Events at: Buchanan Tower 323

EL&L Visiting Speaker Lecture | “Writing and Publishing in Trying Times” with Ken Wissoker (Duke University Press)

UBC English Language & Literatures is pleased to invite you to “Genre and Voice: Writing and Publishing in Trying Times,” a visiting speaker lecture featuring Ken Wissoker, Senior Executive Editor of Duke University Press, and Director, Intellectual Publics, at the City University of New York (CUNY). Register via the link below and scroll to read […]

EL&L Visiting Speaker Lecture | “It Didn’t Have to Be This Way” with Dr. Ian Smith

UBC English Language & Literatures is pleased to invite you to “It Didn’t Have to Be This Way,” a visiting speaker lecture featuring Dr. Ian Smith (University of Southern California). Join us virtually or in-person on Monday, November 4th at 3:00 pm PT for an enlightened conversation about Blackness and humanism on the early modern […]

Winter 2024 Quiet Study Hours

To help alleviate the stress of the exam season, the Department of English Language & Literatures will turn Buchanan Tower Room 323 into a quiet study space for undergraduate students in our Major, Minor, and Honours programs during the exam period, as listed below. December 9th: 11:00 am to 3:00 pm December 10th: 11:00 am […]

Critical Conversations: Discovery and Horror

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 […]

Undergraduate Career Workshop | Telling the Story of Your English Degree

  On January 15th, 2025 at 4:00 pm PT, please join us in Buchanan Tower 225 for a career workshop specifically designed for EL&L majors, minors, and honours students. Learn how to write effective resumés, cover letters, and LinkedIn profiles using a storytelling approach that translates your academic and non-academic experiences into legible strengths in […]

“Academic Freedom, Sex, and the Politics of Hate” with Rana M. Jaleel

The Department of English Language & Literatures and the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice are pleased to invite you to “Academic Freedom, Sex, and the Politics of Hate,” a talk by Dr. Rana M. Jaleel (she/they), Associate Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies and Asian American Studies, University of California, Davis. […]

EL&L Visiting Speaker Lecture | “Why Read Sir Charles Grandison?” with Dr. Alison Conway

UBC English Language & Literatures is pleased to invite you to “Why read Sir Charles Grandison?” a visiting speaker lecture featuring Dr. Alison Conway (University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus). Scroll to see the event details below and register to join us in-person on Monday, February 10th, 2025 at 3:30 pm PT. Attendees are encouraged to […]

Book Celebration | Autobiography as Indigenous Intellectual Tradition with Alumna Dr. Deanna Reder

The UBC Department of English Language & Literatures is pleased to invite you to a book celebration and lecture by UBC alumna Dr. Deanna Reder (Cree-Métis), Full Professor in the Department of Indigenous Studies and the Department of English at Simon Fraser University. Dr. Reder will discuss her monograph, Autobiography as Indigenous Intellectual Tradition: Cree […]

Critical Conversations | New / Experimental / Digital Media

The UBC English Graduate Student Caucus, with the support of the Department of English Language & Literatures, is pleased to invite you to “New / Experimental / Digital Media,” as part of the 2024/2025 Critical Conversations series. On Friday, March 14, join us for a critical conversation between Dr. Danielle Wong, Dr. Kevin McNeilly, and […]

2024/2025 Dorothy L. Black Lecture | “Caring for Others: Intimacy and Asian Life in the Archives of Occupation” with Dr. Nadine Attewell

The UBC Department of English Language & Literatures is pleased to invite you to the 2024/2025 Dorothy L. Black Lecture featuring Dr. Nadine Attewell (she/her/hers), Associate Professor in the Department of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies and director of the Global Asia Program at Simon Fraser University (SFU). Committed to education throughout her life, Dorothy […]