2023

Dec 13/23 10:28 am by Sattler, Christine

Kait Pinder featured on The Authority File podcast

Dec 7/23 2:46 pm by Sattler, Christine

Congratulations to Lindsay Godbout on her Successful Thesis Defence

Congratulations to Lindsay Godbout on the successful defence of her thesis, "'When a door closes, a window opens... or something like that': Dontnod's Life Is Strange as an Evolution of the Bildungsroman Prescription of Choice and Social Conformity" on December 6!

Oct 31/23 11:48 am by Sattler, Christine

Amanda Peters Wins 2023 Barnes & Noble Discover Prize

Oct 17/23 2:31 pm by Sattler, Christine

Amanda Peters Nominated for Major Literary Awards

The Berry Pickers, a novel by Associate Professor in the Department of English and Theatre, Amanda Peters, has been getting some attention in both Canada and the United States.

Oct 13/23 10:46 am by Sattler, Christine

Ben Gallagher Reading - Authors@Acadia

Authors@Acadia presents a reading from poet Ben Gallagher, Tuesday, October 17th at 4 pm.

Sep 27/23 10:38 am by Sattler, Christine

Dr. Kevin Whetter Wins SSHRC Grant

K.S. Whetter just received a modest SSHRC Institutional Grant from Acadia for work on a classroom edition of Sir Thomas Malory’s Le Morte Darthur [sic].

Sep 21/23 10:50 am by Sattler, Christine

Amanda Peters Reading - Authors@Acadia

AMANDA PETERS is a writer of Mi’kmaq and settler ancestry. Her work has appeared in the Antigonish Review, Grain Magazine, the Alaska Quarterly Review, the Dalhousie Review and Filling Station Magazine. She is the winner of the 2021 Indigenous Voices Award for Unpublished Prose and a participant in the 2021 Writers’ Trust Rising Stars program. A graduate of the Master of Fine Arts Program at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico, Amanda Peters has just joined the faculty of the Department of English and Theatre at Acadia and will be reading from her debut novel The Berry Pickers (Harper Collins 2023).

4 pm Thursday, September 21
Acadia Art Gallery

Hosted by the Department of English and Theatre

Jul 24/23 10:41 am by Sattler, Christine

Kait Pinder Receives a Harrison McCain Emerging Scholar Award

Kait Pinder has received a Harrison McCain Emerging Scholar Award for “Feminism and Canadian Literature,” a book that she is co-authoring with Andrea Beverley (Mount Allison University). Part of Routledge’s introduction to Canadian literature series, this book will introduce students to the historical contexts, theoretical approaches, and multiple genres of feminist writing in Canada. While much of the historical scholarship on Canadian feminisms centers white women, feminisms in Canada have always been undertaken from multiple perspectives and lived experiences. Taking an intersectional approach, the book emphasizes the plurality of feminisms in which writers have participated over the last two centuries and underlines the connections between literature and activism, thus also illuminating art’s impact in and response to the real world.

May 8/23 2:22 pm by Sattler, Christine

Claire Kim Receives the Bronze Medal in English

Congratulations to Claire Kim on receiving the Bronze Medal in English!

May 5/23 9:21 am by Sattler, Christine

Spencer Nadeau Receives Acadia Outstanding Masters Research Award

Congratulations to Spencer Nadeau, recipient of the Acadia Outstanding Masters Research Award for the Faculty of Arts.

Apr 27/23 11:33 am by Sattler, Christine

Claire Kim Receives Honours Thesis Prize

Congratulations to Claire Kim for receiving the English Honours Thesis Prize!

Apr 21/23 3:43 pm by Sattler, Christine

Emily Rafuse Receives Honours Summer Research Award

Congratulations to honours student Emily Rafuse for receiving an Honours Summer Research Award (HSRA)!

Apr 20/23 1:11 pm by Sattler, Christine

Sadia Tasneem Successfully Defends Her Thesis

Congratulations to Sadia Tasneem on her successful defence of her thesis, "Telling Our Stories: The Scripted Lives of Women in Voyage in the Dark, The Penelopiad, and True Story, on April 20!

Apr 19/23 9:27 am by Sattler, Christine

Diane Grant makes it to the Top 25 in the SSHRC Storytellers Competition

Congratulations to Diane Grant, who is a Top 25 Finalist in the SSHRC Storytellers Competition this year.

You can watch Diane's video about her MA thesis, "A Diamond Seeker's Legacy: Stolen Voices in Beyond the High Savannahs" here: Storytellers Gallery

Mar 28/23 10:41 am by Sattler, Christine

Acadia English students shine at AAUEC 2023

Four of our students recently presented their work at the 2023 Annual Atlantic Undergraduate English Conference at Mt. Allison university in Sackville, New Brunswick. This annual conference is a chance for literature students from across the Maritimes to share their academic and creative work and to connect with peers from across the Atlantic provinces. This year, Acadia was represented by Claire Kim and Gwen Williams, who presented scholarly papers, and by Angel Percentie and Lukas Saklofske, who presented creative writing. Their excellent presentations, professional maturity, and participatory enthusiasm epitomized the undergraduate excellence of Acadia's English students. Their attendance at the AAUEC was generously supported by the Department of English and Theatre, The Dean of Arts, Acadia's Vice President Academic, the Office of Research and Graduate Studies, and the ASU!

Feb 21/23 10:47 am by Sattler, Christine

Dr. Alan Roger Young

It is with sadness we announce the passing of Dr. Alan Roger Young, Professor Emeritus of English at Acadia University, on Feb. 14, 2023. Please read his full obituary here:

https://www.saltwire.com/halifax/obituaries/alan-roger-young-84251/