“Re-Engaged Reading: On Material and Digital Poetics” will examine the work of poet and collage artist Susan Howe, the eco-poetry maps of David Hinton, and some recent digital projects to see how both book arts and digital poetics practices create (and require) more active, playful reader-text relationships.
Read more: Paisley Rekdal: Re-Engaged Reading: On Material and Digital Poetics
UVic English professor Dr. Gary Kuchar has recieved an honourable mention in the Canadian Association for Theatre Research's 2025 Saddlemyer Award competition for his book Shakespeare and the World of “Slings & Arrows”: Poetic Faith in a Postmodern Age (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2024). The award recognizes the best book published in English or French in a given year which constitutes a substantial contribution to the field of drama, theatre, and performance studies.
Read more: Dr. Gary Kuchar recieves 2025 Saddlemyer Award honourable mention
UVic English alum Kalea Furmanek-Raposo (Honours BA 2023, MA 2025) has won the Founders’ Circle Award at the Victorian Studies Association of Western Canada conference (held in Regina 24-25 May) for her conference paper titled “From Villette to Atalanta: 19th-Century Craft Culture and 21st-Century Exhibits.”
Read more: UVic English alum Kalea Furmanek-Raposo wins the Founders' Circle Award
Former UVic English Honours and MA student Joe Diemer has won the Lieutenant Governor's Silver Medal (Non-Thesis) for their graduating MA essay, “Dialling in to Eternity: Margaret Gatty and the Book of Sundials”, as well as their academic excellence, and record of prizes, awards, and publications.
Read more: UVic English alum Joe Diemer wins the Lieutenant Governor's Silver Medal (Non-Thesis)
Congratulations to UVic English professor Rebecca Gagan for winning a 2025 3M Teaching Fellowship! She is one of only ten recipients nationwide. The 3M National Teaching Fellowship is Canada's most prestigious recognition of excellence in educational leadership and teaching at the post-secondary level.
Congratulations to all of our English students who presented their 2024-2025 JCURA student award projects!
JCURA Student Award Projects
Congratualtions to UVic English prof Dr. Janelle Jenstad who has been elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Read more: https://www.uvic.ca/news/topics/2024+royal-society-of-canada-2024+news
Read more: Janelle Jenstad elected Fellow to the Royal Society of Canada
The UVic English Department is delighted to announce that two members of our department have received 2023 REACH Awards!
Dr. Alison Chapman (ENSH) has been elected as one of just 101 Fellows across Canada to join the society as part of the class of 2023.
Read more: Dr. Alison Chapman recognized by the Royal Society of Canada
The University of Victoria English department is pleased to announce the following honours that have been bestowed upon our faculty.
Dr. Janelle Jenstad wins the 2021 Outstanding Achievement Award for Computing in the Arts and Humanities for her work on Maps of Early Modern London.
What Can You Do with Your Degree in English? Wednesday, February 13, 4:30-6:30pm CLE A202 Six happily employed UVic alumni with degrees in English will talk about their career experiences. Topics covered will include everything from negotiating a contract to student loan forgiveness program. Sectors represented include the BC public service, the hospitality industry, politics, non-profits, graphic design and branding, and the public libraries.
