UBC Department of English Language & Literatures

Department of English Language & Literatures

Welcome
Welcome to the Department of English Language & Literatures at the University of British Columbia, a top-ranked academic program and scholarly community that conducts dynamic research in both English language and literature. Read More
Archival Research
Faculty and students have access to materials that are housed at UBC’s Rare Books and Special Collections. PhD Candidate Justin O’Hearn and the Department of English recently managed to procure two rare books that share a connection with Oscar Wilde, making an important contribution to this archive. Read More
Medieval Studies
The department is home to a robust network of scholars working on medieval texts. Faculty members and students are affiliated with UBC’s interdisciplinary Medieval Studies program, as well as Oecologies, a research group that applies ecological approaches to medieval and early modern texts. Read More
Canadian Literature
Associate Professor Laura Moss is the editor of Canadian Literature, a leading peer-reviewed journal that has been housed at UBC since its founding in 1959. Canadian Literature also produces CanLit Guides, an online open-access teaching resource that offers a wide array of material for bringing Canadian literature into the classroom. Read More
Student Involvement
Undergraduate and graduate students are deeply involved in department life, organizing events such as Endnotes, the yearly graduate conference, a yearly undergraduate colloquium, and publishing The Garden Statuary, an undergraduate literary journal. Read More
Beyond the Book
Faculty and graduate student research in English language and literature goes “beyond the book” to include a vast range of multimedia and digital humanities projects. With projects that focus on graphic novels, collaborative writing technologies, and science and technology studies, department members are engaged in re-imagining and revealing new forms of textuality and communication. Read More
Research in Poetics
The department has a vibrant tradition of work on poetry and poetics, ranging from contemporary and site-specific projects based in Vancouver to archival and historical work. In previous years, students and faculty have organized a series of poetry readings featuring artists from across Canada. Read More
Award-winning Faculty
Our faculty are consistently recognized for excellence in research and teaching. They have been awarded honours including the Killam Teaching Prize, the Dean of Arts Award, and the Killam Research Prize. Faculty members also hold prestigious memberships in the Royal Society of Canada as well as the Order of Canada. Read More

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Endnotes Conference CFP 2019

The University of British Columbia’s English graduate conference, EndNotes, is excited to announce the Call For Papers for the 2019 conference on “Disruption, Resistance and Resilience.” EndNotes invites proposals for academic papers, creative presentations, and organized panels and the submission deadline: 1 February 2019.

ESA Call for Essay Submissions

The UBC English Students' Association invites submissions from all UBC English graduate and undergraduate students for their fifth annual conference, The Colloquium. [...]

Dean’s Award for Staff Excellence 2018

Sandra Norris, Advisor and Administrator of the First-Year English Program, has been awarded the Faculty of Arts Dean's Award for Staff Excellence. [...]

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Law, Literature, and Legal Paratexts: How Books try to Regulate Readers
31 Jan 2019 , 3:30:pm Buchanan Tower, Room 323

“Law, Literature, and Legal Paratexts: How Books try to Regulate Readers” by Professor Robert Spoo (Chapman Distinguished Chair, Univ. of Tulsa College of Law) on January 31, 3:30 pm. [...]
Visiting Speaker: Fugitive Sight – African American Panoramas of Slavery and Freedom
5 Mar 2019 , 12:30:pm Buchanan Tower, Room 323

Mark your calendars! Our Visiting Speaker Series presents Dr. Teresa Goddu (Vanderbilt U), "Anti-Slavery Panoramas" on 5 March 2019, at 12:30 in Buchanan Tower 323. [...]

About the Department of English

Consistently ranked among the top English departments in the world, ours is one of the largest, most diverse, and most vibrant departments at the University of British Columbia.
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