by Sattler, Christine
Nick Lundrigan has been selected to join the McCall MacBain Scholars at McGill University.
We extend our congratulations to Nick, a most deserving student.
Read more:
Meet Acadia University's First McCall MacBain Scholar
by Sattler, Christine
Congratulations to Erika Pineo on the successful defence of her MA thesis, "'The Smell of Nail Polish Has Made Me Hungry': Food, Consumerism, and Diet Culture in Margaret Atwood's The Edible Woman, Lady Oracle, and The Handmaid's Tale"! Erika's thesis examines the connection between the representation of food, the feminine body, and consumer culture in early works by Atwood, while also illuminating a pervasive double-bind that is still present in 21st-century diet and wellness trends. Impressed by the effortlessness of the thesis's use of theory, its close readings of Atwood's novels, and its relevance to contemporary cultural criticism, Erika's examining unanimously nominated the thesis for the Acadia Outstanding Masters Research Award.
by Sattler, Christine
Kevin Whetter was awarded a SSHRC Small Institution Grant for work on a new Classroom Edition of Sir Thomas Malory’s fifteenth-century Le Morte Darthur [sic]. Despite the Morte’s popularity and influence, all teaching editions assume that students have more familiarity with Malory’s Middle English than is common in the twenty-first century. This new edition, undertaken for Broadview Press, will be complete, in Middle English, and based on the Winchester manuscript – but unlike most modern editions, will be heavily glossed to assist students with limited experience reading Middle English texts. The SIG allows Whetter to hire former Acadia English Honours student and current Groningen medieval PhD candidate Margaret Finlay to help with the glossing, making the Morte more accessible to modern students. (Photo = Whetter and Finlay in October 2025 for Acadia’s much-delayed 2020 Covid Graduation)
by Sattler, Christine
Read more … Acadia Students Involved in Major Research Project
by Sattler, Christine
Amanda Peters' new novel is due out this fall. You can read more about it in People!
