Consistently ranked in the top 20 English departments in the world, we offer courses and supervision in all areas of English language and literature, across historical and contemporary studies. We are committed to an open, progressive, and innovative blending of research and pedagogy, pushing the boundaries of the discipline while playing a transformative role in the lives of our students.

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Remembering Dr. Y-Dang Troeung

 
It is with profound sadness that we mourn the passing of our dear colleague and friend, Dr. Y-Dang Troeung, EL&L Assistant Professor. Dr. Troeung was a brilliant scholar whose research continues to transform conversations in critical refugee studies, transnational Asian literatures, transpacific Cold War studies, and critical disability studies. 

Dr. Patsy Badir Wins 2022 SSHRC Insight Development Grant for Project on Bardolatry in British Columbia

 
Congratulations to Dr. Patsy Badir, UBC English Language & Literatures Professor and Department Head, on winning a 2022 SSHRC Insight Development Grant for a project entitled Settling Shakespeare: Bardolatry in British Columbia, 1916-2022.

From the Centre in Widening Circles: Alice Te Punga Somerville on Poetry, Humour, and Not Being All the Things

 
To mark the publication of her first book of poetry, Always Italicise: How To Write While Colonized, Dr. Alice Te Punga Somerville reflects on poetry, relationality, and building networks beyond academia to help one overcome the incapacitating fear of individual failure.  
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We are located on unsurrendered traditional territories of the Musqueam. We are committed to realizing that acknowledgment is an active dedication to more just, more accountable relations.
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