Dr. Kimberly Bain Awarded 2025/2026 Eccles Institute Visiting Fellowship
Congratulations to Dr. Kimberly Bain on being awarded the 2025/2026 Eccles Institute Visiting Fellowship to support her research on colonial geological imaginaries and colonial interventions in the Caribbean.
Dr. Danielle Wong Awarded 2024/2025 Killam Faculty Teaching Prize
Congratulations to Dr. Danielle Wong on being awarded a 2024/25 Killam Faculty Teaching Prize! The Killam Teaching Prize is awarded annually to faculty members who are nominated by students, colleagues and alumni in recognition of their excellence in teaching.
EL&L PhD Candidate Robyn Peers Awarded 2024/2025 Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
Congratulations to EL&L PhD candidate and TA Mentor Robyn Peers on being awarded a 2024/2025 Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award! Robyn has worked as a teaching assistant for over half a decade with the Department of English Language and Literatures, and she also served as TA Mentor for the 2024/2025 year.
Drs. Alice Te Punga Somerville and Stefan Dollinger Awarded 2025/2026 Research Excellence Cluster Funding
Congratulations to EL&L faculty members Alice Te Punga Somerville and Stefan Dollinger on their recently funded 2025/2026 research clusters! Each cluster brings together specialists in many different disciplines and institutions. Together, these two clusters speak to the sheer range of interests and strengths represented in our department.
Dr. Vin Nardizzi Awarded 2024/2025 Killam Faculty Research Prize
Congratulations to Vin Nardizzi on being awarded a 2024 Killam Research Prize in recognition of his outstanding research and scholarly contributions. Dr. Nardizzi specializes in English Renaissance literature and Shakespeare. His additional research interests include ecotheory, plant studies, queer studies, and disability studies.
UBC EL&L Welcomes New Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Lauren Cullen
UBC English Language & Literatures welcomes Dr. Lauren Cullen (she/her/hers), a new Postdoctoral Fellow to our community. Her work aims to outline the damaging effects of human activity that underpinned a range of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century Canadian cultural forms. Cullen will be working with Dr. Miranda Burgess.
EL&L Faculty Dr. Kimberly Bain and Dr. Danielle Wong Win 2024 SSHRC Insight Development Grants
Congratulations to English Language & Literatures faculty Dr. Kimberly Bain and Dr. Danielle Wong for each winning a 2024 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Development Grant!
UBC Library | Meet Diana Andrews, recipient of the 2024 UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research
EL&L Undergraduate student Diana Andrews was awarded a UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research. Learn about her winning project and her favourite library haunts.
On data collection and standard languages – a conversation with Dr. Stefan Dollinger
Dr. Stefan Dollinger speaks to UBC Language Sciences about his recent research as a historical sociolinguist, non-dominant varieties of languages, and how data-collection intersects with the work of a linguist.
Dr. Stefan Dollinger Awarded 2023/2024 Killam Faculty Research Prize
Congratulations to Dr. Stefan Dollinger on winning a 2024 Killam Faculty Research Prize. Dr. Dollinger studies the interactions between language and society in sociohistorical ways by combining quantitative linguistic approaches with archival research. Click here to learn more about his research and see the full list of 2024 Faculty of Arts winners.