.  The event is titled ‘Gender Failure’, and will feature a... More

Posted on Monday, November 12th, 2012 in English Feed for all posts filed under English, FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, IIS Feed for all posts filed under IIS, Psychology Feed for all posts filed under Psychology

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Munro Beattie Lecture 2012-2013 – Paul Muldoon

  The English Department is thrilled to announce that the 2012-2013 Munro Beattie Lecture will be delivered by celebrated Irish poet, Paul Muldoon.  Muldoon has been described by The Times... More

Posted on Monday, November 5th, 2012 in English Feed for all posts filed under English, FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News

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English Grad Receives Book Contract

  Jeremy Hanson-Finger, a recent graduate of both the English BA and MA programs, has received a book contract from Montreal-based independent press 8th House.  The contract is for his... More

Posted on Monday, October 29th, 2012 in English Feed for all posts filed under English, FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News

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Marcus’ Blog – Writer’s Festival

Joshua Ferris’ first novel Then We Came To The End was exactly the kind of over-clever (it’s written in the first-person-plural, as in: We roll our eyes at the debut novelists anxious bid for... More

Posted on Monday, October 22nd, 2012 in English Feed for all posts filed under English, FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Marcus' Blog Feed for all posts filed under Marcus' Blog

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Museum Mysteries

After graduating with an undergrad degree in biology, Emma Peacocke decided to volunteer with the Sea Turtle Protection Society of Greece…Read more... More

Posted on Monday, October 1st, 2012 in English Feed for all posts filed under English, FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News

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Marcus’ Blog – A note to new undergrads

Marcus Creaghan is a fourth year English student who shares some of his thoughts and experiences in FASS blog entries here  I never really get any better at the full-court press of a new fall... More

Posted on Monday, September 24th, 2012 in English Feed for all posts filed under English, FASS News Feed for all posts filed under FASS News, Marcus' Blog Feed for all posts filed under Marcus' Blog