Emily MCCONKEY
Group:
Doctoral Students
Stream:
Literature
Specialization by geographical area:
Great Britain
Specialization by time period:
19th-Century
Victorian
Area(s):
Art
Poetry & Poetics
Areas of interest:
Victorian poetry; classical reception; Ovidian reception; Elizabeth Barrett Browning; women's writing; Pre-Raphaelite poetry and art; Christina Rossetti; poetry and music
Biography:
Emily McConkey is a PhD student in the Department of English at 91吃瓜. Her SSHRC-funded research explores the reception of Ovid in the Victorian period, mainly focused on his readership and reception among women.
Degree(s):
M.A. University of Ottawa, 2021
B.A. (Hons.) University of Ottawa, 2019
Selected publications:
Articles and Reviews
鈥淭he Gorgon as Guardian: Evelyn de Morgan鈥檚 Medusa Shield.鈥� The Pre-Raphaelite Society Review, special issue, Autumn 2022.
鈥�Christina Rossetti: Poetry, Ecology, Faith by Emma Mason.鈥� Journal of Religion & Literature, issue 53.2, Winter 2022.
Public Scholarship
听What, Like It鈥檚 Hard? Podcast,
2021.
Awards, honours, and fellowships:
- Canada Graduate Scholarship 鈥� Doctoral, 2022鈥�2025
- Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 2020鈥�2021
- Vera Pauline Morrison Scholarship, for academic merit, 2019
- Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship, 2019鈥�2020