The
Faculty
of
Arts
is
proud
to
share
that
Professor
Winfried
Siemerling
of
the
Department
of
English
Language
and
Literature
is
among
five University
of
Waterloo
researchers
who have
been
named
fellows
of
the
Royal
Society
of
Canada
(RSC),
just announced
today.
Winfried
Siemerling is
internationally
recognized
for
his
pioneering
work
on
Canadian
and
other
North
American
literatures
and
cultures
in
comparative
and
transnational
perspectives.
Critically
acclaimed
for
his
incisive
theorization
of
English,
French,
and
black
Canadian
writing,
Professor
Siemerling
has
influentially
repositioned
Canadian
cultural
achievement
within
broader
North
American,
hemispheric,
and
transatlantic
contexts,
breaking
new
ground
with
prize-winning
works
like
The
New
North
American
Studies
(2005)
and
The
Black
Atlantic
Reconsidered:
Black
Canadian
Writing,
Cultural
History,
and
the
Presence
of
the
Past, which won
a
2015
Gabrielle
Roy
Prize
from
the
Association
for
Canadian
and
Quebec
Literatures.
Read
this
story
about
Professor
Siemerling's
efforts
to
make
his
2015 book
widely
accessible
for
scholars,
students,
and
everyone
--
including a
detailed website with
links
to
original
sources
and
research
aids.
