Events - 2015

Linda Warley (English Language and Literature) is pleased to present her paper: "Digging up the Doll: Inherited Memories of the Removal of German Nationals From Eastern Europe"

Thursday, November 26, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. in ML 245.

In this paper Prof. Warley considers her mother’s experiences as a child refugee in 1945.

Her Excellency Mrs. Sharon Johnston returns to UWaterloo to read excerpts from her first work of fiction Matrons and Madams, followed by a discussion moderated by Professor Shelley Hulan from the Department of English Language and Literature.

As an alternate history genre, steampunk literature builds its worlds by answering the “what if?” question of science fiction and fantasy with a re-imagining of nineteenth-century history and literature and engaging with cultural discourses of the day.

Essential information for ALL English majors about changes to your English plan.

The Department of English Language and Literature is pleased to invite you to “Mediated Bodies,” the first event in our Faculty Research Series. Come hear English authors Beth Coleman and Jay Dolmage speak about their recent books, and stay for discussion and refreshments.

Milton's Hair:  A (Long) Eighteenth Century Entanglement

Jayne Lewis is Professor of English at the University of California, Irvine and the author, most recently, of Air’s Appearance: Literary Atmosphere in British Fiction (Chicago, 2012).

Behemoth is Matthew Schwager's final project for the Experimental Digital Media MA in the University of Waterloo English Department. Produced in collaboration with the Critical Media Lab, it is an interactive digital media project open to the public. Participate and watch as your image is projected live onto City Hall.

You are invited to attend the 2015 Asian Research Working Group Conference on "Asia and Globalization."

From the rise of Asian economies to the spread of Bollywood films and Japanese anime, Asia has emerged as a major player in debates around globalization. This conference seeks to examine economic, political, social, cultural, and historical dimensions of globalization in Asia and the globalizing of Asian cultures in the rest of the world.