News

Alumni, Student

Alumna Q&A with Catherine Slamka (BA 2023)

November 25, 2024
Achievement

Congratulations, UBC EL&L Class of 2024!

November 25, 2024
Faculty

Professor Emeritus Paul Stanwood, 1933 – November 14 2024

November 25, 2024
Achievement, Student

2024 EL&L Undergraduate Scholarship Winners

November 1, 2024
Faculty

Know Your Profs with Dr. Gisèle Baxter

October 30, 2024
Alumni

Alumna Q&A with Jade Standing (PhD 2020)

October 17, 2024
Faculty

Know Your Profs with Dr. Tolu Akinwole

September 24, 2024
Alumni, Faculty, Research

A Different Kind of Reading: Storylistening with Dr. Alexa Manuel

September 18, 2024

10 Texts by Indigenous Authors of BC to Read for Orange Shirt Day 

September 13, 2024
Faculty

Know Your Profs with Dr. Laura Moss

September 5, 2024
Achievement, Announcement, Faculty

Dr. Barbara Dancygier Elected to The Royal Society of Canada

September 3, 2024
Announcement, Spotlight

UBC English Language & Literatures Welcomes New Department Head Dr. Alice Te Punga Somerville

August 26, 2024
Announcement, Faculty

UBC EL&L Welcomes Global Black Literatures Scholar Dr. Tolulope Akinwole

August 21, 2024
Faculty

Professor Emeritus Errol Durbach, 1941 - 2024

July 22, 2024
Achievement, Announcement, Student

Announcing 2023/2024 UBC EL&L Undergraduate Awards Winners

July 8, 2024
Achievement, Faculty, Research

EL&L Faculty Dr. Kimberly Bain and Dr. Danielle Wong Win 2024 SSHRC Insight Development Grants

July 3, 2024
Announcement, Faculty

Professor Emeritus Tony Dawson, 1941 - 2024

June 19, 2024
Achievement, Announcement, Research

UBC Library | Meet CJ McGillivray, recipient of the UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research

June 18, 2024
Student

2024/2025 EL&L Courses to Enrich Your Life

June 7, 2024
Achievement, Announcement, Research

UBC Library | Meet Diana Andrews, recipient of the UBC Undergraduate Prize in Library Research

June 5, 2024
Achievement, Alumni, Student

Congratulations, EL&L Class of 2024!

May 21, 2024
Faculty

Professor Emeritus John Cooper, 1944 – 2024

April 30, 2024
Faculty, Research

On data collection and standard languages – a conversation with Dr. Stefan Dollinger

April 2, 2024

Dr. Stefan Dollinger Awarded 2024 Killam Faculty Research Prize

March 21, 2024
Achievement, Announcement, Faculty, Publication

Dr. J. Logan Smilges Wins 2024 Lavender Rhetorics Award for Excellence in Queer Scholarship

March 7, 2024
Publication, Research

Publication | Nothing Pure: a new book Q&A with Dr. Mo Pareles

February 16, 2024
Announcement, Faculty

Professor Emerita Sneja Gunew, 1946-2024

January 17, 2024
Faculty, Spotlight

Know Your Profs with Dr. James Stratton

December 4, 2023
Event Highlight, Research

Looking Back to Move Forward: Insights from the Shakespeare Symposium

November 27, 2023
Achievement, Announcement, Faculty

Professor Daniel Heath Justice Named Distinguished University Scholar

November 7, 2023
Faculty

Professor Emeritus S. Warren Stevenson, September 20, 1933 - August 28, 2023

September 8, 2023
Announcement

2023/2024 Updates from UBC English Language & Literatures

September 4, 2023
Announcement, Faculty

Scholar and Writer Dr. Jordy Rosenberg Joins UBC English Language & Literatures

August 28, 2023
Research

Public Scholars Initiative: Diagnosis Grad School with PhD Candidate Olivia Dreisinger

August 22, 2023

Dr. Mary Chapman and Sydney Lines | How Hollywood’s First Asian Screenwriter, Winnifred Eaton, Challenged its Racism

August 20, 2023
Spotlight

2023/2024 English Language & Literatures Courses to Expand Your World

August 18, 2023
Announcement, Faculty

Professor Emeritus Lee M. Johnson, April 22 1944 - July 10 2023

July 20, 2023
Announcement, Faculty

Professors Laurel Brinton, Kate Sirluck, Nick Hudson, and Judy Segal Retire After Decades of Mentoring EL&L Scholars

