Our own Norman Smith has just published a new book! Writing Manchuria: The Lives and Literature of Zhu Ti and Li Zhengzhong is published by Routledge. The volume documents the lives and works of well-known "husband-wife writers" who lived in the Japanese puppet state of Manchukuo in China’s Northeast and includes English translations of those works.
from the dust jacket:
Natalie Evans will be facilitating the Guelph Climate Cafe in conjunction with the UofG Sustainability Office, Saturday, April 22nd, from 11:30 am to 1:00 pm. This will be a climate café and art-making session in honour of Earth Day. Please see here for more information about this event and how to register: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/guelph-climate-cafe-tickets-596909972797
One of our majors, Zakary Osman has been accepted to the CPA Summer Institute: A one-week program for philosophy undergraduates from across Canada, the Summer Institute will give students from underrepresented groups an intensive immersion in academic philosophy (https://www.acpcpa.ca/articles/cpa-summer-institute-toronto-may-29-june-4).
Congratulations Zakary!
A HUGE congratulations to Waed Hassan for winning the 3 Minute Thesis College of Arts heat and taking home the $500 prize for her topic on "Voices Beyond Palestine: A Study Case of Refugee Poetics"! Everyone is welcome to join us for the 3MT campus finals on May 3rd to cheer on Waed and all the other amazing finalists. Show your support and witness some incredible research in action!
Two episodes have been released so far:
Professor Norman Smith's classic monograph, Intoxicating Manchuria, has now been translated into Russian. The translation has been named by one of Russia's top literary organizations as one of ten "Books by and about China" for 2023. Others in the list include some very famous Chinese writers: Pu Songling, Mo Yan, Liu Zhenyun, Zhang Yueran.
Dr. Ajay Heble, faculty member in the School of English and Theatre Studies as well as the founding director of U of G's International Institute for Critical Improvisation has been awarded a 2023 Killam Prize, among the most distinguished research awards in Canada.
To read more about this incredible achievement, read the U of G's news release.
Congratulations, Dr. Heble!
Our own Dr. Deidre McCorkindale is part of a team that has won a SSHRC Engage Grant with partners at Huron University and Chatham-Kent Black Historical Society. Congratulations from all of us!!
From the Press Release
Dylan White and Gus Skorburg explore the unique set of challenges and opportunities posed by ChatGPT for education and assessment in The Conversation.
History professor Deirdre McCorkindale spoke with GuelphToday about her Black Canadian History course for first year students, and how it’s a history everyone should learn.
“I see all different colours when I look out into my class, and that makes me really happy. […] Black history is for everyone. You don't have to be Black to learn about this history,” says Dr. McCorkindale.