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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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In celebration of International Women’s Day on 8 March, students in Professor Mary Chapman’s ENGL 490 hosted a Feminist Parade. Students and faculty participated in the march with some donning costumes of prominent feminist figures like “Emma Gonzalez,” “Mabel Pinghua Lee,” “Ruth Bader Ginsburg” among others. The march was accompanied by the Thunderbirds Marching Band. […]
Job Posting: Assistant Professor without Review
The Department of English Language and Literatures at the University of British Columbia seeks to appoint an Assistant Professor Without Review, for a period of 2 years, in nineteenth-century studies. Ability to teach Romantic and/or eighteenth-century literature will be an asset. [...]
The Department of English Language and Literatures is happy to announce that UBC Senate has just approved our request to eliminate the Language Proficiency Index (LPI) Requirement. Starting in 2019S, there will no longer be any pre-requisite to 100-level English courses. Registration for all summer courses begins March 4.
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Majors & Honours Info Session
We are hosting a pizza lunch/information session about becoming an ENGL major and/or applying to our Honours program. 20 March in BuTo 323. Two sessions from 12pm-1pm and 1pm - 2pm [...]
20 Mar 2019 , 12:00:pm Buchanan Tower 323
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Endnotes Conference 2019
Endnotes 2019 is pleased to announce this year’s conference theme: “Disruption, Resistance & Resilience.” Endnotes is a student-run graduate conference of the UBC Department of English Language & Literatures. This year's conference will take place May 30-31 in Green College. See Endnotes 2019 [...]
30 May 2019 , 9:00:am Green College
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Why Indigenous Literatures Matter
Daniel Justice
Oldness; or, the Last-Ditch Efforts of Marcus O
Brett Grubisic
The Tao of Right and Wrong
Dennis Danielson
The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics
Barbara Dancygier
ADVA
Glenn Deer Chris Lee Marissa Largo Guest Eds
Better Nature
Fenn Stewart
The History of English
Laurel Brinton & Alexander Bergs - editors
Encyclopedia of Medieval Literature in Britain
Sian Echard & Robert Rouse - editors
Post-Personal Romanticism
Bo Earle