Academic excellence

Humanities and Social Sciences' doctoral student receives $150,000 Vanier scholarship

November 28, 2022

Foundational support

Wide-ranging research receives more than $470,000 in federal investment

November 23, 2022

Stories matter

Indigenous scholar to deliver George Story Distinguished Lectureship

November 22, 2022

Tale of scale

Miniature book exhibit at QEII Library until Dec. 15

October 27, 2022

‘Leadership and support’

Interim associate vice-president (academic) appointed

October 14, 2022

Serious about comics

English PhD student recognized by humanities and social sciences federation

June 8, 2022

We, Jane

Author Aimee Wall (BA’08) headlines Coast Lines book club

February 15, 2022

Promising talent

$1.9 million in federal support for multidisciplinary graduate student researchers

January 18, 2022

One degree and counting

Spring bachelor of arts graduate playing the academic long game

May 25, 2021

Word games

Professor emerita invites local riddlers with poetry competition

April 26, 2021

Building on a legacy

New name, same mission: ISER Books now Memorial University Press

April 23, 2021

Rekindling the spark

SPARKS Literary Festival returns online for 2021

January 26, 2021

A trans-Atlantic friendship

Harlow Campus's role in the genesis of best friends – 15 years on

November 27, 2020

Funding for the future

PhD researchers secure $360,000 for complex societal studies

November 18, 2020

Lifelong pursuit

Education graduate bringing passion and enthusiasm to classroom

October 29, 2020

Coast Lines

Michael Crummey’s The Innocents to launch alumni book club

October 8, 2020

Well-earned results

Leading and emerging social scientists awarded more than $1 million for insightful research

July 14, 2020

Remote possibilities

School of Graduate Studies checks in with Samantha Lehman

June 10, 2020

Follow the plan

Gazette student columnist: 'We are fighting a unique battle'

May 11, 2020

Protect children

Greta Thunberg 'perfect intersectional criteria for bigots, sexists, climate change deniers and ableists'

March 6, 2020

Vernacular strain

Poet Mary Dalton to give the 2020 Pratt Lecture

February 28, 2020

Easy choice

Financial security at home and abroad for HSS students

February 28, 2020

Snowmageddon2020

State of emergency lessons from Gazette student columnist

January 27, 2020

Dream big, start small

Gazette student columnist says keep new year's resolutions realistic

January 10, 2020

The gift of empathy

Amidst the holiday festivities, don't forget what's most important

December 13, 2019

Remember all

Gazette student columnist: 'Lest we forget all who served'

November 15, 2019

Under the wrapper

Cheap candy and chocolate: Who pays the real price at Halloween?

October 31, 2019

‘What’s the plan?’

Gazette student columnist adds voice to global climate strike

October 4, 2019

‘Perfect platform’

St. John's poet laureate marries wordplay and technology with Flahoolic podcast

September 26, 2019

Celebrated playwright

Bernie Stapleton announced as writer-in-residence 2019-20

September 9, 2019

Ultimate insiders’ guide

Memorial pioneers reminisce in new book Creating a University

September 6, 2019

Storied summer

Latest Gzowski intern gleaned insight from previous students' experience

August 23, 2019

Eva Crocker

New grads on fire: 10 alumni, 20-something and going places

August 14, 2019

Insight and talent

More than $2 million federal investment creating new knowledge at Memorial

July 25, 2019

Celebrating difference

Trudeau fellow uses poetic lens to challenge the status quo

June 25, 2019

‘Fierce and funny’

Creative writing spring graduate is one to watch

May 27, 2019

New insights

Emerging scholars awarded $430,000 for leading-edge humanities and social sciences

May 17, 2019

Assembly required

3D printing and the world of shadow puppetry at QEII Library

May 15, 2019

Poetry power

Annual prizes awarded to writer and musician Heather Nolan

April 8, 2019

Harold R. Johnson

Q&A with Saskatchewan author about chance, magic and the power of story

February 6, 2019

Lights, camera, action

Memorial University names first filmmaker-in-residence

February 4, 2019

Bold and bright

Next generation of social scientists and humanities researchers secure federal funding

February 4, 2019

Scholarship of identity

Graduate student English society to host inaugural conference

January 23, 2019

Decade of literature

SPARKS Literary Festival marks milestone anniversary this weekend

January 22, 2019

End of an era

Professor emeritus Shane O’Dea retires as public orator

December 22, 2018

A league of her own

English professor named poet laureate of City of St. John's

December 6, 2018

Fenians and the Secret Police

Story lecture to examine 1865 Irish revolutionary plan to invade Canada

October 30, 2018

Giving them voice

New book tells the stories and songs of the woods workers

September 12, 2018

Head of the class

Internationally renowned poet named 2018 writer-in-residence

September 10, 2018

Reconsidering E.J. Pratt

George Elliot Clarke to deliver 50th anniversary Pratt Lecture

February 23, 2018

Running with the Hare

Alumnus Rex Brown on Atlantic Canada's largest poetry festival and why 2018 marks the final curtain call

