Maggie Kilgour Explained

Honorific Prefix:Professor
Maggie Kilgour
Birth Date:9 January 1957
Birth Place:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Education:B.A., University of Toronto
PhD, Yale University
Thesis Title:Ingestion as Metaphor and Literary Technique in Rabelais, Milton, Burton, Ruskin, and Northorp Frye
Thesis Year:1986
Discipline:Literature
Sub Discipline:Renaissance European literature
Gothic
Workplaces:McGill University

Margaret "Maggie" Kilgour (born 1957) is a Molson professor of English Language and Literature at McGill University. In 2015, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Education

Kilgour earned her Bachelor of Arts at the University of Toronto and her PhD at Yale University.[1] She wrote her dissertation under the title "Ingestion as Metaphor and Literary Technique in Rabelais, Milton, Burton, Ruskin, and Northorp Frye," although it was late republished in 1990 by Princeton University Press as "From Communion to Cannibalism: An Anatomy of Metaphors of Incorporation."[2]

Career

Kilgour joined the faculty at McGill University as an English professor. She later served as the department's director of graduate studies. In 1999, Kilgour was promoted to chair of the Department of English.[3] That year, she publicly advocated for the department to recruit new faculty members, noting how the department had shrunk to 27 professors.[4] From 2006 to 2008, Kilgour also sat as a member of McGill's senate.[5] In 2008, while on sabbatical to write a book regarding the Roman poet Ovid, Kilgour was awarded McGill's Principal's Prize for Excellence in Teaching.[6]

In 2009, Kilgour was made Molson Chair in English Language & Literature.[7]

In 2012, her book "Milton and the Metamorphosis of Ovid" was awarded the James Holly Hanford Award by The Milton Society of America.[8] The book focused on how Renaissance writer John Milton interpreted the Roman poet Ovid's work and the influence it has on subsequent classical traditions.[9] She was also accepted as an alternate chair on the University Tenure Committee for the Faculty of Arts until 2015.[10] [11]

In 2013, Kilgour collaborated with Elena Lombardi to compose a book of essays regarding Dantean scholars.[12]

In response to a perceived lack of interest and budget cuts to the Faculty of Arts in 2014, Kilgour organized a four-part discussion series on the importance of a humanities education and a $500 essay competition to encourage students to enroll in the humanities.[13] [14] Since then, she has organized an annual round table discussion series called "McGill for Humanities" to help students understand the importance of a humanities education and find careers.[15]

In 2015, she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.[16] [17] The following year, she earned a visiting fellowship to All Souls College, Oxford.[18] While there, she studied the relationship between Milton and Shakespeare and began another book titled "Fine Excess: Milton's Poetical Thought".[19]

She sits on the editorial board of the annual "Milton Studies Journal."[20] [21]

Publications

The following is a list of publications:[22]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maggie Kilgour . mcgill.ca . April 18, 2019.
  2. Web site: Margaret Ferguson . english.ucdavis.edu . April 18, 2019.
  3. Web site: On Campus . reporter-archive.mcgill.ca . April 18, 2019 . February 25, 1999.
  4. Web site: McCabe . Daniel . A forecast for the future . reporter-archive.mcgill.ca . April 18, 2019 . September 9, 1999.
  5. Web site: FACULTY OF SCIENCE NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT 2007-2008 . mcgill.ca . April 18, 2019 . 2.
  6. Web site: McDevitt . Neale . Teaching award winners put the emphasis on students . reporter.mcgill.ca . April 18, 2019 . November 19, 2008.
  7. Web site: Endowed Chair Appointments at McGill University . 2023-09-19 . Office of the Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) . en.
  8. Web site: James Holly Hanford Award Recipients (Book) . miltonsociety.commons.gc.cuny.edu . April 18, 2019.
  9. Cook . Trevor . Milton and the Metamorphosis of Ovid by Maggie Kilgour (review) . University of Toronto Quarterly . Spring 2014 . 83 . 451–452 .
  10. Web site: Committee Members 2012-13 . mcgill.ca . April 18, 2019.
  11. Web site: Report of the Nominating Committee . mcgill.ca . April 16, 2019 . 7 . April 1, 2014.
  12. Gaimari . Giulia . Dantean Dialogues: Engaging with the Legacy of Amilcare Iannucci ed. by Maggie Kilgour and Elena Lombardi (review) . University of Toronto Quarterly . Summer 2016 . 85 . 401–402 . . 10.3138/utq.85.3.401 . 164522013 .
  13. Web site: Atack . Christopher . April 1: Why the Humanities matter . reporter.mcgill.ca . April 18, 2019 . March 31, 2014.
  14. News: Berger . Max . Professors, students defend value of studying the humanities . April 18, 2019 . The McGill Tribune . April 8, 2014.
  15. Web site: About . mcgillforhumanities.com . April 18, 2019.
  16. Web site: Félicitations aux récipiendaires Mcgillois de la société royale du canada pour l'année 2015. mcgill.ca . April 18, 2019 . September 22, 2015.
  17. Web site: Thurston. Meaghan. RSC honours 14 McGill researchers and scholars. reporter.mcgill.ca . April 18, 2019. September 8, 2015.
  18. Web site: Visiting Fellows 2016 - 2017 . asc.ox.ac.uk . April 18, 2019.
  19. Web site: Annual Report Summary 31 July 2017 . asc.ox.ac.uk . April 18, 2019.
  20. Web site: Editorial Board . miltonstudiesjournal.org . April 18, 2019.
  21. Web site: Milton Studies . Penn State University Press .
  22. Web site: au: Kilgour, Maggie. . worldcat.org . April 16, 2019.