UTM's Newest Publications Recognized at 2023 Celebration of Books
The ninth annual Celebration of Books took place on campus this October, with UTM’s latest authors and editors gathering to speak about their work. For the first time in recent years the event was held in person, hosted in the light-filled Collaborative Digital Research Space located in the Maanjiwe nendamowinan building.
Co-hosted by the UTM Library and the Office of the Vice-Principal, Research, the yearly celebration invites community members to discover the diverse scholarship happening at the University of Toronto Mississauga. This year’s event featured 11 talks, 21 books from 13 departments, and included the work of 24 faculty members. More than 50 guests were in attendance, an audience comprised of students, staff, faculty, and librarians.
The first author to present was Terry F. Robinson, Associate Professor and Associate Chair in the Department of English & Drama, who spoke about The Visual Life of Romantic Theater, 1780-1830, a new collection she co-edited with Diane Piccitto, Associate Professor English at Mount Saint Vincent University.
“I find myself thinking more and more about the role of the theatre as an agent of social change,” Robinson shared during a recent interview with the Research Office, “and about the potential for theorizing and recovering the lived sensory experience of theatre going in an age prior to recording technologies.”
The highly visual book features thirteen chapters on the impact of stage spectacle during an era of momentous social upheaval and aesthetic change, and Robinson highlighted the collection’s beautiful illustrations, passing it around the room.