Professor Emerita Eva-Marie Kröller Appointed to the Order of Canada
Professor emerita Dr. Eva-Marie Kröller was appointed to the Order of Canada for her contributions to the appreciation of Canadian writing, and for her achievements as an educator.
Department of English Language & Literatures 2022 SSHRC Grant Winners
Congratulations to Drs. Alexander Dick, Mary Chapman, Stefan Dollinger, Christine Kim, Elise Stickles, Dallas Hunt, Kevin McNeilly, and Phanuel Antwi on winning various 2022 SSHRC Grants!
Dr. Laurie McNeill receives Award for Outstanding Service from the International Center for Academic Integrity
Congratulations, Dr. Laurie McNeill, on receiving the Tricia Bertram Gallant Award for Outstanding Service from the International Center for Academic Integrity in March 2022!
UBC Department of English Language & Literatures Welcomes Drs. Logan Smilges and James Stratton
Dr. Logan Smilges (they/them/theirs) specializes in queer/trans disability studies, rhetorical studies, and the history of medicine. Dr. James Stratton (he/him/his) works on variationist sociolinguistics, historical linguistics, and second language acquisition.
Dr. Phanuel Antwi named New Canada Research Chair in Black Arts and Epistemologies
The Pacific shore is a place that Black people call home and where Black knowledge abounds. Dr. Phanuel Antwi examines Blackness in relation with Asianness and Indigeneity, and their shared Pacific knowledges.
UBC EL&L Prof. Miranda Burgess Awarded Killam Teaching Prize
Dr. Miranda Burgess (she/they) has won a Killam Teaching Prize, awarded in recognition of their excellence in teaching. Dr. Burgess is a literary and media history scholar of the Romantic period (c. 1780-1830) in Britain and the Atlantic world.
Know Your Profs with Dr. Elizabeth Hodgson
In this installment of Know Your Profs, Dr. Hodgson shares why she values small-group discussions in her classrooms, what she loves about meeting students one-on-one, and why a healthy dose of skepticism about Shakespeare’s place in the canon can help to keep the mind open to other perspectives.
Prof. Dennis Austin Britton: Black People’s Relationship with Shakespeare is Complicated
“Black people have insisted that they can do with Shakespeare as they choose, in ways that give them pleasure and affirm who they are,” writes Dr. Dennis Austin Britton.
Meet four Black scholars leading innovative research in the Faculty of Arts
Four Black scholars from across the Faculty of Arts, including Dr. Dennis Britton, talk about their inspiring research, the importance of Black storytelling and world-building, and their advice for aspiring scholars.
William Shakespeare’s First Folio published in 1623 gifted to UBC Library
The First Folio, as it’s also known, includes 36 of Shakespeare’s 38 known plays, edited by his close friends, fellow writers and actors. The 1623 publication is considered the most authoritative of all early printings.