Welcome to the U of T Department of English
- The Matter of Song in Early Modern England | a forthcoming book by Katherine Larson
- Poetics of the Pillory: English Literature and Seditious Libel 1660-1820 | a forthcoming book by Thomas Keymer
- Man should rejoice, by Hugh MacLennan: A Critical Edition | a new book edited by Colin Hill
- Modernist Life Histories | a new book by Daniel Newman
- The Black Prairie Archives: An Anthology | a forthcoming book by edited by Karina Vernon
- The Aesthetics of Senescence: Ageing, Population, and the Nineteenth-Century British Novel | a new book by Andrea Charise
- Singing in a Foreign Land: Anglo-Jewish Poetry, 1812-1847 | a new book by Karen A. Weisman
- Mathew Sergi awarded the Early Career Teaching Award for enhancing the student experience.
- Indigenous Women's Writing and the Cultural Study of Law | a new book by Cheryl Suzack
- Reproduction | a new novel by Ian Williams; winner of 2019 Scotiabank Giller Prize
- Evie of the Deepthorn | a forthcoming novel by Andre Babyn
- The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare's Language | a forthcoming book edited by Lynne Magnusson (with David Schalkwyk)
- From Political Economy to Economics through Nineteenth-Century Literature | a new book edited by Audrey Jaffe
Highlights:
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Congratulations to Dana Seitler on winning The Ludwik and Estelle Jus Memorial Human Rights Prize.
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Congratulations to Julie Mattison on winning the Medieval Academy of America's Schallek Fellowship.
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Congratulations to Ian Williams (PhD, 2005) on winning this years Scotiabank Gillars Prize for his novel Reproduction.
Photo by The Canadian Press, Chris Young
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News & Notices:
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Congratulations to Audrey Walton on winning the 2019 John Charles Polyani Prize for Literature.
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English has revised its Undergraduate curriculum. Indigenous, postcolonial literature among new requirements.
In the Media:
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Events:
- Thursday, February 27, 2020.
- WINCS- "Victorian Aestheticism and Erotic Negativity" Presentation.
- Tuesday, March 03, 2020.
- So You Want to be an English Major? Panel and Reception.
- Tuesday, March 03, 2020.
- WINCS- "Bookmaking: Reading and Writing Books in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction" Presentation.
- Wednesday, March 11, 2020.
- Mapping Sex Across the Globe.
- Saturday, March 21, 2020.
- The Politics of Presence: Beyond Words.
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English Newsmakers:
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Listen to Professor Nick Mount's take on the humanities evolving instead of declining. More on CBC Radio.
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Professor Katherine William's seminar on disability at Innis College creates a sense of community. More in UofT News.
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André Babyn, English PhD student, releases his new novel "Evie of the Deepthorn". More information here.
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Professor Marlene Goldman discusses sequel to "The Handmaid's Tale" on CTV News.
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Anthony Oliviera of English talks about the sentencing of Bruce McArthur. More in CTV News
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Daniel Scott Tysdal's poem received runner up Morton Poetry Prize.
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"Randy Boyagoda's new novel is both deeply Catholic and Deeply funny" in The Walrus.
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"U of T's Lost River" read about Professor Andrea Most's course Ecocriticism in the Faculty of Arts & Science News.
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"Ideas to Live by: A Conversation with Mari Ruti" by Tajja Isen and Philip Sayers in the Los Angeles Review of Books.
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"Smartphones and the abdication of parental responsibility" Read Ira Wells in the Globe & Mail.
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Read English Professor Tom Keymer on 'How to be a great Journal Editor" in the Times Higher.
- Read the Accolades page for news regarding our faculty.
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