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Friday, July 23, 2021

After findings at Indian Residential Schools, settler Canadians shouldn’t hide behind the ‘gothic narrative’

Jennifer Henderson, professor in the Department of English Language and Literature and the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies, reminds us that recourse to a familiar narrative genre can shield Canadians from the hardest truths about residential schools. After findings at Indian Residential Schools, settler Canadians shouldn’t hide behind... More

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Solidarity with Residential School Survivors and Their Communities

As news of unmarked graves on the former sites of Canadian residential schools continues to emerge, the Department of English expresses its grief over this latest evidence of Canada's genocidal treatment of Indigenous peoples. Going forward, we will continue to take direction from Indigenous leaders, scholars and writers on ways to engage... More

Monday, June 21, 2021

Congratulations Spring Convocation Medal Winners!

The English department would like to congratulate the following students who received a 2021 Spring Convocation award: Emily Coppella, Bachelor of Arts Honours English Concentration in Creative Writing: Senate Medal for Outstanding Academic Achievement Dana Foley, Bachelor of Arts Honours English Concentration in Creative Writing: Senate Medal for... More

Wednesday, June 9, 2021

Solidarity With Our Muslim Community

To Our Muslim Community: We grieve with you, with your loved ones, and with the greater Muslim-Canadian community. We are horrified and heartbroken by the hate-motivated attack carried out in London, Ontario, this past Sunday. This attack is opposed to everything we stand for in our department and at Carleton University. Though nothing we... More

Tuesday, June 1, 2021

Spotlight on Research – Dr. Bridgette Brown “Sara Jeannette Duncan’s ‘Colonial Editions’: Imperial Authorship, Novel Innovations, and Literary Feminism in Cousin Cinderella”

Dr. Bridgette Brown completed her doctorate in the Department of English in 2019. Her dissertation, “The South African War (1899-1902) and the Transperipheral Production of Canadian Literature,” studies the ways in which settler projects of whiteness are constructed in literature, demonstrating how these projects acted across national lines at... More

Thursday, May 27, 2021

Introducing the Minor in Environmental and Climate Humanities (EACH)!

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Tuesday, May 18, 2021

Two Internationally Celebrated Writers Join the Department of English as the 2021–2022 Writers-in-Residence 

Carleton welcomes journalist Nadia Masri and novelist/critic Kamal Riahi   The Department of English Language and Literature is pleased to announce Nadia Masri and Kamal Riahi as their Writers-in-Residence for 2021–2022. Masri and Riahi arrive at Carleton University as two internationally influential writers who have each made their... More

Monday, May 17, 2021

Architecture and Drama Studies: Collaboration As You Like It

In the winter term of 2021, while still under the constraints of the pandemic, students from English and Architecture collaborated on a project called Soliloquies, Sonnets, and Selfies (part 3): Objects are closer than they appear. Using fragments of text from Shakespeare's plays Othello, Merchant of Venice, Macbeth, and King Lear Grad and... More

Wednesday, May 12, 2021

Congratulations to Provost Scholar Award Recipient Jaclyn Legge!

The Department of English Language and Literature wishes to congratulate Jaclyn Legge for being one of the recipients of the Provost Scholar Award. Funded by the Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic) and administered by Teaching and Learning Services, the Provost Scholar Award is valued at $1,000 and is given to undergraduate... More

Saturday, May 1, 2021

Spotlight on Research: “Frank Herbert’s Ecology, Oregon’s Dunes, and the Postwar Science of Desert Reclamation.” Veronika Kratz

Veronika Kratz, a senior PhD candidate in the Department of English, has recently had an article published in ISLE: Interdisciplinary Studies in Literature and Environment titled “Frank Herbert’s Ecology, Oregon’s Dunes, and the Postwar Science of Desert Reclamation." The essay is available online as an advance article here. The essay... More

Wednesday, April 28, 2021

Contract Instructor Opportunities Fall/Winter 2021-22

Carleton University, Department of English Language & Literature Pursuant to Article 16 of the CUPE 4600 Unit 2 Collective Agreement, applications are invited from members of the CUPE 4600-2 bargaining unit and other interested persons to teach the following Department of English Language & Literature courses during the 2021/22 Fall/Winter... More

Tuesday, April 27, 2021

Wreaths for a Wayfarer: Poetry and Impermanence

The Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English is hosting an event in honour of our former colleague and friend Pius Adesanmi. Thursday, April 29th at 1 p.m. EDT: Wreaths for a Wayfarer: Poetry and Impermanence Register now for the final installment of ACCUTE’s Pandemic Webinar Series, Wreaths for a Wayfarer: Poetry... More

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