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Emily MCCONKEY

Emily MCCONKEY
Contact Information
Email address: 
emily.mcconkey [at] mail.mcgill.ca
Address: 

Arts Building
853 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, QC H3A 0G5
Canada

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 McGill University. 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

“The Gorgon as Guardian: Evelyn de Morgan’s Medusa Shield.” The Pre-Raphaelite Society Review, special issue, Autumn 2022.

“Christina Rossetti: Poetry, Ecology, Faith by Emma Mason.” Journal of Religion & Literature, issue 53.2, Winter 2022.

Public Scholarship

“Christina Rossetti’s “In the Bleak Midwinter” in Pop Culture.” What, Like It’s Hard? Podcast,
2021.

Awards, honours, and fellowships: 
  • Canada Graduate Scholarship — Doctoral, 2022–2025
  • Ontario Graduate Scholarship, 2020–2021
  • Vera Pauline Morrison Scholarship, for academic merit, 2019
  • Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship, 2019–2020
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