February 22, 2018

State of the Arts

Lisa Moore hosts Humanities and Social Sciences' research chat show

February 19, 2018

Word spree

SPARKS Literary Festival 2018 shines a light in January

January 18, 2018

Two for one

St. John’s literary couple to share residency during winter semester

January 16, 2018

Heaslip pride

Prestigious awards for Humanities and Social Sciences students

December 11, 2017

Moby mashup

Moby Dick Rehearsed to be performed Dec. 1-2

November 27, 2017

Culture of excellence

Nearly $2 million in federal funding for social sciences and humanities research at Memorial

November 16, 2017

Leaps and ‘boundless’

A review: visiting writer and Canadian cartoonist Jillian Tamaki

November 6, 2017

Celebrating a pioneer

University gathering in honour of Dr. Patrick O’Flaherty

October 30, 2017

Brave New Worlds

Memorial symposium on Shakespeare in N.L.

September 11, 2017

Southwest spectacle

Theatre festival hopes to attract tourists to Isle aux Morts

June 30, 2017

Future vision

COASTS focus of HSS day-long symposium

April 26, 2017

HSS authors recognized

Faculty and staff shortlisted for several book awards

April 13, 2017

Power poets

Students awarded honours during Gregory J. Power poetry contest

April 10, 2017

Perils of palm oil

Student columnist says consumers must push for sustainable products

April 4, 2017

Heart of a poet

Memorial poets read from their collections on World Poetry Day

March 21, 2017

48 Months of Finasteride

Free political play readings to count down Trump’s presidency

March 9, 2017

Pratt Lecture

'Heartwrenching and brilliant' Dionne Brand featured speaker

March 8, 2017

Re-thinking the book tax

Gazette student columnist says literacy taking major hit

March 6, 2017

Weathering Trump’s storm

Student columnist says remaining united and hopeful is the key

February 16, 2017

SPARKS burns bright

Eighth annual literary festival a winter highlight

February 7, 2017

Women’s March 2017

Brittany Taylor: ‘We should all be feminists’

February 2, 2017

Fresh start

New year, new way of making new year’s resolutions

January 18, 2017

Hidden talents

Olympic power lifting, show dogs, illustrations gone viral and more

December 22, 2016

SPARKS fly

Eighth edition of Memorial's literary festival to take place in January

December 19, 2016

The fallout

Gazette student columnist: What the U.S. election means for Canadians

November 21, 2016

Mind your health

Gazette student columnist says it's "crucial" to talk about mental health

November 7, 2016

Healthy or unhealthy?

Gazette student columnist asks: Are we consumed by social media?

October 13, 2016

Comic focus

International conference to put Canadian comic research on the map

October 13, 2016

Wonder writer

Sara Tilley named Memorial's 2016 writer-in-residence

September 19, 2016

Critical thinkers

$2.1 million empowers social sciences, humanities researchers

September 16, 2016

Op-ed: Drs. Danine Farquharson and Fiona Polack

We need to talk about oil

August 26, 2016

Atlas honoured

Governor General recognizes faculty members for Dialect Atlas of N.L.

July 19, 2016

Radio stars

Humanities and Social Sciences preps new generation of on-air personalities

July 14, 2016

Lifelong contribution

Honorary degree recipients, English professor named to Order of Canada

July 4, 2016

Degree delights

Who We Are, What We Do: Department of English

June 29, 2016

Objects of beauty

Exhibition, panel discussion of Peattie children's book collection

June 21, 2016

‘Such a learning experience’

Archival research fosters BA graduate's love of N.L. history

June 3, 2016

Telling Stories

Professor of history of the book gives 2016 George Story Lecture

April 26, 2016

Power poets

Annual Gregory Power Poetry Prize awarded to Andreae Callanan

April 7, 2016

‘Mobilizing knowledge’

Aboriginal and Indigenous Studies Certificate reflects national shift

April 1, 2016

History of Skywriting

Celebrated poet Anne Carson to deliver 2016 Pratt lecture

February 26, 2016

SPARKS a smash

Faculty of Arts' literary festival a winter highlight

February 8, 2016

‘Important rhythms’

Jamaican-Canadian poet records 25 years of poetry at Memorial

January 27, 2016

‘Turn up the heat’

Seventh SPARKS to light up January

January 25, 2016

‘Seeing the possibilities’

Public servant-in-residence helps grad students see range of career options

November 22, 2015