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Some more details on my new #ScienceFiction anthology, including one inclusion that I’m especially happy about (thanks in large part to Brooks Hefner’s terrific work in *Black Pulp*)
Edited by Jason Haslam, our upcoming reader is the first new SF anthology in almost ten years 🌌@jasonhaslam.ca
Anthologized here for the very first time is “The Space Ship,” a story by Black SF pioneer James H. Hill. -- and tons more.
See the full TOC 🔗https://buff.ly/E6RyEE4
Anthologized here for the very first time is “The Space Ship,” a story by Black SF pioneer James H. Hill. -- and tons more.
See the full TOC 🔗https://buff.ly/E6RyEE4
The Broadview Anthology of Science Fiction - Broadview Press
The Broadview Anthology of Science Fiction -
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November 24, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Some more details on my new #ScienceFiction anthology, including one inclusion that I’m especially happy about (thanks in large part to Brooks Hefner’s terrific work in *Black Pulp*)
The final episode of Season of Nietzsche is now available:
open.spotify.com/episode/3Cfd...
open.spotify.com/episode/3Cfd...
S5 EP 12 - Plant Sex Everywhere
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November 21, 2025 at 3:14 PM
The final episode of Season of Nietzsche is now available:
open.spotify.com/episode/3Cfd...
open.spotify.com/episode/3Cfd...
Join the English society on Nov 24th for a cozy study session.
November 19, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Join the English society on Nov 24th for a cozy study session.
Are you an MSVU community member and an artist (at any stage in your journey)? The MSVU Art Gallery is now accepting applications for the Annual Mount Community Show: www.msvuart.ca/exhibition/a...
Annual Mount Community Show – MSVU Art Gallery
www.msvuart.ca
November 12, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Are you an MSVU community member and an artist (at any stage in your journey)? The MSVU Art Gallery is now accepting applications for the Annual Mount Community Show: www.msvuart.ca/exhibition/a...
The last episode of Dr. Street's Season of Nietzsche is now available. Enjoy!
open.spotify.com/episode/7wcI...
open.spotify.com/episode/7wcI...
S5 EP 11 - The Gravity of Teaching (and its overcoming)
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November 4, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The last episode of Dr. Street's Season of Nietzsche is now available. Enjoy!
open.spotify.com/episode/7wcI...
open.spotify.com/episode/7wcI...
Something wicked comes to the Mount Nov 19. Please join us for a dramatic reading of Macbeth.
October 31, 2025 at 4:39 PM
Something wicked comes to the Mount Nov 19. Please join us for a dramatic reading of Macbeth.
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The blurbs for my Broadview Anthology of Science Fiction are up! My sincere thanks to colleagues for their detailed & deeply generous comments!
Final proofs just arrived from the amazing team @broadviewpress.bsky.social, so it will be in the world soon!
You can read the comments at the link. #SFF
Final proofs just arrived from the amazing team @broadviewpress.bsky.social, so it will be in the world soon!
You can read the comments at the link. #SFF
The Broadview Anthology of Science Fiction - Broadview Press
The Broadview Anthology of Science Fiction -
broadviewpress.com
October 16, 2025 at 7:36 PM
The blurbs for my Broadview Anthology of Science Fiction are up! My sincere thanks to colleagues for their detailed & deeply generous comments!
Final proofs just arrived from the amazing team @broadviewpress.bsky.social, so it will be in the world soon!
You can read the comments at the link. #SFF
Final proofs just arrived from the amazing team @broadviewpress.bsky.social, so it will be in the world soon!
You can read the comments at the link. #SFF
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To be clear, it seems they are asking for disaggregated, confidential data with a clear intent to attack academic freedom along bigoted, ideological lines.
Sign the petition here to demand the Tri-Council refuse to hand over your protected and private data. 2/2 #cdnpse
Sign the petition here to demand the Tri-Council refuse to hand over your protected and private data. 2/2 #cdnpse
Open Letter to Protect Tri-Council EDI Data
Why do we need urgent action to protect our data?
The mandate of the House of Commons Standing Committee on Science and Research is to review and report on topics relating to science and research in ...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:28 PM
To be clear, it seems they are asking for disaggregated, confidential data with a clear intent to attack academic freedom along bigoted, ideological lines.
