GRADUATE STUDENT NEWS
GRADUATE STUDENT NEWS
TAYLOR SCANLON
Enrolled in IGS M.A. | September 2011 | Supervised by Dr. Jodey Castricano
On Sunday, May 29, 2011, at the University of New Brunswick in Fredericton, English Honours Undergraduate Student Taylor Scanlon presented her conference paper at a joint session between ACCUTE (the Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English) and the IGA (International Gothic Association). About 20 members of ACCUTE and the IGA were in attendance. In her presentation, entitled "Indefinite Monsters: Reading Lycanthropy as Grotesque in the HBO Television Series True Blood," Taylor examined how the figure of the werewolf in the HBO series True Blood signifies the Southern Gothic trope of the grotesque within a Critical Animal Studies context. Travel to ACCUTE was partially funded by the Department of Critical Studies.
Furthermore, Taylor presented a paper at the Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies conference, Borders and Border Crossings, at UBC Okanagan campus in May 2011.
WHITE UNCOVERED MAGAZINE
A group of students from Critical Studies have created an interdisciplinary magazine that aims to examine 'white' privilege in the Okanagan through a collection of short fiction, poetry, photography and academic and historical articles.
Contributors in the first issue, launced in March 2011, include Lindsay Diehl, Meaghan Hume, Natalie Ingram and Carrie Karsgaard. Artwork by Rebecca Shaw.
http://white.markrosebigband.net/WhiteUncoveredOnlineFinal.pdf
NATASHA REBRY
Congratulations Natasha! Natasha’s paper titled Mechanised Man: Mesmerism and Human Automatons in Richard Marsh's The Beetle will be included in the 2009 IGA conference which will be held at Lancaster University in England. The topic of the conference is Monstrous Media/Spectral Subjects. The conference is taking place July 21-24, 2009
Check out Natasha’s student profile at: http://01.cms.ubc.ca/Page1823.aspx#NR
HEIDI GARNETT
Congratulations Heidi! Heidi's poetry has been chosen to be included in Rocksalt: An Anthology of Contemporary B.C. Poetry, edited by Mona Fertig & Harold Rhenisch - October 2008. http://www.mothertonguepublishing.com/#/rocksalt/4526923016
Heidi and a few other poets have Rocksalt readings scheduled on Wednesday October 29 at 7:30pm at Gallery Vertigo located in Vernon, B.C. The address is 3001 - 31st street (upstairs).
CARIN COVIN
Congratulations Carin! Carin's essay titled "Sintered Ideas" was included in the catalogue published by the Vernon Public Art Gallery. The exhibition is currently running at the art gallery from September 11 to October 30, 2008.
Carin is also included in a group exhibition by the artist/curator Julie Oakes. The title of the exhibition is "Aligning with Beauty" and will be shown in the Varley Gallery in Markham, Ontario from November 23, 2008 to January 11, 2009.
JOANI MORTENSON
Congratulations Joani! Joani has won a $500 Graduate Travel Award to travel to Toronto and present a paper.
"Performing Lesbian (M)Othering in 5 Acts of (Re) Presentation": Conference Paper for the Association for Research on Mothering at York University. Toronto, ON: October 2008.
Joani also has several forthcoming publications.
ALICIA WATERS
Congratulations Alicia! Alicia Waters’ paper “’That’s what we mean when we say family: An Analysis of Masculinity and Family in The Sopranos” was voted the best paper at the Question the Answers: Explorations of Genre and Textuality graduate student conference held at the University of New Brunswick, September 26-27 in Fredericton. Alicia was one of four UBC O graduate English students who delivered papers at the conference which featured students from across Canada and the United States. The others were Olena Guseva, Lindsay Naito and Michael Weber.
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6/17/2011 8:13:17 AM
