News & Events
See also Recent Publications, Recent Presentations, and Award Winners.
Click image for larger view.
Click image for larger view.
Speakers include English Professors Matthew Rowlinson and Bryce Traister
Thursday 22 November 2012, 5-6:30 pm in University College 224 (Conron Hall)
Click image for larger view.
Check out this great post on the Arts and Humanities Student blog from Kaitlyn Sykes, a Western undergraduate English student currently studying in Nice, France. Kaitlyn will continue to share her experiences with us, so check back regularly! http://uwoarts.wordpress.com/.
Call for Participation:
The Public Scholarship Education Series presents:
“Mobilizing Knowledge and Imagining Campus-Community Collaboration”
Saturday, November 10, 9:00am – 3:00pm
Chu International Student Centre, Student Services Building
For more information: http://www.uwo.ca/arts/pages/public-humanities-workshop.html
and click image below.
The Undergraduate English Society, The Coterie, presents
The Gruesome, the Gory, and the Misguided:
A Hallowe'en-Themed Lecture Series
Conron Hall (University College 224)
Wednesday, October 24, 5:30-7:30 pm
Click image for full details.
Western University English Department presents
Francis Beaumont's The Knight of the Burning Pestle
Conron Hall (University College 224)
November 8, 9, 10, 14 & 15 at 8 pm
Click image for full details.
The Word Hoard Inaugural Issue Launch Party
The Word Hoard is pleased to announce the printing of its inaugural issue, “Community and Dissent.” To celebrate the launch, Word Hoard editors along with the Graduate English Society cordially invite you to “Back and Forth and Forward” — an evening featuring guest speakers and dialogue between some of the current issue’s contributors.
The launch party will take place on 12 October 2012, from 5:00-7:00 PM in Conron Hall, University College 224. A reception will follow the talks in UC 225.
The evening will incl
ude a guest talk by Dr. Bryce Traister (Chair, English), a dialogue between Mary Eileen Wennekers (English) and Matthew Halse (Theory), a discussion of the current call for papers for our next issue by Dr. Călin-Andrei Mihăilescu (Modern Languages and Literatures), and a word from the editors. Print copies of Word Hoard’s “Community and Dissent” will be available at the event for free or for a voluntary donation.
We look forward to the company of our friends, colleagues, mentors and readers in celebrating this important milestone. All are welcome.
https://www.facebook.com/events/289477497827568/
Professor Michael Groden is interviewed in The Writer's Chronicle, the magazine of the Association of Writers and Writing Programs, about his years of teaching, studying, and writing about James Joyce's Ulysses. Read it here: https://www.awpwriter.org/library/writers_news_view/2740/ulysses_to_a_scholar.
A Reading by 2012-13 Writer-in-Residence Ivan Coyote
Join us Thursday, September 27 at 7 pm in Conron Hall (UC 224). This year's Writer-In-Residence will give her inaugural reading. Read more about Ivan Coyote.
Everyone Welcome!
WESTERN SUMMER SHAKESPEARE
presents The Winter’s Tale by William Shakespeare
July 3 - 7, 2012
University College Courtyard
Western University
7:30 pm
Tickets are $15 ($10 for students and seniors)
A play about love, loss, transformation, and forgiveness, Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale is the story of a mistakenly jealous king who learns to see beyond his own selfish obsession. First performed in 1611 at the Globe Theatre in London, England, the play is one of Shakespeare’s late Romances (plays of fantastical metamorphoses, grief overcome, and joyful reconciliation). Our production of what is essentially a very spring-like or summery Winter’s Tale will be performed in the delightful garden of the University College Courtyard on the beautiful campus at Western University this coming July.
For more information go to our website at www.uwosummershakespeare.webs.com, or contact Jo Devereux at jdevereu@uwo.ca.
Professor Joel Faflak has been appointed as the (first) Director of the School of Advanced Studies in Arts and Humanities.
Professor Nandi Bhatia has been appointed Associate Dean (Research) for the Faculty of Arts and Humanities
The Department of English is delighted to announce its 2012-13 Writer in Residence: Ivan E. Coyote. Click Here for more information.
Welcome back, Western English MA and MLIS graduate, Lindsey Bannister, Librarian-in-Residence. Lindsey will hold weekly office hours this term in the Department of English to support student and faculty learning, research and teaching. Click Here for more information.