Dr. Lisa Templin

The Snow Can’t Stop the Resurrection of these SPOOKY Gothic Talks! Event Re-Scheduled, All Welcome!

Bill 12 misses the real cost crisis in Nova Scotia universities - Halifax Examiner The bill directs its strongest tools toward academic restructuring while bypassing scrutiny of how universities are funded, governed, and managed financially. If sustainability is the objective, then ...

Drs. Boulet and Street outline for us what Bill 12 is really about and how it's not the solution some think it is.
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Something wicked comes to the Mount Nov 19. Please join us for a dramatic reading of Macbeth.

MSVU under lockdown, Halifax police investigating weapons complaint - Halifax | Globalnews.ca The university is under lockdown and people are being asked to avoid the area.

MSVU under lockdown, Halifax police investigating weapons complaint

ENGL 2270:Classical Traditions This course will focus on classical Greek epic, poetry, and theatre from Homer to Sappho, to Hesiod, to Sophocles. We will trace the dynamics that shaped Ancient Greek culture—dynamics that continue to shape our contemporary moment—like the relationship between elites and masses, erotic longing and madness, and the subversive power and threat of political outsiders, such as women, slaves, and foreigners. Summer 2025, M/W 6-8:30pm

@msvuenglish.bsky.social MSVU English students: if you’re interested in taking a summer course, check out ENGL 2270: Classical Traditions. You will learn about classical Greek epic, poetry and theatre. This course will be so helpful for understanding the classical references that pop up everywhere!

I “negotiated” for both my MA and PhD (Canadian) by telling my top choice about competing funding offers that were making my decision difficult (lower offers from top choice). I received a Dean’s or Provost’s scholarship (available for that sort of thing) which made the lower offers more attractive

Our English majors get to take Shakespeare, ideally in their second year, with @wher4rtthou.bsky.social. It's one of our only full years courses, so it's a perfect opportunity to develop a cohort. Don't forget to register!

We're not surprised that ENGL 3364: Shakespeare's Contemporaries with @wher4rtthou.bsky.social is already over 50% full, so we encourage you to register quickly for this one.

On Wednesday, March 5th, @wher4rtthou.bsky.social will be presenting a seminar entitled "'Voyces Within': Resignifying the Unchaste Female Voice in Middleton's A Mad World, My Masters." This event will be held at 4:30pm in Seton 407/409, and the English Department invites anyone to attend.

Billionaires Should Not Exist Yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure.

When a single billionaire can accumulate more money in 10 seconds than their employees make in one year, while workers struggle to meet the basic cost of rent and medicine, then yes, every billionaire really is a policy failure.

Read our op-ed here ⤵️

Please join us on Thursday Mar 27th for a very special reading and book signing with L'nu author @tiffmorris.bsky.social @msvuhalifax.bsky.social

Two cat paws in ink show where a cat who had presumably walked through a spill sat on the edge of a seventeenth-century Italian document.

since I don't think I've shared it here yet, a reminder of one of my all-time favorite #earlymodern archive finds 🐾 🗃️ #catsofacademia

You didn’t miss anything except real-time disappointment 😕 sigh