Sign the petition here to demand the Tri-Council refuse to hand over your protected and private data. 2/2 #cdnpse
Sign the petition here to demand the Tri-Council refuse to hand over your protected and private data. 2/2 #cdnpse
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Join us for The Monster Ball on #Halloween night in #Halifax! Anita LandBack is our host/DJ for the Oct. 31 costume party, 7-10 pm. Our McNally Auditorium will be decked out as the 'Carrie' prom scene, with a SMU Drama Society performance! Tickets/info: www.smu.ca/monsterfest/ #MonsterFest2025
October 21, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Join us for The Monster Ball on #Halloween night in #Halifax! Anita LandBack is our host/DJ for the Oct. 31 costume party, 7-10 pm. Our McNally Auditorium will be decked out as the 'Carrie' prom scene, with a SMU Drama Society performance! Tickets/info: www.smu.ca/monsterfest/ #MonsterFest2025
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Today's free keynote at SMU #MonsterFest: "Too Ghoul for School: Colonial Gazing and Monstrosity in Rhymes for Young Ghouls," with Dr. Krista Collier-Jarvis of @msvuenglish.bsky.social. All are welcome, 3:30 pm at Halifax Central Library. More info: loom.ly/NDXnXuA @lnuonhorror.bsky.social
October 29, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Today's free keynote at SMU #MonsterFest: "Too Ghoul for School: Colonial Gazing and Monstrosity in Rhymes for Young Ghouls," with Dr. Krista Collier-Jarvis of @msvuenglish.bsky.social. All are welcome, 3:30 pm at Halifax Central Library. More info: loom.ly/NDXnXuA @lnuonhorror.bsky.social
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I recently had an interview with CBC Radio to discuss the cultural function of zombies. You can check it out here:
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
© CBC/Radio-Canada 2025. All rights reserved.
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October 28, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I recently had an interview with CBC Radio to discuss the cultural function of zombies. You can check it out here:
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
Episode 10 of Dr. Street's podcast is now available. This is the penultimate episode for this season, and we're going to miss it when it's over.
open.spotify.com/episode/639n...
open.spotify.com/episode/639n...
S5 EP 10 - Endings and Eternal Re-turnings
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October 27, 2025 at 12:20 AM
Episode 10 of Dr. Street's podcast is now available. This is the penultimate episode for this season, and we're going to miss it when it's over.
open.spotify.com/episode/639n...
open.spotify.com/episode/639n...
Dr. Collier-Jarvis is giving a keynote next week as part of MonsterFest, called Too Ghoul for School - Colonial Gazing & Monstrosity in Rhymes for Young Ghouls. This is open to the public: halifax.bibliocommons.com/events/68e41...
Monsterfest Keynote Speaker: Too Ghoul for School - Colonial Gazing & Monstrosity in Rhymes for Young Ghouls
Where are the residential school diaries? Indigenous survivors do not have real-time records written by themselves or their ancestors about the experience. Rather, Indigenous residential school experi...
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October 24, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Dr. Collier-Jarvis is giving a keynote next week as part of MonsterFest, called Too Ghoul for School - Colonial Gazing & Monstrosity in Rhymes for Young Ghouls. This is open to the public: halifax.bibliocommons.com/events/68e41...
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I'm delighted to announce that I'll be co-editing a special issue of Gothic Studies: Arctic Gothic with Monica Germanà and Sara Wasson.
Check out the CFP here: www.globalgoth.org/blog/arctic-...
Check out the CFP here: www.globalgoth.org/blog/arctic-...
Arctic Gothic: A new cfp for a Special Issue of Gothic Studies - Gothic Association
An exciting new issue of Gothic Studies is in the making!
www.globalgoth.org
October 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
I'm delighted to announce that I'll be co-editing a special issue of Gothic Studies: Arctic Gothic with Monica Germanà and Sara Wasson.
Check out the CFP here: www.globalgoth.org/blog/arctic-...
Check out the CFP here: www.globalgoth.org/blog/arctic-...
