The SFU Department of English Blog
The SFU Department of English blog is here!
This is a space for SFU English students, faculty, staff, and alumni to share experiences, projects, ideas, images, habits, pedagogical questions, reading lists, and more.
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October 03, 2019
Field Notes from the Folger
by Betty Schellenberg -
June 19, 2019
English Graduate Conference -
September 14, 2018
When One Dream Fails: letter to first years
Isabella Wang -
September 04, 2018
Welcome Back!
Paul Budra -
January 01, 2015
To Blog or Not to Blog: Social Media as Academic Practice
David Gaertner -
January 01, 2015
On Teaching Gender, Sexuality, and Literature
Sarah Creel -
July 29, 2015
A Recipe for an English Honours Project
Emma Goyer -
July 30, 2015
"To be or not to be," Communicating our Humanities
Paul Budra -
July 30, 2015
A Rhetorician, a Psychoanalyst, and a Comedian Walk into a Bar. . .
Sean Zwagerman -
August 10, 2015
Performance Studies 101
Peter Dickinson -
August 29, 2015
Welcome Back!
Paul Budra -
September 24, 2015
Adventures in Research Opus 4
Lindsey Bannister -
October 01, 2015
In Defense of my Year at SFU
Siobhan Doody -
October 21, 2015
Geoff Ryman’s "The Child Garden" - A Review
Emma Mulligan -
November 02, 2015
Close Encounters of the Imaginative Kind
Reema Faris -
November 10, 2015
Filling in the Gaps
Lindsey Bannister -
November 17, 2015
"Write what you know"
Kelsey Blair -
November 24, 2015
Adventures in Pedagogy (Part One)
Nicky Didicher -
November 26, 2015
Adventures in Pedagogy (Part Two)
Nicky Didicher -
December 01, 2015
After Graduation from SFU
Virginia Li Lai-hing -
December 16, 2015
English 310's Fantastic Final Projects
Tiffany Werth's English 310 Students -
January 21, 2016
Alt-ac Panel
Haida Antolick, Mariner Janes, Dr. Anna Miegon, Dr. Jennifer Scott, and Sam Wiebe -
January 25, 2016
The “Grad School Thing” in Medieval Studies
Maude Vachon-Roy -
March 21, 2016
Multiculturalism: the new new
Moe Marjani -
May 09, 2016
English 881 Reads
English 881 -
April 22, 2016
The Annual English Honours Colloquium -
May 27, 2016
Interview with Hannah Celinski
Carolyne Clare -
July 02, 2020
On writing a textbook
Paul Budra -
May 16, 2016
Deciphering Dickinson
Alyssa Bridgman -
June 08, 2016
Workshop on Descriptive Bibliography
Matt Hussey -
July 08, 2016
New English Courses!
Sean Zwagerman -
July 18, 2016
Experiential Learning in English literature courses
Nicky Didicher -
August 29, 2016
Welcome!
Paul Budra -
September 08, 2016
Chasing the Eighteenth-Century Literary Coterie through the Archive
Betty Schellenberg -
September 15, 2016
Not Teaching Moby-Dick
Mike Everton -
September 27, 2016
Banned Books Week!
Digital Humanities Innovation Lab (DHIL) -
October 07, 2016
Podcasting for Scholarly Communication Workshop
Digital Humanities Innovation Lab (DHIL) -
October 27, 2016
All poetry all the time.
Clint Burnham -
February 22, 2017
What I do now: Using my English background to communicate with purpose.
Alison Roach -
April 07, 2017
Spring English Network Career Panel
James Siddall, Yaa-Hemaa Obiri-Yeboah, Simone Abt, Christina Low, Penny Freno, & Chris Hilliard -
May 24, 2017
Alt-ac Panel
Haida Antolick, Mariner James, Heather Ritzer, and Sam Wiebe -
July 12, 2017
Unpathed Waters, Undreamed Shores -
September 05, 2017
Welcome!
Paul Budra -
September 18, 2017
Reacting to the Past Game -
November 29, 2017
Dystopian Teaching
Clint Burnham -
June 08, 2018
Recovering a life-story: Unpublished manuscript pages in Maria Campbell’s Halfbreed
Alix Shield -
October 24, 2019
Isabella Wang: student, writer, and literary community volunteer
Isabella Wang spends so much time studying at Simon Fraser University (SFU) that the cleaners have started bringing her samosas. -
October 29, 2019
Indigenous Literature and Film Festival 2019
Audience members, including SFU students, faculty, and former and current MATE students, mingle during the breaks: "Thank you for a fantastic day of learning." -
November 08, 2019
Graduate and Post-Doctoral Studies Awards -
November 20, 2019
Experiential Humanities: Engaging Students in 18th-Century Literature Through a Manuscript Media Lab -
December 11, 2019
In Memoriam: Joseph Gallagher, Retired English Professor, March 26, 1938-October 17, 2019 -
December 17, 2019
Former SFU English Department Chair Becomes Lifetime Member of the RSC -
January 08, 2020
Persistence is pivotal in major discovery by archive ninja Alix Shield
Alix Shield discovers two typewritten pages from Métis author Maria Campbell's seminal autobiography, "Halfbreed". -
January 09, 2020
In Recognition of Professor Carole Gerson’s Retirement
The Department of English gathered in December 2019 to celebrate the career of newly retired Professor Carole Gerson, FRSC. -
January 30, 2020
Celebrating Student Achievement
The Department of English celebrates student achievement. -
March 27, 2020
Undergrad students across FASS earn top honours in 2019 Student Learning Commons Writing Contest
Congratulations to students from across the university and especially across the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) who took home top honours in the 3rd Annual 2019 Student Learning Commons (SLC) Writing Contest! -
July 02, 2020
MATE 2018–2020 Virtual Symposium
Virtual Symposium on Shakespeare & Indigenous Literatures -
April 01, 2020
English student Kevin Spenst finds fulfillment at SFU after 30-year hiatus
After completing his BA at SFU 30 years ago, Kevin Spenst is back, finding fulfillment in graduate studies. -
April 16, 2020
Alix Shield Successfully Defends Her PhD Thesis
Alix Shield successfully defended her outstanding dissertation, Kwaskatahsowin ("Put things to right"): Case Studies in Twentieth-Century Indigenous Women's Writing, Editing, and Publishing in Canada. -
April 22, 2020
Remembering Mary-Ann Stouck (1941-2020)
The English Department remembers retired Professor Mary-Ann Stouck, who passed away April 4, 2020. -
July 02, 2020
Congratulations to our 2020-2021 CGSM Winners!
The Department of English congratulates our six MA students for winning the 2020-2021 CGSM competition -
July 02, 2020
SFU English Graduate Students Rachel Bodnariuc and Cole Mash Win SSHRC Doctoral Awards
Rachel Bodnariuc and Cole Mash have won 2020 SSHRC Doctoral awards. -
May 11, 2020
Amila Li Receives the 2020 Teaching Assistant Teaching Award
The Department of English congratulates Amila Li on her 2020 Teaching Assistant Teaching Award. -
June 10, 2020
Alix Shield graduates with her PhD in English having contributed to the study of Indigenous Literature
Alix Shield graduates with her PhD in English. Read about her journey focused on the study of Indigenous literature. -
July 02, 2020
Celebrating the 2020 SFU English Undergraduate Award Winners
The SFU English Department congratulates its 2020 undergraduate award winners. -
July 02, 2020
Black Lives Matter Reading List
Check out our Black Lives Matter Reading List!