July 4, 2023
Faculty, Research

The Transformative Power of Improvisation: An Interview with Dr. Kevin McNeilly

June 2, 2023
Achievement, Announcement, Faculty

Dr. Alice Te Punga Somerville Wins Top New Zealand Poetry Prize

May 24, 2023
Achievement, Faculty, Research

Professor Emerita Eva-Marie Kröller Awarded 2023-2024 Harry Ransom Center Fellowship

May 11, 2023
Achievement, Announcement, Faculty, Spotlight

Moberley Luger Wins 2023 Killam Teaching Prize

April 19, 2023
Faculty, Research, Spotlight

Know Your Profs with Dr. Adam Frank

April 18, 2023
Announcement, Faculty

Professor Emeritus John Kieran Kealy, August 5 1939 – March 22 2023

April 11, 2023
Faculty, Publication, Research, Student

“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

April 3, 2023
Faculty, In the Media, Spotlight

Dr. Alice Te Punga Somerville Shortlisted for Top New Zealand Book Award

March 7, 2023
Announcement, Faculty

Remembering Dr. Y-Dang Troeung

December 20, 2022
Faculty, Publication, Research

Prof. James Stratton: The Role of Historical Linguistics in the Second Language Classroom

December 20, 2022
In the Media

Prof. Daniel Heath Justice | In Danielle Smith’s Fantasy Alberta, Indigenous Struggle is Twisted to Suit Settlers

December 20, 2022
Faculty, Research

Dr. Patsy Badir Wins 2022 SSHRC Insight Development Grant for Project on Bardolatry in British Columbia

November 28, 2022
Faculty, Publication, Spotlight

From the Centre in Widening Circles: Alice Te Punga Somerville on Poetry, Humour, and Not Being All the Things

November 24, 2022
In the Media

UBC Library digitizes William Shakespeare’s First Folio

November 21, 2022
Spotlight, Student

Gage Karahkwí:io Diabo: I Think about Residential Schools Every Day

September 24, 2022
Faculty, Spotlight

Know Your Profs with Dr. Dallas Hunt

September 2, 2022
Faculty, Spotlight

Know Your Profs with Dr. Ian Hill

August 16, 2022
Spotlight, Student

2022/2023 English Language and Literature Courses to Expand your World

August 5, 2022
Achievement, Faculty, In the Media, Spotlight

Professor Emerita Eva-Marie Kröller Appointed to the Order of Canada

July 8, 2022
Announcement, Faculty, Research

Department of English Language & Literatures 2022 SSHRC Grant Winners

June 20, 2022
Announcement, Spotlight

Prepare for Teacher Education with the New Minor in English

June 14, 2022
Faculty, Spotlight

Dr. Laurie McNeill receives Award for Outstanding Service from the International Center for Academic Integrity

June 13, 2022
Announcement, Faculty, Spotlight

UBC Department of English Language & Literatures Welcomes Drs. Logan Smilges and James Stratton

June 10, 2022
Announcement, Faculty, Research, Spotlight

Dr. Phanuel Antwi named New Canada Research Chair in Black Arts and Epistemologies

June 2, 2022
Achievement

Congratulations, EL&L Class of 2022!

May 27, 2022
Achievement, Announcement, Spotlight, Student

UBC EL&L PhD Candidate Torin McLachlan Wins Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

May 9, 2022
Achievement, Faculty, Spotlight

UBC EL&L Prof. Miranda Burgess Awarded Killam Teaching Prize

May 9, 2022
Event Highlight, Spotlight

EVENT RECORDING: Climate Warnings: The Power of Canadian Environmental Art, Literature, and Creative Activism with Dr. Laura Moss

March 18, 2022
Faculty, Spotlight

Know Your Profs with Dr. Elizabeth Hodgson

March 7, 2022
Announcement, Spotlight

Happy Retirement, Angela Kaija!

March 2, 2022
Research, Spotlight, Student

Black Writers and Critics You Should Know About, According to EL&L Grad Students

February 17, 2022
Faculty, In the Media, Research, Spotlight

Prof. Dennis Austin Britton: Black People’s Relationship with Shakespeare is Complicated

February 11, 2022
Faculty, Spotlight

Meet four Black scholars leading innovative research in the Faculty of Arts

February 1, 2022
Announcement, Faculty, In the Media, Spotlight

William Shakespeare’s First Folio published in 1623 gifted to UBC Library

January 12, 2022
Faculty, In the Media, Research, Spotlight

Professor Stephen Guy-Bray Elected to the Royal Society of Canada

January 10, 2022
Faculty, Spotlight

Listening for Echos: Bridging Community and Classroom Practices with Professor Phanuel Antwi

