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HONOURS AND AWARDS

 

John Cooper's poem "O seasons, O cities" won first prize in the 2011 Vancouver International Writers Festival creative writing competition in the poetry category. See http://www.writersfest.bc.ca/get-involved/writingcontest.

 

 

 

 

 

Barbara Dancygier has won a Killam Research Prize. She is the author of the recently published The Language of Stories: A Cognitive Approach (Cambridge UP, 2011).

 

 

 



Sandra Tomc and Roger Larry's film, Citizen Marc, was one of five films in English Canada to receive a Telefilm Canada /Rogers Group Award. See Telefilm Canada press release.

 

 

 

 

NEW APPOINTMENTS

The Department of English is pleased to announce the appointments of two new faculty members: Daniel Heath Justice (Associate Professor and Chair of the First Nations Studies Program) and Gregory Mackie (Assistant Professor, Drama).

 

Gregory Mackie received his PhD from the University of Toronto in 2006. His areas of specialization include late-Victorian drama, especially Oscar Wilde; book history and print culture; and turn-of-the-twentieth century architecture and design. He has articles published or forthcoming in University of Toronto Quarterly, Modern Drama, ELT, and Theatre Survey. His current book projects concern dramatic forgeries of Oscar Wilde and the impact of the aesthetic movement on the Victorian stage.

ENGLISH UNDERGRADUATE JOURNAL

The Garden Statuary
UBC English undergraduate students have recently launched the journal, The Garden Statuary (TGS). The journal showcases both creative and academic work, and publishes essays on literature and language studies, fiction, poetry, nonfiction, stage/screen play, as well as illustrations and photography. More >>

 

THE ENGLISH EXOTERICS

The English Exoterics (l-r: Donna Shanley, Kevin McNeilly, Deanna Kreisel, Angela Kaija and Paul Stanwood) tied with the Department of Mathematics for first place at the 2nd Annual UBC Library/United Way Spelling Bee. The Exoterics also placed first during last year's competition.

 

 

 

 

 

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