Modern Literature & Culture Research Centre & Gallery

December 2008

Doctoral Defense Procession at University of Tampere in Finland

Doctoral Defense Procession at University of Tampere in...

Date: December 17, 2008 Tampere, Finland By: Dr. Irene GammelOn Wednesday, December 17, our small ...

Moveable Feast

Moveable Feast

Photos from the Moveable Feast, Experience the Modernist Salon event

The Moveable Feast: Experience the Modernist Salon

The Moveable Feast: Experience the Modernist Salon

Date: December 1, 2008 Toronto By: Dr. Irene Gammel Last night we opened the exhibition The Moveable...

November 2008

At Odds with the World Book Launch

At Odds with the World Book Launch

Photos from the At Odds with the World Book Launch

October 2008

At Odds in the World: Essays on Jewish Canadian Women Writers by Ruth Panofsky

At Odds in the World: Essays on Jewish Canadian Women ...

Date: October 29, Toronto By: Dr. Irene GammelWhat does it mean to be Jewish-Canadian and female in ...

Ireland BY: Dr. Irene Gammel

Ireland BY: Dr. Irene Gammel

DATE: October 20, 2008, Galway, Ireland BY: Dr. Irene GammelWe travel to Galway on the west coast, ...

Ireland Conference of IBBY, (The International Board on Books for Young People)

Ireland Conference of IBBY, (The International Board on...

DATE: October 18, 2008, Dublin, Ireland BY: Dr. Irene GammelThe rain has stopped. In the morning we ...

Dublin day 1

Dublin day 1

DATE: October 14-17, 2008, Dublin, Ireland BY: Dr. Irene Gammel On a rainy day we land in Dublin, a ...

July 2008

Stephanie Yumansky completes her Major Research Paper

Stephanie Yumansky completes her Major Research Paper

DATE: July 30, 2008, Toronto, ON By Dr. Irene GammelStephanie Yumansky completed a Major Research ...

June 2008

 Anne of Green Gables at 100

Anne of Green Gables at 100

Photos from the Anne of Green Gables at 100 exhibition in the Library and Archives of Canada

April 2008

 Modernist Salons and Circles

Modernist Salons and Circles

Photos from "Modernist Salons and Circles" an exhibition organized by our graduate class

 Research Centre

Research Centre

Take a photo tour of the MLC Research Centre's space.

Looking for Anne

Looking for Anne

Looking for Anne: How Lucy Maud Montgomery Dreamed Up a Literary Classic

The Great War in Literature and Visual Culture

MLC Themes

The Great War in Literature and Visual Culture

Amid the unprecedented social change of World War I, women renegotiated their identities by dramatically changing the way they engaged with the arts. But how did they do so? And how did everyday citizens engage with the war?

Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven

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Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven

Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven, considered by many to be the mother of Dada, was a daringly innovative poet and an early creator of junk sculpture. “The Baroness” was best known for her sexually charged, often controversial performances.

Modernism in the World

MLC Themes

Modernism in the World

Recent research has departed from the Euro-centric and national view of Modernism to include approaches and methods studying Modernism across national boundaries and across different art forms to include fashion, dance, performance, technology, and visual culture.

Lucy Maud Montgomery

MLC Themes

Lucy Maud Montgomery

L.M. Montgomery is perhaps Canada's most important literary export. She was prolific writer of over 500 short stories and poems, and twenty novels, including the beloved Anne of Green Gables.

Canadian Modernism

MLC Themes

Canadian Modernism

The works of numerous Canadian authors who lived during the modernist era may well constitute the most central and experimental articulation of Canadian modernism in prose, allowing authors to stage cross-cultural, controversial, and even conflicted identities.

Modernist Biography and Life Writing

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Modernist Biography and Life Writing

Life writing, including autobiographical accounts, diaries, letters and testimonials written or told by women and men whose political, literary or philosophical purposes are central to their lives, has become a standard tool for communication and the dissemination of information.