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I stand with MSVU Part-Time Academics
@msvuhalifax.bsky.social give them a fair deal now! @cupe3912.bsky.social
@msvuhalifax.bsky.social give them a fair deal now! @cupe3912.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 1:59 AM
I stand with MSVU Part-Time Academics
@msvuhalifax.bsky.social give them a fair deal now! @cupe3912.bsky.social
@msvuhalifax.bsky.social give them a fair deal now! @cupe3912.bsky.social
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Our colleagues at SMU and MSVU are fighting for equitable pay and working conditions. The professorate represented by CUPE 3912 are among the lowest paid precarious academics in Canada. If you're in Halifax, please support our friends! @cupe3912.bsky.social @smufu.bsky.social @msvufa.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Our colleagues at SMU and MSVU are fighting for equitable pay and working conditions. The professorate represented by CUPE 3912 are among the lowest paid precarious academics in Canada. If you're in Halifax, please support our friends! @cupe3912.bsky.social @smufu.bsky.social @msvufa.bsky.social
Yesterday's Two-Eyed Seeing mural unveiling was wonderful. You can read more about it through the Halifax Examiner: www.halifaxexaminer.ca/indigenous-n...
MSVU unveils new mural to celebrate Mi’kmaq community - Halifax Examiner
The mural is a collaborative effort by four artists and will be permanently displayed in Mount Saint Vincent University's library.
www.halifaxexaminer.ca
October 23, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Yesterday's Two-Eyed Seeing mural unveiling was wonderful. You can read more about it through the Halifax Examiner: www.halifaxexaminer.ca/indigenous-n...
Check out episode 9 of Dr. Street's podcast, Season of Nietzsche: open.spotify.com/episode/00D5...
S5 EP 9 - The Tone of Affirmative Thinking
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October 21, 2025 at 2:39 PM
Check out episode 9 of Dr. Street's podcast, Season of Nietzsche: open.spotify.com/episode/00D5...
It was such a delight to welcome Lisa Nasson to campus this past week to hear more about her process in writing, directing, and acting in Mischief. Stay turned to announcements about our next Centring First Voices speaker in November.
October 20, 2025 at 6:36 PM
It was such a delight to welcome Lisa Nasson to campus this past week to hear more about her process in writing, directing, and acting in Mischief. Stay turned to announcements about our next Centring First Voices speaker in November.
Are you curious about what it means to do an honours project? Or are you wondering whether a Master’s in English might be a good choice for you after graduation? Find out at these information sessions!
Grad School: Tues Oct 21 4:30 SAC 555
Honours: Thurs Oct 23 4:30 SAC 555
Grad School: Tues Oct 21 4:30 SAC 555
Honours: Thurs Oct 23 4:30 SAC 555
October 16, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Are you curious about what it means to do an honours project? Or are you wondering whether a Master’s in English might be a good choice for you after graduation? Find out at these information sessions!
Grad School: Tues Oct 21 4:30 SAC 555
Honours: Thurs Oct 23 4:30 SAC 555
Grad School: Tues Oct 21 4:30 SAC 555
Honours: Thurs Oct 23 4:30 SAC 555
The English Society is getting a little spooky next week
October 15, 2025 at 11:41 PM
The English Society is getting a little spooky next week
The Shakespeare class is doing a dramatic reading Monday, October 20th from 10:30-11:45am in Seton 513. Come out and support the students!
October 15, 2025 at 9:44 PM
The Shakespeare class is doing a dramatic reading Monday, October 20th from 10:30-11:45am in Seton 513. Come out and support the students!
For the long weekend, here's the latest episode of Dr. Street's podcast, Season of Nietzsche
open.spotify.com/episode/2LSw...
open.spotify.com/episode/2LSw...
Spotify – Web Player
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October 13, 2025 at 12:51 PM
For the long weekend, here's the latest episode of Dr. Street's podcast, Season of Nietzsche
open.spotify.com/episode/2LSw...
open.spotify.com/episode/2LSw...
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The Cambridge Companion to World-Gothic is now available for pre-order. I'm beyond delighted to be a part of this wonderful collection: www.cambridge.org/de/universit...
The Cambridge Companion to World-Gothic Literature | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
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October 10, 2025 at 6:46 PM
The Cambridge Companion to World-Gothic is now available for pre-order. I'm beyond delighted to be a part of this wonderful collection: www.cambridge.org/de/universit...
Please join us for a very special talk with Mi'kmaw actor, director, and storyteller, Lisa Nasson, on Oct 15th. This is a hybrid event open to all. To register: www.eventbrite.com/e/centring-f...
October 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Please join us for a very special talk with Mi'kmaw actor, director, and storyteller, Lisa Nasson, on Oct 15th. This is a hybrid event open to all. To register: www.eventbrite.com/e/centring-f...