Department of English Language and Literature
MA Colloquium 2023
July 31, 2023, 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
DT 2017
Members of the English MA cohort are pleased to announce a year’s-end colloquium. Research undertaken by members of the MA cohort program during the 2022-2023 academic year will be presented at this event. The MA Colloquium will take place on July 31, 2023, from 10:00 am to 2:30 pm in Dunton Tower Room 2017 (20th floor) and live via Zoom. The program schedule is included below.
Participants and attendees can join this conference either in-person or online via Zoom. The event will offer live captioning.
Light refreshments will be served. Vegan and gluten-free options will be available.
Dunton Tower and the conference room (DT 2017) are physically accessible. Accessible parking is available in lot P1, behind the MacOdrum Library, and in front of Nideyinàn (formerly known as the University Centre). Dunton Tower (DT) is accessible through both buildings via elevators and the underground tunnels. There is also a para transpo spot (#11) at the back of Dunton Tower with access leading from this lot directly to the tunnels.
All-gender accessible washrooms are available on the 5th and 6th floors of Dunton Tower. There are all-gender bathrooms on the 14th and 18th floors of Dunton Tower. For more information, please visit this page.
Please contact Erica Pierre-Pierre, at ericapierrepierre@cmail.carleton.ca, to confirm your attendance (in person or online) no later than Friday, July 28, 2023. The Zoom link will be sent to all those who wish to attend virtually, the morning of July 31, 2023.
Program:
9:30 am – 9:50 am – Arrival and sign-in
9:50 – 10:00 am – Opening remarks
10:00 – 11:00am: Panel 1 – Science & Technology
Presenters:
Colin Sostar
Erica Pierre-Pierre
Spencer Clermont
11:00 am – 11:20 am First coffee break
11:30am – 12:30pm: Panel 2 – Migration, Settler Colonialism, and (Neo)colonial Exploitation
Presenters:
Sam Bean
Maia Corsame
12:30 pm – 1:20 pm Second coffee break
1:30 pm – 2:30 pm: Panel 3 – Popular Culture & Poetry
Presenters:
Jaclyn Legge
Meg Collins