New Publication: Congratulations to our previous Ruth and Mark Phillips Professor of Cultural Mediations and Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Architectural History听 and the Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art, and Culture at 杏吧原创 University, Dr. Birgit Hopfener on the publication of her co-edited special edition issue听Towards a Multi-Temporal Pluriverse of Art. Decolonizing Universalized Historiographic and Temporal Frameworks in 21: Inquiries into Art, History, and the Visual. Beitr盲ge zur Kunstgeschichte und visuellen Kultur, Vol. 5 No. 1 (2024)
This special co-edited version is the outcome of Dr. Hopfener’s work as the inaugural (2021-2023) Ruth and Mark Phillips Professorship in Cultural Mediations. You can read this issue .
New Publication: Congratulations to the 2023鈥�2025 Ruth and Mark Phillips Professor of Cultural Mediations and Associate Professor in the Department of Law and Legal Studies, the Department of English Language and Literature, and the Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature, Art, and Culture at 杏吧原创 University, Dr. Philip Kaisary on the publication of his new book, .
From Havana to Hollywood examines the presence or absence of Black resistance to slavery in feature films produced in either Havana or Hollywood鈥攊ncluding Gillo Pontecorvo’s Burn!, neglected masterpieces by Cuban auteurs Tom谩s Guti茅rrez Alea and Sergio Giral, and Steve McQueen’s Oscar-winning 12 Years a Slave. Philip Kaisary argues that, with rare exceptions, the representation of Black agency in Hollywood has always been, and remains, taboo. Contrastingly, Cuban cinema foregrounds Black agency, challenging the ways in which slavery has been misremembered and misunderstood in North America and Europe. With powerful, richly theorized readings, the book shows how Cuban cinema especially recreates the past to fuel visions of liberation and asks how the medium of film might contribute to a renewal of emancipatory politics today. For more information, visit .
New Publication: Congratulations to ICSLAC faculty member Professor听Barbara Leckie (English/ICSLAC) on the publication of her new book听听(Stanford University Press). In this new monograph,听Barbara Leckie 鈥渃onsiders the climate crisis as a problem of time. Spanning the long nineteenth century through our current moment, her interdisciplinary treatment of climate change at once rethinks time and illustrates that the time for climate action is now.鈥� Professor Leckie’s full profile can be听found here.
New Publication: Congratulations to ICSLAC faculty member Professor Mitchell Frank (SSAC-Art History/ICSLAC) on the publication of his new book听(Bloosmburry Press). In his new monograph, Professor Frank 鈥渆xplores the collaborations, during the mid-20th century, between the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Book-of-the-Month Club…听Using never before published archival material, the book demonstrates how the Met sought to bring art to the masses in postwar America, whilst upholding its reputation as an institution of high culture.鈥漃rofessor Frank’s full profile can be听found here.
New Publication: Congratulations to ICSLAC faculty member Professor Stuart Murray听(English/ICSLAC) on the publication of his new book听听(Penn State University Press). In this new monograph, Professor Murray considers how 鈥淚n a society that aims above all to safeguard life鈥� we might 鈥渞eckon with ethical responsibility when we are complicit in sacrificial economies that produce and tolerate death as a necessity of life?鈥澨齈rofessor Murray ‘s full profile can be听found here.
Professor Ruth Phillips
Prestigious Award: Congratulations to Professor Ruth Phillips, ICSLAC retired faculty member and 杏吧原创 Professor Emerita, who received the听2022 听 Lifetime Achievement Award. The UAAC Lifetime Achievement Award 鈥�is presented to a senior scholar who has made an outstanding contribution to the profession over the whole of a career either through leadership, creation, education, curatorial projects, service or publications.鈥� You can read more about the UAAC 2022 award.
New Publication: Congratulations to ICSLAC faculty member Professor Ming Tiampo (SSAC-Art History/ICSLAC) on the publication of her new book 听(Art Canada Institute).听Jin-me Yoon: Life & Work 鈥�considers how one of Canada鈥檚 most important voices on the nature of identity developed a critical perspective on the representation of this country in museums, art history, the tourist industry, and monuments with groundbreaking works…鈥� 听Professor听Ming Tiampo 鈥�reveals how Yoon鈥檚 multidisciplinary art鈥攚hich includes photography, video, and performances鈥攊nvestigates how we engage with our surroundings and offers hope for a better tomorrow.鈥� Professor Tiampo’s full profile can be听found here.
New Publication: Congratulations to ICSLAC faculty member Professor听Carol Payne听(SSAC-Art History/ICSLAC) and Cultural Mediations alumna Dr. Christina Williamson on their recent co-edited book,. Published with听McGill-Queen鈥檚 University Press, Atiqput听offers听鈥�A multigenerational discussion of culture, history, and naming centring on archival photographs of Inuit whose names were previously unrecorded.鈥� Professor Payne’s full profile can be听found here.
