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Introducing A Trans and Translike Medieval Bibliography

ByNico Mara-McKay
Wednesday, 19 May 2021

There are a number of great lists of queer books and articles that focus on the Middle Ages, but I couldn’t find anything that specifically centred medieval trans and translike figures, so I decided to create one.

University of Toronto, image credit The City of Toronto

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Beginning PhD in History at U of T

ByNico Mara-McKay
Monday, 9 November 2020

This fall I’ve begun my PhD in History at the University of Toronto, where I specialize in Medieval…

University of Guelph gryphon statue, photo by James M

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Master’s at the University of Guelph defended

ByNico Mara-McKay
Thursday, 13 August 2020

Yesterday, I defended my paper, “Questions of Categorization,” at the University of Guelph.

Nico Mara-McKay interviewed by CTV Kitchener

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Manuscripts in the Curriculum on CTV Kitchener

ByNico Mara-McKay
Wednesday, 5 February 2020

The University of Guelph is playing host to a nine of medieval manuscripts and texts on loan from…

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Going to the University of Guelph in fall 2019

ByNico Mara-McKay
Sunday, 10 March 2019

I just accepted the offer from the University of Guelph for Master of Arts program, which is a part of the Tri-University Graduate Program in History.

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Garden update

ByNico Mara-McKay
Thursday, 2 July 2015

It’s been a while since my last garden update, so I thought I’d share some of the progress its undergone over the past month.