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Frankenreads: Celebrating the 200th Anniversary of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein
2018-November-27
UBC will celebrate the 200th anniversary of the writing of FRANKENSTEIN by holding a reading marathon of Shelley's novel on Halloween! All day, in Buchanan Tower 323! [...]

Remembering Kate McInturff, who wielded love of big data for gender equality
2018-October-11
We honour the recently deceased researcher, policy analyst and UBC alumna Kate McInturff with words from Sneja Gunew. [...]

Job Postings – Several Positions Available
2018-August-29
We have posted several faculty positions available in our department: tenure-track Assistant Professor in media studies, tenure-track Assistant Professor in contemporary and historical English linguistics, and one or more Sessional Lecturers. To learn more, click here.

The President’s Medal of Excellence
2018-June-19
Congratulations to Professor Linc Kesler on being one of the five recipients of UBC's inaugural President’s Medal of Excellence. [...]

Planning Canada’s Biggest Conference, Congress 2019
2018-July-05
UBC will host the 2019 Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences (June 1-7), the largest interdisciplinary conference in Canada, and one of the largest in the world. The annual event brings together over 70 academic associations that represent a rich spectrum of disciplines in the humanities and social sciences. The theme for Congress 2019 is “Circles […]

Killam Teaching Prize Winner
2018-April-17
The Department of English is delighted to announce that Suzy Anger has won the Killam Teaching Prize for 2017-2018. [...]

Dr. Edgar Wickberg Book Prize
2018-April-16
Professor Mary Chapman is the inaugural co-winner of the Dr. Edgar Wickberg Book Prize for the Best Book on Chinese Canadian History for her book Becoming “Sui Sin Far”: Early Fiction, Journalism and Travel Writing by Edith Maude Eaton. [...]

The Griffin Poetry Prize Shortlist
2018-May-02
Congratulations to Donato Mancini, recent PhD graduate has been shortlisted for the Griffin Poetry Prize for his book of poetry Same Diff! [...]