Event Category Archives: Featured Undergraduate

Event poster for Dorothy Black Lecture 2021 with Alexander Heffner. Details in event description.Dorothy Black Lecture 2021 with Alexander Heffner: Civil Discourse in an Uncivil Age/Uncivil and Unwell in America

PBS host and American author/journalist/historian Alexander Heffner discusses the effects of divisiveness on discourse, media, and governance as well as the influence of social platforms and filter bubbles, mis- and disinformation, and bigotry that polarize and undermine civil society. What are possible prescriptions to correct this cycle? How can our civic footprint translate into constructive instead of destructive behaviour? How can we help achieve integrity in the public sphere?

Event poster with text Virtual Undergraduate Town Hall; January 28, 2022, 4 pm Pacific Time, and link to event webpage.Virtual Undergraduate Town Hall

The Department of English Language and Literatures (EL&L) is committed to supporting the learning and wellbeing of our students. To help undergraduates have a safe and smooth transition back to university life, EL&L is co-hosting a virtual Town Hall event with the English Students’ Association on January 28th at 4:00 pm to address your questions […]

NOW VIRTUAL: English Language & Literatures Prospective Student Open House

The Department of English Language and Literatures offers a broad and balanced curriculum featuring historical, national, and transnational literatures, cultural studies, genre studies, theory, media, rhetoric, and English linguistics. In English, you can custom-tailor a program that reflects your interests and which explores literatures, media, and language from the English-speaking world. You can learn about […]

Honours Students Orientation and Thesis-writing Workshop

The Department of English Language & Literatures is holding an orientation and thesis-writing workshop for new and returning Honours students. This event will happen in-person on Monday, October 24th, 4:00-5:00PM, in BuTo 323. It will be led by Dr. Laurie McNeill (Associate Head, Undergraduate), Dr. Greg Mackie (Honours Coordinator), and Dr. Judith Paltin. The first […]

Refugee Lifeworlds: Celebrating Dr. Y-Dang Troeung

On Tuesday March 7, at 4 pm, we invite you to celebrate the life and work of Dr. Y-Dang Troeung, whose generosity and sharpness of mind made her a treasured colleague and friend across the UBC community. Dr. Y-Dang Troeung was a brilliant and resounding scholar in critical refugee studies, transnational Asian literatures, transpacific Cold […]

English Students’ Association Undergraduate Colloquium

The UBC English Students’ Association (ESA) is delighted to invite you to our student research conference, the Colloquium. Join us on Friday, March 10th from 3:30 – 5:45 pm in Irving K. Barber’s Dodson Room for this annual ESA event. The Colloquium is an undergraduate student conference focused on showcasing the research and scholarship produced […]

Dorothy Black Lecture 2023 with Dr. Eve Ng | The Politics of Cancel Culture: Critiques and Contestations

The UBC Department of English Language & Literatures is pleased to invite you to the 2023 Dorothy Black Lecture featuring Dr. Eve Ng, Associate Director of Graduate Studies in the School of Media Arts and Associate Professor of the Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Program at Ohio University. This lecture can be attended online via […]