December 16, 2021
Announcement, Faculty

UBC Department of English Language and Literatures Welcomes Dr. Alice Te Punga Somerville

December 14, 2021
Faculty, Spotlight

Know Your Profs with Dr. Barbara Dancygier

December 13, 2021
Faculty, Research, Spotlight

Rewarding integrity: Changing the conversation on cheating with Prof. Laurie McNeill

December 7, 2021
Faculty, Spotlight

Know Your Profs with Dr. Ramesh Mallipeddi

November 18, 2021
Research, Spotlight

Introducing the 2021/2022 English Language and Literatures Postdoctoral Fellows

October 4, 2021
Faculty, Spotlight

Know Your Profs with Dr. Kimberly Bain

October 1, 2021
Announcement

Memes, Pop-up Books, and Racial Capitalism: 2021/2022 courses you should know about

July 16, 2021
Announcement

Introducing the newest faculty of the Department of English Language and Literatures

July 2, 2021
Announcement

Town Hall for Prospective Students

March 12, 2021
Announcement

7th Annual ESA Colloquium

March 10, 2021
Event Highlight

The Tragedy of Irene - Virtual Performance

March 1, 2021
Event Highlight

A Fireside Chat with Margaret Price

February 25, 2021
Announcement

Beyond the Degree: An Interview with Jianna Faner (BA Honours '18)

February 24, 2021
Announcement

Beyond the Degree: English Careers in the Real World

February 12, 2021

Writing the Empire: The McIlwraiths, 1853–1948

January 1, 2021

Modernism and the Idea of the Crowd

December 17, 2020
Announcement

Disentangling Indigenous Stories

December 14, 2020
Announcement

Perspectives from Graduate Students Series

December 1, 2020
Announcement

Fascinating English Literature courses to consider for Term 2

November 25, 2020
Announcement

Reimagining the refugee narrative

November 19, 2020
Event Highlight

Speaker Series - Victoria Coulson

November 2, 2020
Event Highlight

Applying to Graduate School: A Series of discussions, information, and workshops

October 22, 2020

Oroonoko

October 16, 2020

Approaches to Teaching the Works of Eliza Haywood

October 16, 2020

UBC President’s Excellence Chair in Network Cultures

October 1, 2020

ENGL 362-002

September 28, 2020

ENGL 331-001

September 28, 2020
Announcement

Scholar Strike

September 8, 2020
Announcement

Congratulations to Angela Kaija for winning a UBC President’s Staff Award!

September 3, 2020
Event Highlight

Imagine Week 2020

August 28, 2020

Career Webinars

August 21, 2020
Announcement

Our Honours Program

August 20, 2020

ENGL 372 -001

August 20, 2020
Announcement

Online Teaching Survey

July 20, 2020
Announcement

Welcoming Four New Faculty

July 10, 2020
Announcement

Registering for 2020W?

July 9, 2020
Announcement

Visiting Speakers Series - A. Naomi Paik

July 7, 2020

ENGL 244-001

July 7, 2020

ENGL 224-001

July 6, 2020

ENGL 231-001

July 6, 2020

ENGL 332-002

July 5, 2020

ENGL 223-002

July 2, 2020

ENGL 353-001

July 2, 2020

ENGL 248-001

July 1, 2020

ENGL 490-004

June 24, 2020

ENGL 111-001

June 24, 2020

ENGL 368-002

June 23, 2020
Research

ENGL 392-003

June 23, 2020
Research

ENGL 392-001

June 22, 2020

ENGL 323-001

June 22, 2020

ENGL 355-001

June 22, 2020

ENGL 100-050

June 22, 2020

ENGL 392-002

June 22, 2020

ENGL 492L-001

June 21, 2020
Announcement

Fairclough Teaching Prize, 2020

June 18, 2020

ENGL 490-001

June 16, 2020
Alumni

Words from our Alumni

June 16, 2020

ENGL 246-001

June 15, 2020

ENGL 492M-002

June 14, 2020
Announcement

Statement of Solidarity Against Anti-Black Violence

June 11, 2020
Announcement

Dean of Arts Award, 2020

June 4, 2020
Announcement

Graduation 2020

June 2, 2020
Announcement

Read a message from Santa J. Ono in response to recent anti-Black and anti-Asian violence

