Ryerson University

Anna Krentz is a 2014 graduate of Ryerson University's Master's program in Photographic Preservation and Collections Management. She also holds an Honours BA in History from St. Francis Xavier University, with a year abroad at Bangor University in Wales. Her Master's thesis, an investigation of the snapshot deckle edge, was awarded the Photographic Historical Society of Canada's Ryerson Thesis Prize. Her research interests focus on the social, cultural, and material histories of the early twentieth century, and vernacular photography. Anna Krentz joined the MLC research team to deepen and refine her research skills and gain experience with the cultural history approach that is key to the MLCRC’s mandate.
 
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Research Assistant Position Available

Research Assistant Position Available

Ryerson Undergraduate Work Study (Summer 2019) position available for support, planning of the Modernist Studies Association Conference

The MLC Presents: The Top 10 of 2018

The MLC Presents: The Top 10 of 2018

We invite you to join us as we reflect on our Top 10 achievements of 2018.

Announcing the Modernism Studies Association Conference in Toronto in 2019: Upheaval and Reconstruction

Announcing the Modernism Studies Association Conference...

Hosted by the MLC Research Centre and Ryerson University in collaboration with University of Toronto, York University, and OCAD University.

Re-Locating the Canadian North Reception

Re-Locating the Canadian North Reception

Photos from the opening reception of Re-Locating the Canadian North on October 18, 2018.

The Great War in Literature and Visual Culture

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The Great War in Literature and Visual Culture

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Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven

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Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven

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Modernism in the World

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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

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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

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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

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