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Monday, April 15, 2019

2018-19 Annual Writing Competitions

The Department of English would like to congratulate all those who participated in the the 2018-19 Annual Writing Competitions. We are pleased to announce the results below. Scholarship/Award/Competition Recipient George Johnston Poetry Awards Simon Turner Emily Coppella Lilian I. Found Award for Poetry Manahil Bundukwala Honourable Mentions... More

Friday, April 5, 2019

Versefest 2019: A day-by-day encounter

March was a hard month, with the passing of Prof. Pius Adesanmi. This followed the news of Prof. Marc Hewson’s passing in January, which left much of March with me thinking about the influence professors have and how it’s easy to take what they share with us for granted. But with the end of... More

Friday, March 29, 2019

Spotlight on Research — Professor Grant Williams

Along with William E. Engel (University of the South: Sewanee) and Rory Loughnane (University of Kent, UK), Professor Grant Williams is organizing a special interdisciplinary symposium “Memory and Mortality in Renaissance England” at the Warburg Institute, University of London on Friday, 17 May 2019. In the early modern period, the faithful... More

Wednesday, March 27, 2019

Congratulations to our students, Deanna Young and Amal El-Mohtar, young poets of distinction!

The English Department is proud to announce that its Master’s candidate, Deanna Young, was named City of Ottawa Anglophone Poet Laureate. Please see the story here. Doctoral candidate, Amal El-Mohtar, was named the first Poet in Residence of VERSeFest International Poetry Festival. Congratulations to Deanna and... More

Friday, March 22, 2019

Contract Instructor Opportunity Summer 2019

We are no longer accepting applications for the position listed below. Contract Instructor Opportunity Summer 2019 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... More

Thursday, March 21, 2019

Festival of Life in honour of Professor Adesanmi

The Institute of African Studies is hosting a Festival of Life in honour of Professor Adesanmi’s life and career. Everyone is warmly invited to join us on Tuesday, March 26, at the Dominion Chalmers Center at 5:30 p.m. The Dominion Chalmers Center is located at 355 Cooper... More

Thursday, March 21, 2019

VERSeFest International Poetry Festival

The VERSeFest International Poetry Festival has named current MA student Deanna Young one of two City of Ottawa Poet Laureates. And current Phd student Amal El-Mohtar is Poet in Residence at this year’s VERSeFEST. Congratulations, Deanna and Amal!... More

Friday, March 15, 2019

Sock’n’Buskin Presents: Fahrenheit 451

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Wednesday, March 13, 2019

Celebration of Life Service for Pius Adesanmi

A Celebration of Life Service will be held on Saturday, March 16, 2019 at 1:00p.m at the Metropolitan Bible Church at 2176 Prince Of Wales... More

Friday, March 1, 2019

Lauren Iwamoto, Fourth-Year English Major with Concentration in Creative Writing

Carleton’s Department of English and its dedicated, dynamic faculty restored my love for literature and invigorated an interest in academia after a lacklustre high school career. I know the skills I have learned here – to think critically, to write intelligently, to research with efficacy – will serve me no matter where I go.... More

Thursday, February 28, 2019

Spotlight on Research — Professor Jody Mason

Together with Prof. Jennifer Blair, Prof. Jody Mason is organizing the 2019 edition of the annual Canadian Literature Symposium at the University of Ottawa. Devoted to the topic of “Institutional Work,” the conference will take place from May 3-5th, 2019. Featured speakers include Lily Cho (York University), Keavy Martin (University of... More

Wednesday, February 27, 2019

Nicholas McNeilly, BA Honours, English with Concentration in Creative Writing, 2018

It was the creative writing concentration that drew me to Carleton, and it was that same concentration that kept me here. When I applied, I was still unsure about my writing abilities. It was something I liked doing, but it certainly wasn’t something I was willing to show anyone but my closest of friends,... More

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