January

juice 17 Now Accepting Submissions

Fri. Jan. 13, 2017 12:00 AM

Larissa Wodtke Co-Authors Study of Manic Street Preachers

Wed. Jan. 11, 2017 12:00 AM
Larissa Wodtke, the Research Coordinator at the Centre for Research in Young People’s Texts and Cultures, has contributed an essay to the... Read More

February

Katherena Vermette is the 2017 Carol Shields Writer-in-Residence

Mon. Feb. 27, 2017 8:30 AM
The English Department is very happy to host Katherena Vermette as the 2017 Carol Shields Writer-in-Residence for the month of March. A... Read More

WRITING THE LINE A Conference for Writers at The University of Winnipeg

Wed. Feb. 15, 2017 2:00 PM
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Guest Speaker on German Comics & Graphic Novels

Wed. Feb. 8, 2017 12:00 AM

Carla Manfredi Wins Prestigious Fellowship at University of Edinburgh

Wed. Feb. 8, 2017 12:00 AM
Congratulations to Dr. Carla Manfredi, who has been awarded The American Philosophical Society/Institute for Advanced Studies in the... Read More

March

Now Accepting Submissions for the R.N. Hallstead Memorial Shakespeare Prize

Mon. Mar. 20, 2017 12:00 AM

Now Accepting Submissions for the Creative Writing Awards

Mon. Mar. 20, 2017 12:00 AM

Carla Manfredi Awarded Huntington Library Fellowship

Wed. Mar. 15, 2017 12:00 AM
Carla Manfredi has been awarded a Fellowship at the Huntington Library for the Fall semester. The Huntington Library is a rare book library and... Read More

Candida Rifkind on “Comics in Academia” Panel at Prairie Comics Fest

Wed. Mar. 15, 2017 12:00 AM
Candida Rifkind will be discussing the role of comics and graphic narratives at the Prairie Comics Fest, a free event open to the public that takes... Read More

English 3120 Practicum Students Organize Events for March

Tue. Mar. 14, 2017 12:00 AM
Professor Naomi Hamer's English 3120 Practicum class is organizing a series of events for March in the University Library. In addition to... Read More

March 31st Deadline for call for designs of the yellow carrels at the library

Fri. Mar. 10, 2017 12:00 AM

Jessica Jacobson-Konefall Awarded SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship

Wed. Mar. 8, 2017 12:00 AM
Sessional instructor and alumnus Jessica Jacobson-Konefall has won a SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship, to be held at University of Toronto, with Dr.... Read More

Thomas Toles Writing and Performing in "The Artist Within" at MTYP

Fri. Feb. 10, 2017 12:00 AM
Thomas Toles is writing and performing in a big multimedia production at the Manitoba Theatre for Young People, "The Artist Within,"... Read More

Peter Melville Presenting at 38th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts

Thu. Feb. 9, 2017 12:00 AM
Peter Melville will present a paper at "Fantastic Epics: The 38th International Conference on the Fantastic in the Arts," which... Read More

April

Professor Venema’s ENGL 3180 Organizes “Community Conversation for Peace”

Thu. Apr. 27, 2017 8:30 AM
ENGL-3180 "Making Peace and War in Literature," includes the traditional study of literary and cultural texts; a practicum component... Read More

Heather Milne and Angela Failler (WGS) Receive $22,000 for Museum Queeries Workshop

Thu. Apr. 20, 2017 11:30 AM
Dr. Heather Milne (English) and Dr. Angela Failler (Women’s and Gender Studies) have been awarded over $22,000 to support the... Read More

Three English Faculty Presenting at International Auto/Biography Association – Americas Conference

Tue. Apr. 11, 2017 12:00 AM
Three English Department faculty are presenting at the bi-annual conference of the International Auto/Biography Association – Americas... Read More

Kathryn Ready Article Published by the University of Oxford

Mon. Apr. 10, 2017 12:00 AM
Kathryn Ready has an article, "John Aikin, Joseph Addison and Two Eighteenth-Century Eastern Tales of Remembered Metempsychosis,"... Read More

Kathryn Ready Presented at McMaster University

Mon. Apr. 10, 2017 12:00 AM
Kathryn Ready presented a conference paper, "'The Nobler Growth these Realms Supply': The Aikin Family's Engagement with... Read More

