Welcome to the U of T Department of English
- Civic London to 1558 (3 volume set) a new book edited by Anne Lancashire
- Hobbes, Sovereignty, and Early American Literature a new book by Paul Downes
- Creating Legal Worlds a new book by Greig Henderson
- Four Last Songs a new book by Linda and Michael Hutcheon
- CIBC Speed Readers Run for the Cure
- Stalin's Daughter a new book by Rosemary Sullivan
- Those Who Write for Immortality a new book by Heather Jackson
- Re-Reading Mary Wroth a new book co-edited by Katie Larson
- Doppelganger Dilemmas, a new book by Marjorie Rubright
- Pierre-Esprit Radisson: The Collected Writings, Volume 2 a new book by Germaine Warkentin
- Lord Strange's Men and Their Plays, a new book by Sally-Beth MacLean
- Locating the Destitute: Space and Identity in Caribbean Fiction, a new book by Stanka Radovic
- Modernism: Keywords, a new book co-authored by Melba Cuddy-Keane
- Literature and the Bible: A Reader, a new book co-edited by Mark Knight
- The Graduate Students beat the Faculty by a small but significant margain
- Jackman Humanities Building: Home of the Department of English
- Work in Nineteeth-Century Studies Group (WINCS)
- Toronto Eighteenth-Century Group (TECG)
- The GEA Website
- Memory Serves A new book edited, with an Afterword, by Smaro Kamboureli
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The Department of English is
proud to congratulate Professor Smaro Kamboureli on her election to the Royal Society of Canada.
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The Department of English is
proud to congratulate Professor Anne Lancashire on her election to the Royal Society of Canada.
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The Department of English is pleased to congratulate Professor Cannon Schmitt on winning the Donald Gray Prize for “Technical Maturity in Robert Louis Stevenson,” which appeared in Denotatively, Technically, Literally, a special issue of Representations.
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The Department of English is pleased to congratulate Professor Matt Sergi on winning the Medieval and Renaissance Drama Society’s 2016 Martin Stevens Award for Best New Essay in Early Drama Studies.
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News & Sessional Dates:
- Monday, October 10, 2016.
- Thanksgiving holiday; University closed.
- Friday, October 21, 2016.
- Examination timetable for F section code courses posted.
- Monday, November 07, 2016.
- Fall break (no classes).
- Monday, November 07, 2016.
- Last day to drop F section courses from academic record.
- Tuesday, December 06, 2016.
- Classes end in F section courses and in Y section code courses (for Fall session).
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Congratulations to Linda Hutcheon, University Professor Emeritus of English and Comparative Literature, who will receive the
2016 Lorne Pierce Medal for achievements in critical literature. Professor Hutcheon has achieved broad recognition as a literary theorist, as an early and major critical voice on Canadian writing and culture, and as an interdisciplinary collaborative scholar.
In the Media:
- Congratulations to Professor Quayson, who is the co-winner of the Urban History Association’s top award in the international category for books published in 2013-2014.
- Professor Emerita Rosemary Sullivan discusses her latest book, Stalin's Daughter with the Toronto Star.
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Events:
- Thursday, October 13, 2016.
- Going to Grad School Workshop.
- Thursday, October 20, 2016.
- For MA or CRW Students | MA to PhD Workshop.
- Thursday, October 20, 2016.
- WINCS | "Edgar Huntly and the Times of Settlement".
- Saturday, October 22, 2016.
- Fall Campus Day.
Read more events English Newsmakers:
- Congratulations to Adam Zachary on winning the 2016 E.J. Pratt Medal in Poetry. Adam was presented the award on September 26th, 2016 by Professor and Chair Paul Stevens and Professor George Elliott Clarke.
- Professor George Elliott Clarke has been nominated for a Premier's Award for Artistic Excellence. The award celebrates the outstanding achievements of Ontario's arts community and its contributions to a strong, vibrant culture sector.
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Recent MA CRW graduate Andrew Battershill made the longlist for the Scotiabank Giller Prize. The Giller Prize shortlist will be announced Sept. 26, and the award ceremony and broadcast will take place Nov. 7. Congratulations Andrew!
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Andrea Charise was named "Professor of the Year" for "Arts, Language, and Literature" by the UTSC student journal The Underground! Click the box titled "Arts, Language and Literature" to read more!
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Katherine Magyarody (PhD year 5) has just won The Malahat Review 2016 Open Season Award in the Fiction category for her short story, "Goldhawk.". For more information and a link to the prize winner's bio, click here.
Read the Accolades page for news regarding our faculty.