June 2, 2020
Announcement

Department of English Language and Literatures Courses Online, Fall 2020

May 28, 2020

Speechsong - The Gould/Schoenberg Dialogues

May 27, 2020
Announcement

News from the Dean of Arts about 2020 Winter Term 1

May 15, 2020
Announcement

Double Specialization

May 6, 2020
Announcement

Killam Teaching Prize, 2019-2020

May 4, 2020
Announcement

Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award

April 27, 2020
Announcement

A video introduction to English Majors and Honours

April 14, 2020
Announcement

2020 Summer Courses

April 8, 2020
Announcement

Isolation Reading List

March 24, 2020
Announcement

200-level Summer Registration

March 10, 2020
Announcement

Speaker Series: Erika Lin

February 29, 2020
Announcement

Tiffany Potter Wins 3M Teaching Fellowship Award

February 20, 2020
Event Highlight

The Poetics of Capitalocene Time

February 11, 2020
Announcement

Killam Senior Research Prize Recipient

February 8, 2020

2019 Summer

February 7, 2020
Announcement

Endnotes 2020 CFP

February 7, 2020
Announcement

ESA's Sixth Annual Colloquium

February 7, 2020
Announcement

New Associate Dean of Students

February 6, 2020
Announcement

People of UBC, Julie Walchli

February 5, 2020
Announcement

Celebrating Oecologies: New Work in the Environmental Humanities

January 20, 2020
Announcement

Public Humanities Hub: George Luks, The Yellow Kid and the Comic Grotesque

December 9, 2019
Announcement

Peter Wall Research Scholar Award

November 22, 2019
Announcement

Lind Initiative Seminar: Thinking While Black

November 18, 2019
Announcement

"A Queer Century: 1869-1969" Exhibit

November 18, 2019

Historians on John Gower

November 15, 2019

Ovidian Transversions, ‘Iphis and Ianthe’, 1300-1650

November 5, 2019
Announcement

Unsteady Time: Jane Austen’s Last Work and Family Legacy

November 5, 2019
Announcement

Assistant Professor, tenure-track – African / Black Diaspora Studies

November 5, 2019
Event Highlight, Faculty

Dr. Laura Moss on Congress 2019

November 4, 2019
Announcement

Associate/ Full Professor - Canadian Literature

October 30, 2019
Announcement

ENGL 351-002

October 25, 2019
Announcement

President's Excellence Chair in Network Cultures

October 22, 2019
Announcement

At the Vancouver Writer's Festival

October 22, 2019
Announcement

Why Humanity Needs the Humanities Now

October 22, 2019
Announcement

ENGL 200

October 21, 2019
Announcement

ENGL 348-004

October 21, 2019
Announcement

President’s Excellence Chair in Network Cultures

October 18, 2019
Announcement

ENGL 348-002

October 16, 2019
Announcement

Speaker Series: Nathan Hensley

September 26, 2019
Announcement

Climate Action - Making an Impact

September 24, 2019
Announcement

Humanities for the People

September 17, 2019

News and Events

September 17, 2019

Courses

September 16, 2019

New Curriculum

September 16, 2019
Announcement

Majors and Honours

September 16, 2019
Announcement

Graduate

September 16, 2019
Announcement

Fairclough Teaching Prize 2019

September 9, 2019
Announcement

ENGL 342-001

August 30, 2019

Twelve-Month Lecturer (non-tenure track)

August 28, 2019
Announcement

ENGL 247-001

August 4, 2019
Announcement

ENGL 348-003

July 30, 2019
Announcement

New Courses of Interest

July 30, 2019

Creating Canadian English: The Professor, the Mountaineer, and a National Variety of English

July 3, 2019
Announcement

ENGL 361-001

July 3, 2019
Announcement

ENGL 382-001

July 2, 2019
Announcement

ENGL 360-001

July 2, 2019
Announcement

ENGL 375-001

June 29, 2019
Announcement

ENGL 370

June 29, 2019
Announcement

ENGL 248

June 28, 2019
Announcement

ENGL 393

June 27, 2019

The Book in Britain: A Historical Introduction

June 26, 2019
Announcement

ENGL 222-004

June 26, 2019

Instagram

June 25, 2019
Announcement

ENGL 373

June 24, 2019
Announcement

ENGL 327

June 24, 2019
Announcement

ENGL 364

June 24, 2019
Announcement

ENGL 348-001

June 23, 2019

The Pluricentricity Debate

June 20, 2019

Beautiful Untrue Things: Forging Oscar Wilde’s Extraordinary Afterlife

June 20, 2019
Announcement

A Conversation with Prof. Richard Cavell

June 18, 2019
Announcement

The Garden Statuary

June 7, 2019

Premodern Ecologies in the Modern Literary Imagination

June 3, 2019
Announcement

ENGL 324-001

June 3, 2019