Modern Literature and Culture

Established in 2005, the Canada Research Chair Program in Modern Literature and Culture is housed in the Faculty of Arts at Ryerson University with links to the Graduate Programs in Literatures of Modernity and Communication and Culture, as
well as to English, Image Arts, and Fashion,
Digital Culture.

Our mandate is to research the literary and cultural production in the modernist era (from 1880 to 1940), to preserve and advance modernist women’s heritage and to promote modern Canadian heritage within an international context, and to advance our studies and outreach through digital culture innovations.

May 21/13 - We welcome research team member Dr. Esther R. Berry to the MLC team.

May 13/13 - Dr. Irene Gammel's book Sexualizing Power in Naturalism, has been made available as a free open access ebook.

May 9/13 - James R. Alexander, Professor of Political Science, University of Pittsburgh comments on Baroness Elsa and Body Sweats.

May 8/13 - Our new SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Barbara Postema has her first scholarly book with RIT Press out in June.

May 8/13 - We are pleased to launch PUBZ, the MLC Writing and Publishing Zone.

May 6/13 - We welcome Communication and Culture student Stephen Broomer as our MLC Doctoral Scholar in Residence.

May 3/13 - We welcome Communication and Culture student Chelsea Olsen to the MLC team.

Apr 16/13 - Doctoral student Dan Brown collects win at SSHRC storyteller competition

Apr 15/13 - "The Child’s Magazine as a Pleasure Ground”: Donation of St. Nicholas: Scribner’s Illustrated Magazine for Boys and Girls (1873-1943) Propels Research

Apr 4/13 - View photos of A Soirée Celebrating the Armory Show | 1913 – 2013 organized by the graduate students in CC8829: Modernist Literary Circles.

Apr 4/13 - Telling stories without words: prestigious SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship (2013 - 2015) awarded to Dr. Barbara Postema