Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media News Archive
What have we learned about war?
November 28, 2014 —
On Wednesday night, Visionary Conversations delved into the topic of conflict and warfare
Faculty of Science
The science of Sharknados, and why we like bad movies
July 30, 2014 —
Can a tornado pick up a shark and fling it at you or someone you love?
More UM Winnipeg Fringe Festival fun
July 21, 2014 —
From vice and vixens to the embarrassing ordeals of 'ontological insecurity'
Photrocity: Mass Violence and Its Aftermaths in the Sovfoto Archive
July 15, 2014 —
Exhibit at the School of Art Gallery
LA Times: Guy Maddin and wife named guest directors of film festival
June 18, 2014 —
41st annual Telluride Film Festival
Faculty of Arts
Lions and tigers and bears? English prof’s new book, In the Tiger Park
May 30, 2014 —
On her new book, how her writing has changed, and why the university should consider a poet laureate position
Faculty of Arts
Alison Calder launches In the Tiger Park
April 21, 2014 —
Prof launches her latest book of poetry
Faculty of Arts
Film prof George Toles analyzes Mad Men as its final season begins
April 18, 2014 —
"The first episode did a brilliant job of working with everything that had caused both the impasse and the breakthrough for Don Draper at the end of Season 6."
Discussing Romantic-era notions of suicide as both a theme in literature and as an influential component of debates about human rights
March 5, 2014 —
A discussion of the literary and cultural influence of Wolfgang von Goethe’s novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther
Rare birds: The good, the bad, the turkey
February 7, 2014 —
We prep for Bad Poetry Night with a crash course by English prof and poet Alison Calder