Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media News Archive
Professor finds and publishes lost 233-year-old letter condemning slave massacre
July 14, 2016 —
For 233 years the true sentiments of Britain's leading abolitionist were lost, until a University of Manitoba professor accidentally came across them in the British Library
Free Press: Grim financial world grist for Hollywood’s mill
June 23, 2016 —
English, Theatre and Film department head, Brenda Austin-Smith analyses the rise of financial corruption in film
Faculty of Law
The Idea of a Human Rights Museum shortlisted for Manitoba Book Award
April 29, 2016 —
A book co-authored by professors Karen Busby (Law), Adam Muller (English, Film and Theatre) and Andrew Woolford (Sociology) is up for a Manitoba Book Award.
Playwright Ian Ross debuts new work for theatre’s grand opening
March 9, 2016 —
Alumnus Ian Ross creates play for unveiling of 'world-class stage'
Big show about small town life
January 20, 2016 —
The Black Hole Theatre Company presents Middletown from January 26 through to February 6, 2016. The play is about growing up in a place that never changes; where everyone knows each other but you still feel miles apart. It’s about stories and how these stories connect even if we never realize it.
JEANNE RANDOLPH one of Canada’s foremost cultural theorists – Writer in Residence Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture
January 13, 2016 —
CCWOC Writer in Residence Dr. Jeanne Randolph
Faculty of Arts
Black Hole theatre Company Presents Middletown by Will Eno, directed by George Toles
January 12, 2016 —
Middletown premiere performance for the Black Hole Theatre Company in redesigned theatre within historic Tache Hall.
Reflections on the Syrian refugee crisis
December 10, 2015 —
'My point is that when looking abroad for good works to do and causes to champion, Canadians must do more than see just Syrian refugees'
Faculty of Graduate Studies
Four more to be reckoned with
November 25, 2015 —
New Vanier Scholars receiving major grants to study subjects as varied as nutritional foods, crop disease, pollution and genocide