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Most Affordable Ways to see The Bridge

English Department — Wed, 30 Jan 2019 16:00:00 GMT

The most affordable ways to see The Bridge by Shauntay Grant, now onstage at the Neptune Theatre

Valentine's Day Sonnet Contest 2019

English Department — Wed, 23 Jan 2019 16:00:00 GMT

Submissions for Valentine's Day Sonnet Contest 2019 Now Open!

Verso Journal Call for Submissions!

Verso — Thu, 17 Jan 2019 16:00:00 GMT

Verson is looking for submissions! Submit your English paper by February 1st!

Upcoming Winter Speaker Series

Department of English — Mon, 14 Jan 2019 16:00:00 GMT

Winter English Speaker Series

Teaching Assistant Positions Fall 2016

PDecker — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 15:00:00 GMT

THE NEW PERIPATETIC: ARTS OF ACTIVISM, ROOTS OF REFORM

The New Peripatetic

PDecker — Fri, 28 Oct 2016 15:00:00 GMT

THE NEW PERIPATETIC: ARTS OF ACTIVISM, ROOTS OF REFORM

2016 Fooshee and Dennis Prize Winners

Mary Beth MacIsaac — Thu, 14 Apr 2016 15:00:00 GMT

News Thu, 14 Apr 2016 15:00:00 GMT /faculty/arts/english/news-events0/2016/04/14/2016_fooshee_and_dennis_prize_winners.html Mary Beth MacIsaac 2016-04-14T15:00:00Z

2016 Sonnet Contest Winners!

Mary Beth MacIsaac — Tue, 23 Feb 2016 16:00:00 GMT

News Tue, 23 Feb 2016 16:00:00 GMT /faculty/arts/english/news-events0/2016/02/23/2016_sonnet_contest_winners_.html Mary Beth MacIsaac 2016-02-23T16:00:00Z

Winners of the Fooshee and Dennis Writing Prizes

Emma Skagen — Mon, 06 Apr 2015 15:00:00 GMT

Read the poetry, short stories, and essay of this year's Fooshee and Dennis prize-winners.

Congrats to our 2015 Sonnet Contest Winners!

Emma Skagen — Wed, 18 Feb 2015 16:00:00 GMT

News Wed, 18 Feb 2015 16:00:00 GMT /faculty/arts/english/news-events0/2015/02/18/congrats_to_our_sonnet_contest_winners_.html Emma Skagen 2015-02-18T16:00:00Z

Alumna Profile: Melissa Dalgleish

Melissa Dalgleish — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 16:00:00 GMT

Melissa Dalgleish completed her English MA at Dalhousie in 2007.

Decadence: An Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference

Graham Jensen — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 16:00:00 GMT

From August 15-17th, the Dalhousie Association of Graduate Studies in English (DAGSE) hosted its annual interdisciplinary graduate student conference.

Alumna Profile: Meagan Timney

Meagan Timney — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 16:00:00 GMT

Meagan Timney completed her MA (2005) and PhD (2010) in English at Dalhousie.

Honours Capstone Colloquium

William Barker — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 16:00:00 GMT

Shrews in Shakespeare, lawyers in Dickens and Collins, Rhys鈥� Wide Sargasso Sea, Wharton鈥檚 Age of Innocence, Django Unchained, Sarah鈥檚 Key, Orwell鈥檚 Nineteen Eighty-four, 茅criture feminine in Sharon Olds, Williams and Eliot, Lolita and Death in Venice, Kafka鈥攖hose were the literature topics in this year鈥檚 two-day Honours colloquium.

Conference in Honour of George Whalley, Queens University

Michael John DiSanto — Wed, 11 Feb 2015 16:00:00 GMT

A conference in honour of the centenary of the birth of George Whalley, the eminent Canadian man of letters, will be held at Queen鈥檚 University, 24-26 July 2015.

Congratulations to Our 2014 Varma Winners!

Emma Skagen — Wed, 05 Nov 2014 16:00:00 GMT

News Wed, 05 Nov 2014 16:00:00 GMT /faculty/arts/english/news-events0/2014/11/05/congratulations_to_our_2014_varma_winners.html Emma Skagen 2014-11-05T16:00:00Z

Paul Martin's Convocation Speech

Emma Skagen — Mon, 20 Oct 2014 15:00:00 GMT

"First work on your writing skills"

Fathom now accepting submissions

Emma Skagen — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 15:00:00 GMT

The Dal/King's Undergraduate Creative Writing journal is accepting submissions until December 5.

Awards and Prizes 2013鈥�2014

Emma Skagen — Tue, 19 Aug 2014 15:00:00 GMT

News Tue, 19 Aug 2014 15:00:00 GMT /faculty/arts/english/news-events0/2014/08/19/awards_and_prizes_2013_2014.html Emma Skagen 2014-08-19T15:00:00Z

Dal English Almost Loses Several Profs to U of A

Kathy Cawsey — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 15:00:00 GMT

Several Dalhousie English professors unexpectedly found themselves spearheading an international protest recently.

New Book: Mock Modernism

Leonard Diepeveen — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 15:00:00 GMT

This past winter University of Toronto Press published Len Diepeveen鈥檚 Mock Modernism, a collection of early twentieth-century parodies of modernism.

Alumna Profile: Shannon Webb鈥慍ampbell

Shannon Webb-Campbell — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 15:00:00 GMT

In some ways, poetry is the purest form of non-fiction. We all struggle enough as humans being alive, and we take comfort in what we read. Poems are a place to be held.

Dal Hosts Annual Atlantic Undergraduate English Conference

Bruce Greenfield and Julia Manoukian — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 15:00:00 GMT

The Dalhousie English Society and the Department of English hosted the 33rd Annual Atlantic Undergraduate English Conference, March 14-16, 2014.

New Book: Representing the National Landscape in Irish Romanticism

Emma Skagen — Mon, 18 Aug 2014 15:00:00 GMT

In this book, Wright considers the fraught relationship between land and national identity in Irish literature.

English Convocation 鈥� May 20th, 2:30 pm

Amina Abawajy — Mon, 28 Apr 2014 15:00:00 GMT

English Convocation 2014