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Alexa Manuel

Postdoctoral Fellow
email alexa.manuel@ubc.ca
Thematic Research Area
Gender And Sexuality Studies | Indigenous Literary And Cultural Studies | Post/Anti/Decolonial Studies
Education

Ph.D., University of British Columbia

About

iskʷist capqʷícyaʔ, kn‿Syilx uɬ St’at’imc. My name is Alexa capqʷícyaʔ Manuel, I am from the Syilx and St’at’imc nations.

I completed my doctoral studies in March 2024. My dissertation, titled “Stories of Lands, Bodies and Dreams: A tmixwcentric Literary Theory”, proposes a literary theory based in Syilx knowledges. I recently joined the Department of English Language & Literatures as a Postdoctoral Fellow, where I also teach ENGL_V 231: Introduction to Indigenous Literatures.

To be Syilx is to have lived and dreamed on Syilx lands since time immemorial. Writings by Syilx people reflect that belonging, bringing focus to our land relationships and to our relationships with one another and with our neighbouring kin. While my main focus resides within Syilx literature including works by Jeannette Armstrong, Mourning Dove, Gerry William, and Harry Robinson, I am also engaging with works by other Indigenous authors engaged in conversations surrounding queer and feminist rhetoric, grounded normativity, and Indigenous Literary Nationalism, including but not limited to: Leanne Simpson, Joyce Green, Lee Maracle, Billy-Ray Belcourt, Joshua Whitehead, and Lindsay Nixon.

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Alexa Manuel

Postdoctoral Fellow
email alexa.manuel@ubc.ca
Thematic Research Area
Gender And Sexuality Studies | Indigenous Literary And Cultural Studies | Post/Anti/Decolonial Studies
Education

Ph.D., University of British Columbia

About

iskʷist capqʷícyaʔ, kn‿Syilx uɬ St’at’imc. My name is Alexa capqʷícyaʔ Manuel, I am from the Syilx and St’at’imc nations.

I completed my doctoral studies in March 2024. My dissertation, titled “Stories of Lands, Bodies and Dreams: A tmixwcentric Literary Theory”, proposes a literary theory based in Syilx knowledges. I recently joined the Department of English Language & Literatures as a Postdoctoral Fellow, where I also teach ENGL_V 231: Introduction to Indigenous Literatures.

To be Syilx is to have lived and dreamed on Syilx lands since time immemorial. Writings by Syilx people reflect that belonging, bringing focus to our land relationships and to our relationships with one another and with our neighbouring kin. While my main focus resides within Syilx literature including works by Jeannette Armstrong, Mourning Dove, Gerry William, and Harry Robinson, I am also engaging with works by other Indigenous authors engaged in conversations surrounding queer and feminist rhetoric, grounded normativity, and Indigenous Literary Nationalism, including but not limited to: Leanne Simpson, Joyce Green, Lee Maracle, Billy-Ray Belcourt, Joshua Whitehead, and Lindsay Nixon.

Teaching

Alexa Manuel

Postdoctoral Fellow
email alexa.manuel@ubc.ca
Thematic Research Area
Gender And Sexuality Studies | Indigenous Literary And Cultural Studies | Post/Anti/Decolonial Studies
Education

Ph.D., University of British Columbia
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iskʷist capqʷícyaʔ, kn‿Syilx uɬ St’at’imc. My name is Alexa capqʷícyaʔ Manuel, I am from the Syilx and St’at’imc nations.

I completed my doctoral studies in March 2024. My dissertation, titled “Stories of Lands, Bodies and Dreams: A tmixwcentric Literary Theory”, proposes a literary theory based in Syilx knowledges. I recently joined the Department of English Language & Literatures as a Postdoctoral Fellow, where I also teach ENGL_V 231: Introduction to Indigenous Literatures.

To be Syilx is to have lived and dreamed on Syilx lands since time immemorial. Writings by Syilx people reflect that belonging, bringing focus to our land relationships and to our relationships with one another and with our neighbouring kin. While my main focus resides within Syilx literature including works by Jeannette Armstrong, Mourning Dove, Gerry William, and Harry Robinson, I am also engaging with works by other Indigenous authors engaged in conversations surrounding queer and feminist rhetoric, grounded normativity, and Indigenous Literary Nationalism, including but not limited to: Leanne Simpson, Joyce Green, Lee Maracle, Billy-Ray Belcourt, Joshua Whitehead, and Lindsay Nixon.

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