May

Student Editors of juice Magazine Had an Extraordinary Year

Wed. May. 31, 2017 2:00 PM
English students Hannah Green, Rachel Narvey, and Joel Ferguson comprise the editorial team for juice 17, a literary journal put... Read More

Andrew Burke presenting at the Screen Studies conference in Glasgow

Wed. May. 31, 2017 12:00 AM
Professor Andrew Burke is presenting at the 27th International Screen Studies conference at the University of Glasgow from June 23rd to 25th. His... Read More

Candida Rifkind Wins Gabrielle Roy Prize for Canadian Graphic

Wed. May. 31, 2017 12:00 AM
Canadian Graphic: Picturing Life Narratives, co-edited by Linda Warley and University of Winnipeg English Department member Candida Rifkind, and... Read More

Bruno Cornellier publishes article in The American Indian Culture and Research Journal

Thu. May. 25, 2017 12:00 AM
Bruno Cornellier just published a new article in the American Indian Culture and Research Journal. His article, entitled “Extracting... Read More

Doris Wolf Researching Memoirs of German Immigrants to North America

Mon. May. 1, 2017 2:30 PM
Doris Wolf is currently on a research leave to research memoirs of German immigrants to North America, so we asked her to tell us more about this... Read More

Zbigniew Izydorczyk Presenting Research at Four Conferences

Mon. May. 1, 2017 12:00 AM
Professor Zbigniew Izydorczyk is presenting research at four conferences this spring: “The Idea of the Gospel of Nicodemus,”... Read More

August

Andrew Burke Publishes Article on New Order Music Video

Tue. Aug. 29, 2017 12:00 AM
Andrew Burke has recently published the following article: “The Perfect Kiss: New Order and the Music Video.” Music Video:... Read More

Fall/Winter English Courses With No Wait Lists

Thu. Aug. 24, 2017 10:00 AM
The following English Department courses have open spaces as of August 24, 2017. Students who do not have the requisites to enroll should contact... Read More

September

Méira Cook will be our Carol Shields Writer in Residence for 2018

Tue. Sep. 26, 2017 3:00 PM
Méira Cook was born in Johannesburg and worked as a journalist in South Africa. Since coming to Canada, she has published five books of... Read More

Bruno Cornellier Publishes Article in Discourse

Fri. Sep. 8, 2017 12:00 AM
Bruno Cornellier recently published a new article in the journal Discourse (Vol. 39, no.1). His article, entitled “The Struggle of... Read More

Get to Know the English Department Contract Faculty!

Fri. Sep. 1, 2017 9:30 AM
The English Department is pleased to profile a number of the contract faculty who are teaching courses in the Fall/Winter 2017-18 academic year. We... Read More

Jenny Heijun Wills Presenting at UW French-Studies Conference

Fri. Sep. 1, 2017 12:00 AM
Jenny Heijun Wills will give a presentation based on her recently published article “Competing Nationalisms in Ru and La Trilogie... Read More

Jenny Heijun Wills Invited to Writing Residency at Banff Centre

Fri. Sep. 1, 2017 12:00 AM
Jenny Heijun Wills is one of 20 participants invited to participate in the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity residency, "Centering... Read More

October

English Literature Students’ Association (ELSA) Gearing Up for a Busy Year

Mon. Oct. 30, 2017 12:00 AM
In 2016-17, after a hiatus of a couple of years, the English Literature Students’ Association (ELSA) was brought back to life by... Read More

Jenny Heijun Wills Wins Grant to Support Critical Race Network

Wed. Oct. 25, 2017 1:00 PM
Dr. Jenny Heijun Wills is one of the first three inaugural grant recipients of the UW Knowledge Mobilization Community Impact Program. This awards... Read More

Launch of The Six Seasons of the Asiniskow Ithiniwak Project

Wed. Oct. 25, 2017 12:00 AM
The Six Seasons of the Asiniskow Ithiniwak collaborative project will celebrate its official launch on Friday, October... Read More

Reading and Talk by Ann Eriksson and Gary Geddes

Mon. Oct. 23, 2017 12:00 AM

Vancouver Author David Chariandy Reading from New Novel