News

Fall Graduation: English
2018-December-03

Congratulations to all English grads! Our Majors, Honours, Masters and PhD students crossed the stage to receive their English degrees at the graduation ceremony on 29 November at 9:30 a.m.

2018 Fairclough Prize
2018-October-30

The Department of English Language & Literatures is delighted to announce Tara Fleming as the 2017 - 2018 Fairclough prize winner. [...]

Daniel Justice: Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada
2018-October-10

Congratulations to Professor Daniel Justice on being named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. This honour recognizes Justice's leadership in and significant contributions to the field of contemporary Indigenous Studies. [...]

Canadian Art Writing Prize
2018-September-07

Congratulations to PHANUEL ANTWI who was a runner-up in the 2018 Canadian Art Writing Prize! [...]

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. [...]