From June 21-24, 2017, Ken Graham and Alysia Kolentsis joined forces with the Stratford Festival to host the second Shakespearean Theatre Conference: “Shakespeare 401: What’s Next?”
UWaterloo English professor Linda Warley and Candida Rifkind of Wilfrid Laurier University have won the 2016 Gabrielle Roy Prize for their co-edited essay collection Canadian Graphic: Picturing Life Narratives. The collection's contributors draw on literary theory, visual studies, and cultural
The Department of English Language and Literature in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Waterloo invites applications for a three-year definite-term appointment starting August 1, 2017 at the rank of Lecturer in Rhetoric and Technical Communication. The successful candidate may be considered for reappointment at the completion of the contract.
Houman Mehrabian, a PhD student in English Language and Literature, has received the 2017 Amit and Meena Chakma Award for Exceptional Teaching by a Student.
The Critical Media Lab is pleased to announce an open call for submissions and creative new media projects for their annual exhibition scheduled for April 7, 2017.
UWaterloo English PhD candidate Betsy Brey is examining how narratives affect employee motivation. Through a Mitacs grant, Betsy was able to work with Ontario organizational development consulting firm ODScore to see how narratives around organizational change affected employee attitudes.
The Department of English offers approximately 25 donor-supported awards for exemplary student work in a wide array of genres, from essays to creative writing (poetry and prose) to rhetoric, professional writing, and digital design.
