English is for students who want more than textbook learning. It develops speech and writing, and re
Studying the language in which we live—and its uses, from poetry to politics to the hidden metaphors of everyday life—offers a strong centre from which to explore the world within and beyond the university. Students in this program have opportunities for creativity and intellectual challenge, through broad and intensive reading, through writing, and through discussion with professors and fellow st
08/16/2023
Applications for ENGL 520: Community Engagement Through Literature, are still being accepted for Fall 2023 and Winter 2024 terms.
This unique course combines classroom and community-based learning in collaboration with the Calgary Public Library, “Creative Writing Club” for school-aged children. Contact [email protected] to apply!
07/20/2023
FALL 2023 CREATIVE WRITING COURSE
ENGL 436.01 Popular Genre Writing (TR 12:30-13:45)
Poetry: Short Forms, with Dr. Anna Veprinska
This course aims to inspire, develop, and refine your own poetic voice alongside your peers. In particular, we will focus on writing and reading a range of short form poetry from historical forms like the haiku and the sonnet to contemporary forms like the visual poem and the Instagram poem. Our course places special emphasis on contemporary poets as a way of understanding where your voice fits in the poetic conversations taking place today. We will closely and critically read short form poems by published poets, compose our own poems, workshop our poems, and revise our poems based on feedback. Part of our course will include attending a poetry reading.
07/20/2023
Are you looking for a course to add to your Fall 2023 schedule?
ENGL 517 Advanced Topics: Theoretical and Cultural Studies
Postcolonial Studies with Dr. Clara A.B. Joseph (MW 15:30-16:45)
Immerse yourself in a transformative exploration of colonial, postcolonial, and decolonial theories alongside the captivating voices of literary and cultural texts. Join us for a ground-breaking journey where narratives boldly challenge and “talk back” to prevailing ideologies!
04/11/2023
Your gift supports the art and science of making books by hand. https://youtu.be/e85V-Ld6z0w
The Faculty of Arts' new Book Arts Lab informs our understanding of early printed texts and helps us to re-imagine the book in the 21st century. Be a part of the experience by making your gift today: https://givingday2023.ucalgary.ca/o/university-of-calgary/i/giving-day-2023/s/department-of-english-book-arts-lab-fund
03/27/2023
TIA House presents the Launch of Larissa Lai’s The Lost Century
With special guests Mikka Jacobsen and Joshua Whitehead
Hosted by Rebecca Geleyn
More information on the event: https://events.ucalgary.ca/arts/english/event/433238-tia-house-presents-the-launch-of-larissa-lais-the
03/27/2023
As TIA House wraps up its final year, we invite you to join us for a discussion of the project’s impact on our community. TIA House, run by Dr. Larissa Lai, has been dedicated to exploring the interactions of social justice, futurity, and innovative aesthetics in creative writing. For the past three years, the project’s graduate students have produced a podcast series, TIA House Talks, interviewing some of Canada’s most innovative writers.
Dr. Larissa Lai will offer reflections on the project and graduate students will discuss memorable interviews. Come celebrate nine years of creative writing community building at TIA House!
More information on the event: https://events.ucalgary.ca/arts/english/event/433240-tia-house-talks-a-celebration-of-9-years-at-the
03/09/2023
Shirley Anne Tate, Professor and Canada Research Chair Tier 1 in Feminism and Intersectionality, Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, will give a talk titled, “White feminist supremacy: The impossibility of Black feminist allyship” via Zoom on March 17 from 10.30 a.m. to 12 p.m. The online event is hosted by the Research Committee, the Department of English, University of Calgary.
https://events.ucalgary.ca/arts/english/event/432165-white-feminist-supremacy-the-impossibility-of
02/28/2023
U of C students, faculty, and community are invited to join us for a talk by Jael Richardson, acclaimed author and founder of The Fold for the 2023 Paget/Hoy Speakers Series, hosted by Shazia Hafiz Ramji at ST 143 on March 1 at 10 a.m.
https://events.ucalgary.ca/arts/english/event/430647-pagethoy-speaker-series-master-class
Please join us for a talk by Jael Richardson hosted by Dr. Kit Dobson at the Nickle Galleries Gallery Hall on March 1 at 7:30 p.m.
https://events.ucalgary.ca/arts/english/event/428903-pagethoy-speaker-series-beyond-diversity-practical
11/08/2022
The Department of English Suzette Mayr’s sixth novel wins prestigious Scotiabank Giller Prize.
Congratulations!
11/08/2022
Congratulations Suzette!!
Suzette Mayr is the Winner of the 2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize Suzette Mayr is the Winner of the 2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize November 7, 2022 November 7, 2022 (Toronto, Ontario) – Suzette Mayr has been named the winner of the 2022 Scotiabank Giller Prize for her novel, The Sleeping Car Porter,
10/31/2022
Killam award winner identifies connections between the haunted house and the sick body Amy LeBlanc is researching the literary haunted house as a metaphor for disability and disease in the body
10/27/2022
Department of English, University of Calgary's Creative Writing Professor Suzette Mayr's sixth novel shortlisted for prestigious Scotiabank Giller Prize. Read more to learn about the intensively researched origins of The Sleeping Car Porter:
http://ow.ly/jSuM50Ln8IN