JCURA Research Fair 2025
Congratulations to all of our English students who presented their 2024-2025 JCURA student award projects!
News
JCURA Student Award Projects
JCURA Student Award Projects
Janelle Jenstad elected Fellow to the Royal Society of Canada
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
REACH AWARDS 2023
The UVic English Department is delighted to announce that two members of our department have received 2023 REACH Awards!
Student Liaison
Department of English has created the position of Student Liaison.
Dr. Alison Chapman recognized by the Royal Society of Canada
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
Recent Awards and Honours
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
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?
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.
- 2019-05-27 Visiting Lecturer
- 2019-03-22 FYI Faculty Forum - March 29th, 2019
- 2019-02-27 The Warren: Birthday Party & 10th Issue Launch
- 2019-02-26 FYI Faculty Forum - March 1st, 2019
- 2019-03-11 Lansdowne Lecturer
- 2019-02-22 Montpellier Visiting Speaker
- 2019-02-04 Treasures and Tea: The Plot Thickens
- 2019-01-18 FYI Faculty Forum - January 25th, 2019
- 2018-11-27 FYI Faculty Forum - November 30th, 2018
- 2018-11-07 An Interesting Condition: Pregnancy and Childbirth in the Victorian Novel
- 2018-11-02 Dolphin Voices between Nature, Culture, and the Tape Recorder
- 2018-10-24 Alden Nowlan: A Victoria Celebration
- 2018-10-22 FYI Faculty Forum - October 26th, 2018
- 2018-09-24 Treasures and Tea: How Poetry Changed the World: Elizabeth Barrett's "The Cry of the Children" and Industrial Reform
- 2018-09-28 Guest Lecturer: October 17th, 2018
- 2018-10-05 FYI Faculty Forum - October 12th, 2018
- 2018-08-13 When the pen is mightier than the paper
- 2018-03-20 FYI Faculty Forum - March 23rd, 2018
- 2018-02-22 FYI Faculty Forum - February 22nd, 2018
- 2018-01-25 FYI Faculty Forum - January 26th, 2018
- 2017-12-07 “Best Digital Scholarship, New Media, and/or Art of 2016” in the field of early modern women and gender - Kim McLean-Fiander
- 2017-10-24 ETCL-sponsored talk by Walter Scholger Nov. 15th, 2017
- 2017-06-13 Dr. Misao Dean Wins Herb Wyile Prize in Canadian Literature
- 2017-06-05 Barbarian Press film, June 10
- 2017-05-17 English Alumni Reading and Book Signing at Bolen Books
- 2017-05-02 PhD Students win Scottish Studies Scholarship
- 2017-04-26 English professor offers commentary on Hulu’s adaptation of The Handmaid’s Tale
- 2024-10-23 Special Collections Digital Exhibit Launched by Graduate Students
- 2017-01-31 English students working with Ocean Networks Canada
- 2017-01-24 Chris Douglas on US Religion and US (Cultural) Politics
- 2016-12-21 SCL/ÉLC features Dr. Dean's article
- 2016-12-14 Linsdey Seatter wins prestigious Joseph- Armand Bombardier Scholarship
- 2016-11-23 MLab featured in "Interactions"
- 2024-10-23 David Oswald gets published
- 2016-10-21 English Alumnus, Baba Brinkman, raps about climate change.
- 2016-09-13 MEME Conference
- 2016-07-25 SSHRC graduate awards
- 2024-10-23 "Dancing on the Island"
- 2024-10-23 PhD graduate Alex Christie
- 2016-06-29 PhD graduate Tara Thomson
- 2024-10-23 #Shakespeare400, A Fresh Look at Shakespeare's "Big Men"
- 2016-05-12 The Wilna Thomas Centre at Camosun College
- 2024-10-23 Professor Roger Joseph Bishop, BA, BLS, MA
- 2016-03-31 Ali Blythe Poetry Reading, March 18
- 2016-02-18 (Un)Settling and (Re)Membering: Ecocritical Futures? Cate Sandilands (York) and Richard Pickard (UVic) February 26 2016
- 2016-02-18 Gary Kuchar Talk on the Art of Hearkening: March 1, 2016, 2:30 PM
- 2016-02-16 Matt Huculak presentation at the Maltwood
- 2024-10-23 BC Ferries partners with UVic Engineering Students
- 2015-12-09 Children's Books Come Alive in Students' Projects
- 2015-11-18 History of the Book
- 2015-10-19 Robert Amos: Celebrating 150 years of Yeats
- 2015-10-14 Pens and Pints transcription night a great success
- 2015-09-30 Paleography Workshops led by Erin Kelly and Kim McLean-Fiander
- 2015-09-25 Emeritus Professor Ann Saddlemeyer delivers spellbinding lecture
- 2015-08-06 Dr. Bradley and Dr. Ellerbeck invited to lecture at the Harbin Institute of Technology in China.
- 2015-04-27 Lucas Aykroyd
- 2015-04-27 Meet our amazing alumni
- 2024-10-23 Tribe and Rite Conference
- 2015-06-22 Samantha MacFarlane receives the Scottish Studies Graduate Award
- 2024-10-23 Our gradute students are going places
- 2024-10-23 Meet our amazing undergraduate students
- 2015-04-02 Rebecca Gagan receives 2014 Gilian Sherwin Alumni Award for Excellence in Teaching
- 2015-04-13 Kevin Tunnicliffe recieves 2014 Andy Farquharson Teaching Excellence Award for Graduate Students
- 2015-04-13 Hebrew manuscript for the British Library
- 2014-12-11 Corey Wheldon's OpEd written for ENGL 418 accepted by the Times Colonist
- 2017-09-28 Mapping aboriginal place names for Stz'uminus First Nation
- 2015-07-03 Archive news from 2007 - 2015