AWARDS AND HONOURS

ALUMNI TEACHING AWARD

Joan Nicks (FSDVA) is the recipient of the Alumni Association's Excellence in Teaching Award for 1994.



LES PALMES ACADÉMIQUES

On February 13, 1995, Sandra Beckett (FIS) was honoured by the presentation of Les Palmes Académiques. L'Ordre des Palmes Académiques is a decoration created by Napoléon in 1808 for the purpose of honouring outstanding service in the cause of French letters. To this date, it remains the highest academic distinction which France can bestow and the second highest award it can offer. Professors Alexandre Amprimoz and Leonard Rosmarin (both FIS) have also received the title of "chevalier" or knight of this prestigious order.

SSHRC RESEARCH GRANTS: OPEN COMPETITION

Sandra Beckett (FIS) received a SSHRC grant of $13,881.00 (1992- 1995) for her project: La Littérature pour la jeunesse depuis 1945.

Mary Jane Miller (FSDVA) received a SSHRC grant of $36,000.00 (1994-1997) for her projects: Representation of aboriginal peoples in Canadian television drama [Book III] and Analysis of drama 1986-96 [Book IV].

Marilyn Rose (English) received a SSHRC grant of $10,675.00 (1992-1995) for her project: Literary Lives/Communities: Canadian Women Writers 1910-1949.

John Sainsbury (History) received a SSHRC grant of $15,000.00 (1993-1996) for his project: John Wilkes.

Elizabeth Sauer (English) received a SSHRC grant of $11,300.00 (1992-1995) for her project: Orchestrating Discourses: Alternative Voices and Multivocality in the Works of Milton.

OTHER HONORS

John Mayer, Professor of Philosophy at Brock, was honored as National Lecturer in Philosophy for the year 1993-1994 by the Indian Council of Philosophical Research. Dr. Mayer visited India from March to June, delivering three National Lectures in differe nt parts of India, in addition to his other academic engagements at various post-graduate institutions in that country. The entire cost of Dr. Mayer's travel and stay was met by the Council. In her letter of invitation, Professor Bhuvan Chandel, Secreta ry of ICPR, cites the desire of the council members to take advantage of the expertise in comparative philosophy that Dr. Mayer is "so imminently endowed with." (Source: Campus News)

The Historical Thesaurus project, located at Glasgow University and initiated by Professor Michael Samuels, in which Angus Somerville (English) is a participant, received a grant of £165,400 from the Leverhume Foundation in the spring of 1994.

Ernesto Virgulti (FIS) was recipient of a Government of Ontario Volunteer Service Award for his work in the Italian Community of the Niagara Region. He is currently the President of the Dante Alighieri Society of Niagara, an organization whose primary function is the promotion of Italian Language and Culture in the jurisdiction.

Alan D. Booth (Classics) has been appointed Adjunct Professor, Department of Classics, at McMaster University to assist in the graduate program there.

Rob Nunn (FSDVA) has contributed to a vital approach for teaching dramatic literature, where the script is a means to stage production rather than an end in itself. For his article on English-Canadian plays presented in French, Rob won the Richard Plant Award for theatre criticism in English. Rob is the current editor of Theatre Research in Canada.

Hedy McGarrell (DALS) was awarded a fellowship to teach and undertake research at Nanyang University in Singapore from August 1994 to August 1995.