2024 UBC EL&L Undergraduate Scholarship Winners
Each year, the UBC Department of English Language & Literatures awards scholarships to top-performing students in our undergraduate courses and programs. Join us in congratulating the 2024 undergraduate winners!
Decolonizing the Future of Digital Humanities with PhD Candidate Sydney Lines
In March 2024, a group of UBC PhD students from across the Faculty of Arts came together to work through a common challenge in the field of digital text encoding: the lack of a diverse and inclusive framework in TEI-XML.
2023/2024 UBC EL&L Undergraduate Award Winners
Each year, the UBC Department of English Language & Literatures recognizes student academic achievements with awards based on academic merit and outstanding essays. Please join us in congratulating the 2023/2024 award winners!
2024/2025 EL&L Courses to Enrich Your Life
Whether you’re interested in the origins of science fiction or Indigenous literatures in BC, there’s an English course (or two!) that will paint your world in more vibrant colours. Check out a highlight of our 2024/2025 undergraduate course offerings, and happy course registration!
Congratulations, EL&L Class of 2024!
Congratulations, English Language & Literatures Class of 2024! Read a message from Department Head Dr. Patsy Badir to celebrate this momentous occasion. Well done, graduates!
“You betcha I’m a ’Merican”: The rise of YOU BET as a pragmatic marker | A Q&A with Dr. Laurel Brinton and PhD Candidate Tomoharu Hirota
In a new study, Dr. Laurel Brinton and PhD candidate Tomoharu Hirota explore parenthetical and free-standing you bet (you) and you bet your X and their present-day usage and historical development. In this UBC Language Sciences Q&A, Brinton and Hirota explain how pragmatic markers are used, historical uses of YOU BET, and the differences in usage of YOU BET in spoken American English, as compared to usage in television and movies.
Gage Karahkwí:io Diabo: I Think about Residential Schools Every Day
Gage Karahkwí:io Diabo is a Mohawk Ph.D. candidate from Kahnawake. They generously share their reflections on National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and what it means to them to be Indigenous in academia.
2022/2023 English Language and Literature Courses to Expand your World
How does legislative language influence our understanding of genetic codes and biotechnology? How do we think through the rhythm in poetry, in human kinetics and movement, in visual and sound art, and in deep ecology? And, is a hotdog a sandwich?
UBC EL&L PhD Candidate Torin McLachlan Wins Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
As a TA and instructor, PhD candidate Torin McLachlan emphasizes how knowledge is performed when independent scholars work together over time to cultivate habits of thought and attention.
Black Writers and Critics You Should Know About, According to EL&L Grad Students
The canon of English literature and ensuing literary criticism hasn’t always welcomed diverse voices, especially those of Black and brown women. Graduate students in the Department of English Language & Literatures highlight the Black writers and critics whose work are critical in shaping their own.