News

 Commedia dell'arte and puppets in a fable of ancient Cathay. 8 p.m. March 22 and 23, George Luscombe Theatre. Tickets at the door $10.

Congratulations to Allen Kwan, who successfully defended his PhD thesis, Authored Agency: Exploring the Language and Grammar of Video Games, on Friday, January 8.

Congratulations to Mark Kaethler who successfully defended his PhD dissertation, Thomas Middleton's Middle Way: Political Irony and Jacobean Drama, on Friday, January 15.

Congratulations to Jessica Riley, who has successfully defended her PhD dissertation, Tracking Dramaturgical Influence: Lessons from the Archive (Urjo Kareda 1982-1986).

Two SETS Theatre Studies graduates have recently been appointed to artistic directorships at major theatres, Thomas Morgan Jones at Theatre New Brunswick (one of the country's largest regional theatres) and Nina Lee Aquino to Toronto's Factory Theatre (one of the leading theatres in the country doing new work).

SETS faculty member Christine Bold has been awarded two fellowships: a Visiting Canadian Fellowship in North American Studies at the Eccles Centre, British Library, London, and a Harry Ransom Center Research Fellowship in the Humanities at the Harry Ransom Center, University of Texas, Austin. Both are in support of her "Vaudeville Indians" project. Congratulations!

There is a new publication in the book series edited by Daniel Fischlin from Duke University Press and associated with ICASP: https://www.dukeupress.edu/negotiated-moments

SETS MFA grad Liz Howard has been nominated for a A Governor General's award for her poetry collection Infinite Citizen of the Shaking Tent (which came out of her MFA thesis project), and Bryden MacDonald, who is currently enrolled in the Theatre MA, is nominated for his play Odd Ducks. Congratulations and best of luck!

Now on the SETS homepage is a newly researched history of English Studies at Guelph by Natalie Shore. It can be found in the SETS Research list on the right side of this page. Enjoy!