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Friday, February 8, 2019

Carleton University’s 2019 Achievement Awards.

The Department of English Language and Literature would like to congratulate Dr. Sarah Casteel and Dr. Hugh Reid for being among the winners of Carleton University’s 2019 Achievement Awards. Dr. Casteel is the winner of a Research Achievement Award for her work in progress titled Global Itineraries of Holocaust Memory: Black Victims of Nazi... More

Wednesday, January 30, 2019

Spotlight on Research — Professor Barbara Leckie

Prof. Barbara Leckie is the author of the recently published Open Houses: Poverty, the Novel, and the Architectural Idea in Nineteenth-Century Britain (University of Pennsylvania Press). In the 1830s and '40s, a new preoccupation with the housing of the poor emerged in British print and visual culture. In response to cholera outbreaks, political... More

Friday, January 25, 2019

The Open Magic of Literature: A Discussion with David Chariandy

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Friday, January 25, 2019

New year, new co-op, and other new beginnings

On December 31st, 2018, I asked my friends, “what are you sure will happen in 2019?” I wanted to celebrate what we knew was happening rather than lament what might (not) happen. For 2019, I am sure that I will start a new co-op work term at the International Research and Development Centre and... More

Friday, January 11, 2019

A Widening Community: Compassion, Kindness, David Chariandy, and the Munro Beattie Lecture

By Dessa Bayrock (Ph.D. candidate)   Water under the bridge; it is time to speak of it and where it ran: of the old building where everyone knew everyone and the talk all was of the wilderness that was to be the new campus.   George Johnston “A Letter to Munro Beattie on his... More

Tuesday, January 8, 2019

In Memory of Dr. Marc Hewson

The English Department mourns the passing away of Dr. Marc Hewson on December 31, 2018. Professor Hewson was a deeply respected and beloved teacher, colleague, and scholar. He is sorely, sorely missed. Our thoughts are with the family and friends he leaves behind. The department and family are working with University Advancement to establish... More

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

The English Department’s Annual Undergraduate Advising Week

  To book a 20 minute appointment, please email your student number and your availability to english@carleton.ca. Appointments will be booked on a first come, first served... More

Friday, December 14, 2018

Spotlight on Research — Professor Julie Murray

Prof. Julie Murray recently co-edited an issue of European Romantic Review with Lauren Gillingham (Ottawa U) that highlighted key papers presented at the annual conference of the North American Society for the Study of Romanticism. Professors Murray and Gillingham organized NASSR 2017 on the topic of "Romantic Life,” which drew over 300... More

Monday, December 10, 2018

Congratulation’s to Mary Giles, recipient of the 2017-2018 Graduate Student Open Access Award!

Carleton University's MacOdrum Library, the Graduate Student Association (GSA), and the Faculty of Graduate Studies and Postdoctoral Affairs (FGPA) are pleased to announce the winners of the 2017-2018 Graduate Student Open Access Award. Mary Giles, Master's student in English Perspective in Australia's Outback: Travel and Truth in FORUM:... More

Friday, November 30, 2018

Spotlight on Research — Professor Susan Birkwood

Prof. Susan Birkwood recently gave a paper at the Western Humanities Alliance conference in Calgary, Alberta. Hosted at the new Calgary Centre Library, the conference explored the theme of “Spectral Cities.” Conference organizers asked presenters to consider how fictional or filmic versions of cities have shaped the perception of real ones;... More

Friday, November 30, 2018

Carleton English Department Fiction Writing Competition

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Thursday, November 15, 2018

Dazzler, Allegory, and Shame: Notes from the Mutant Closet, 1980-1986

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