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Please join us in congratulating Prof. Clive Thomson for the publication of his book, Autobiographie et homosexualité en France au XIXe siècle de Philippe Lejeune. Paris, Éditions de la Sorbonne - Paris 1-Panthéon, 2017, Collection "Tirés à part", ISBN - 979-10-351-0039-1.

In this work, Prof. Clive Thomson shares his experience of reading Lejeune's famous 1987 essay

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Stefan linquist was recently interviewed by the CBC to discuss his research on social behaviour in the gloomy octopus.

Maya Goldenberg was recently interviewed about her research on immunization hesitancy and public perceptions of science.

The Department of Philosophy is excited to announce that one of our faculty, Andrew Bailey, has committed to supporting (for five years) a new scholarship, the Philosophy Excellence Scholarship. The $1,500 award will go each year to the Philosophy major with the highest grade in a 1000-level Philosophy course. The department's other faculty are supporting this financially, with the goal of endowing a self-sustaining endowment for this award to continue beyond the initial period.

On behalf of the School, congratulations to Ric Knowles who was made a University Professor Emeritus at convocation on October 21, 2017.  The honor is a richly deserved recognition of Ric's tremendous contributions to theatre as a scholar and practitioner.  Ric delivered the convocation address which spoke of the importance of recognizing, respecting and learning from difference.  It was an excellent addre

Congratulations to Ambera Wellmann (MFA 2016) for winning the 19th annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition.

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On behalf of the School, congratulations to Ajay Heble and his team who received a grant of $2.03 million to create ImprovLab to create a publicly accessible performance space for practices related to improvisation.  This grant is important for the research relating to Critical Studies in Improvisation, and show-cases the innovative research within the School.

SETS Professor Sandra Singer has published a volume on the Canadian writer J.J. Seinfeld with Guernica Editions (https://www.guernicaeditions.com/title/9781771831772).