Event Category Archives: Featured Graduate

Endnotes 2023: UBC English Graduate Conference

Endnotes is the annual graduate conference of the Department of English language & Literatures at the University of British Columbia. The 2023 Endnotes conference will be taking place on the UBC Vancouver Point Grey Campus in the Dodson Room (Room 302) of the Irving K Barber Learning Centre on May 26th and 27th. Registration details […]

Media and Misinformation: A Conversation with Paris Marx

The Media and Misinformation Lecture Series is a project of the UBC President’s Excellence Chair in Network Cultures. This event is cosponsored by UBC English Language & Literatures, School of Information, and Centre for the Study of Democratic Institutions. Speaker Biography PARIS MARX is a Canadian tech critic whose work offers a counterbalance to mainstream […]

Transness at the Intersection of Materialism, Race, and Class | Drs. Kadji Amin and Jules Gill-Peterson

This event is hosted by the UBC Department of English Language & Literatures and sponsored by the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice. Buchanan Tower is wheelchair accessible. Room 323 has doors 36 inches wide. In consideration of COVID safety, the speakers have requested for in-person attendees to wear a mask. Talk Abstract […]

Critical Conversations: Lineages of Speculative Fiction

Critical Conversations is a faculty research series organized by both the UBC Department of English Language and Literatures and the UBC English Graduate Student Caucus. The events aim to foster interdisciplinary dialogue across fields and periodization between students, faculty, and the larger university community. These events, which occur a handful of times over the course […]

From this Land: Literary Arts Scholars Indigenous to BC

Critical Conversations is a faculty research series organized by both the UBC Department of English Language and Literatures and the UBC English Graduate Student Caucus. These events aim to foster interdisciplinary dialogue across fields and periodization between students, faculty, and the larger university community. Occurring a handful of times over the course of the academic year, they […]

Book Talk | Tracking Giants with Amanda Lewis

The UBC Department of English Language & Literatures is pleased to welcome you to a special alumna book talk featuring author Amanda Lewis. Amanda is a graduate of the EL&L Honours Program. Current EL&L students with an interest in writing and publishing are especially invited to attend this in-person event. Join us in Buchanan Tower […]