Dr. Manon Gaudet, SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow at St. Francis Xavier University It is a pleasure to have the opportunity to introduce myself to the MCC. My name is Manon Gaudet (PhD, Yale, 2025) and I am currently a SSHRC postdoctoral fellow at St. Francis Xavier University, working under the supervision of Dr. Erin Morton. I am an art historian specializing in Canadian and American art from the nineteenth century to the present. My current research examines the visual and material cultures of...

materialculturecollective.ca New News The Material Culture Collective looks forward to an exciting autumn ahead! The fall newsletter includes information on upcoming events, new publications, new travel and course opportunities for students, and a link to the latest installment of In the Loop, featuring Dr. Manon Gaudet, Post-doctoral fellow at St. Francis Xavier University. As well, this fall, we embark on our first set of Speakers Series events, Historical Dress and Quilts of War, featuring...

In the Loop with Dr. Gerald Pocius, Professor Emeritus, Memorial University, and a member of the Royal Society of Canada. This spring (2026), I had the privilege of speaking with Dr. Gerald Pocius, Professor Emeritus, Folklore Studies at Memorial University. Dr. Pocius’ work has been a beacon in my own work and the work of my students, who I continue to point in the direction of his important 1991 edited volume Living in a Material World: Canadian and American Approaches to Material...