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The official BlueSky Feed for McGill University's Faculty of Arts. Propelled by curiosity, creativity & a strong commitment to contribute to a better world. #McGillArts

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McGill News Magazine@mcgillnewsmag.bsky.social · last mo.

Historical fiction, once dismissed as a second-rate genre, is now the dominant force in American literature and a magnet for top literary prizes. How did that shift happen? Alexander Manshel, an associate professor of English at McGill, offers his thoughts mcgillnews.mcgill.ca/how-historic...

How historical fiction became a literary juggernaut

Historical fiction, once dismissed as a second-rate genre, is now the dominant force in American literature and a magnet for top literary prizes. In a new book, McGill’s Alexander Manshel examines how...

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Alexander Manshel@manshel.bsky.social · last mo.

TOMORROW! Join @dan-sinnamon.bsky.social, @gbarnhisel.bsky.social, and me at the @sharpweb.org festival for a conversation about books, how books get made, and how books about how books get made get made!

SHARP@sharpweb.org · 2mo ago

Are you interested in contemporary publishing, texts, and readers? Then you'll love the SHARPIES festival, which kicks off in just two weeks! Registration is still open and free for SHARP members. SHARP membership is 55-100USD. events.zoom.us/ev/Ap9iEZwmC...

A Conversation about Digital-Textual Histories, Martin Paul Eve in conversation with Matthew Kirschenbaum, Tuesday, July 7 @ 1pm UTC What Contemporary Readers Do: A Spoken Word Interactive Video Game Experience, a Keynote Address by Beth Driscoll, Wednesday, July 8 @ 6:30am UTC Writing Backward and Big Fiction in Conversation, Alexander Manshel and Dan Sinykin interviewed by Greg Barnhisel, Wednesday, July 8 @ 7:30pm UTC
Extending New Narratives@ennhistphil.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New podcast episode! 🎧 Emily Thomas (Durham) on Victoria Welby: motion, energy, space, time, and a philosophical salon at the heart of an extraordinary intellectual network. www.newnarrativesinphilosophy.net/podcast.html #philsky #womenphilosophers

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The New Voices podcast consists of conversations about women philosophers and individuals from other groups who have been underrepresented in the history of European and Western philosophy: their...

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Audrey Coussy@draudreycoussy.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📣👻 I'm happy to announce the publication of my chapter "It Came from Translations! Horror Fiction for Young French Readers" in this collective volume; I studied the key role played by translation in the 1990s and 2000s in creating horror fiction for children and YA in French. tinyurl.com/5fv37rnx

The book cover features a painting by Polish painter Aleksandra Waliszewska, with a woman standing her back to us and looking outside at night at the sea. Two big yellow eyes are hovering in the night sky and are staring back at her and at us. Underneath the painting you can read the title of the book, Translating Horror - Shadows on the Page and Screen, Edited By Paschalis Nikolaou.
Eran Tal@erantal.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I'm glad to share that my position as Canada Research Chair in Data Ethics has been renewed for another five years. Here’s a short interview I gave on what I'm up to these days. #philsci #philsky www.mcgill.ca/arts/article...

Renewed Canada Research Chair in Data Ethics

Professor Eran Tal from the Department of Philosophy has had his Canada Research Chair in Data Ethics renewed by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. The CRC in Data Ethics w...

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Nico Ajzenman@nicolasajz.bsky.social · 3mo ago

New WP 🥳 Can AI replace human counselors? Large RCT (n=41K) comparing an AI chatbot vs. trained human counselors to motivate high school seniors toward teaching careers. Summary: If anything, bots outperformed humans at a smaller cost and reduced human quality heterogeneity.

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Aaron Erlich@aaronerlich.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I am very happy to see that this report from the the Senate of Canada is out. My testimony is heavily cited: sencanada.ca/en/info-page... "Aaron Erlich encouraged the allocation of more resources for non-governmental organizations to help them target hard-to-reach populations..."

Russia's Disinformation: Understanding the Challenge, Strengthening Canada's Response

Russia’s disinformation poses an urgent threat to Canada’s national security, democratic institutions and social cohesion.

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Barry Eidlin@eidlin.bsky.social · 3mo ago

I appreciated @mcgillarts.bsky.social giving me the opportunity to reflect on my experience participating in the États généraux du syndicalisme (Estates General of Québec Labour) back in April: www.mcgill.ca/arts/article...

Mapping the Future for Québec’s Labour Movement

By many metrics, Québec’s labour unions are the envy of North America. Numerically, the province has the highest unionization rate on the continent, at around 40 percent of the workforce, including ov...

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McGill Research + Innovation@mcgill-research.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Congratulations to the 31 #McGill professors who have been recently named Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors, or William Dawson Scholars, in recognition of their exceptional research achievements.👏 🎉 mcgill.ca/x/5Wh

Provost honours 31 McGill professors for exceptional research achievements  - McGill Reporter

McGill's 2026 cohort of Distinguished James McGill Professors, James McGill Professors and William Dawson Scholars embody ‘the very best of our academic community’

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McGill Arts@mcgillarts.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Looking for your next read? Check out our latest Faculty Publication Spotlight interview with Professor Samuele Collu on his latest book "Into The Loop"! Read the full interview here: www.mcgill.ca/arts/article...

Faculty Publication Spotlight: "Into the Loop" by Samuele Collu

In his latest book, Into the Loop: An Ethnography of Compulsive Repetition, Assistant Professor Samuele Collu explores how we can interrupt the repetitions that define us. Drawing upon over 200 hours ...

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