Introducing the 2021/2022 English Language and Literatures Postdoctoral Fellows
UBC Department of English Language and Literatures is pleased to welcome postdoctoral fellows Drs. J. R. Mattison, Aren Roukema, and Tim Bourns to our community.
Know Your Profs with Dr. Kimberly Bain
Dr. Kimberly Bain is an innovative instructor who connects with students in refreshing, meaningful, and nuanced ways. Read on to find out more about her approach to teaching, how TikTok plays a role in her classrooms, and the words that occupy her mind.
A Response by Chris Lee, Associate Professor
Located on the unceded traditional territory of the Musqueam peoples, and formed through histories of colonial settlement and global migrations, our department engages in the study of language, literature, and culture as a means of critically responding to the social and historical forces that have shaped our current location.
A Response by Vin Nardizzi, Associate Professor
What does it mean to read and study language, literature, and culture in our current location? This question is at the heart of the “Oecologies” project (http://oecologies.com/). Based at UBC in the English Department, many of the cluster’s founding collaborators teach and conduct research in the environmental Humanities.
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–Vin Nardizzi, Associate Professor
A Response by Lucia Lorenzi, Ph.D. English
Graduate students in humanities disciplines such as English often face a number of challenges: how can they conduct research that engages a variety of historical, sociocultural, and political intersections, how can this research be seen as applicable to a wide range of career opportunities, and what role does their work maintain within the university community at large?
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–Lucia Lorenzi, Ph.D. UBC English