Professor Jesse Stewart
Prestigious appointment: Congratulations to ICSLAC faculty member Professor听Jesse Stewart (SSAC-Music/ICSLAC)听who has been named as a member of the听Royal Society of听Canada’s College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists.听You can read more on Professor Stewart’s nomination . His听full profile can be found here.
Professor Sarah Phillips Casteel
The Institute for Comparative Studies in Literature Art and Culture is delighted to announce that Professor听Sarah Phillips Casteel听will be delivering the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences鈥櫶�Marston LaFrance Lecture on March 23, from 3-4 pm. You can register听here听for this online event.
Professor Casteel鈥檚 talk,听鈥淢aking History Visible: Black Lives Under Nazism in Literature and Art鈥�,听addresses a little known chapter of World War II in which Black people living in Germany and occupied Europe found themselves caught up in the Nazis鈥� genocidal campaign. For more information on the lecture, Professor Casteel’s current book project, her profile and doctoral supervisions, please read here.
Professor Ellen Waterman
Music, Sound and Society in Canada: Dr. Ellen Waterman launches a new research centre
Congratulations to ICSLAC faculty member Professor Ellen Waterman听(Helmut Kallmann Chair for Music in Canada, Music/ICSLAC) on the launch of 听Music, Sound and Society in Canada (MSSC), a new research centre under her directorship. MSSC will take a critical lens to music and sound in this country, bringing together scholars from 杏吧原创, external research fellows, and members of the community.听
Professor Malini Guha
Focus on grants and research:听Dr. Malini Guha awarded a FASS research grant
Congratulations to ICSLAC faculty member Professor Malini Guha (Film Studies), who was awarded a FASS Mid-Career Research Grant for her current research project On Traction: Moving Images and Realities. Professor听Guha鈥檚 full profile can be found听here.
Professor Birgit Hopfener
ICSLAC Appointment: Dr. Birgit Hopfener Appointed to the Ruth and Mark Phillips Professorship in Cultural Mediations
The听Institute for Comparative Literature, Art and Culture听(ICSLAC) is delighted to announce the appointment of Dr. Birgit Hopfener (SSAC/ICSLAC) as the inaugural holder of the听Ruth and Mark Phillips Professorship in Cultural Mediations. This exciting new position is intended to provide an ICSLAC faculty member with the opportunity to shape a doctoral seminar and year-long program of intellectual engagement around their ongoing interdisciplinary research.听Dr. Hopfener,听an art historian of contemporary art and theory in the global context, will be focusing her two-year tenure on critical temporalities. She invites students, faculty as well as other colleagues and friends to explore how scholarly writing, art and cultural artifacts engage with the temporal heterogeneity of our time, its socio-political, geo-political and historical conditions and the multiplicity of temporal assumptions that shape us, art and knowledges. Entitled听The Temporal Diversity of our Time. Pluralizing time and unlearning the modern Western temporal regime,听her graduate seminar will be offered in the fall of 2021, with more information to follow around the program of events enhancing the seminar throughout the 21-22 academic year. The听Professorship in Cultural Mediations is named in honour of Professors Emeriti听Ruth Phillips听and听Mark Phillips, two long-time ICSLAC faculty members.
Professor Franny Nudelman
Focus on publications: Franny Nudelman publishes听Fighting Sleep. The War for the Mind and the US Military
Congratulations to ICSLAC professor听Franny Nudelman听(English/ICSLAC) on the publication of her new monograph,听Fighting Sleep. The War for the Mind and the US Military,听published by听听and reviewed in the听
Professor Catherine Khordoc
Focus on publications: Dr. Catherine Khordoc鈥檚 awarded a Canadian Studies Network鈥檚听2019 prize
Congratulations听to ICSLAC professor听Dr. Catherine Khordoc听(French/SICS/ICSLAC), who was awarded the听鈥檚听2019 prize for the best article published in the听Journal of Canadian Studies. Her essay听“Worlded Literature in Quebec: Wajdi Mouawad鈥檚听Le Sang des promesses听Cycle”听听can be accessed听. Follow this听link听for more information on Dr. Khordoc鈥檚 profile.听
Drs. Birgit Hopfener and Ming Tiampo
Focus on grants and research:听Congratulations to Drs. Birgit Hopfener and Ming Tiampo听
Drs. Birgit Hopfener and Ming Tiampo (SSAC/ICSLAC) received a Social Innovation Grant from the Trans-Atlantic Platform for the Social Sciences and Humanities for their project听Worlding Public Cultures: The Arts and Social Innovation,听spearheaded in听the context of the Transnational and Transcultural Art and Culture Exchange (TrACE). Read more:听