2025 Writer-In-Residence Announced: Nancy Jo Cullen
Introducing our 2025 Writer-in-residence, Nancy Jo Cullen! Nancy will be holding office hours Mondays and Thursdays in Watson Hall 432. Please email her prior…
Congratulations Graduating Students: Fall 2024
The Department of English would like to extend a sincere congratulations to all of our Fall graduates! We are so proud of you.
PhD Students, Alumni Receive Dean's Awards
The Department of English extends warm congratulations to PhD students Nancy Mỹ Nghi La and April McInnes who were the recipient of Dean's Awards…
¹û½´ÊÓƵ Professor Wins VMI Betsy Warland Between Genres Award
Congratulations to English professor Armand Garnet Ruffo for his VMI Betsy Warland Between Genres Award for "The Dialogues." Learn about the award here: …
APAFA Announces the Steven Heighton Fellowship
The Al-Purdy A-Frame Residency, in collaboration with the Queen's Department of English and Creative Writing and the Kingston WritersFest is excited to announce the…
¹û½´ÊÓƵ Professor Awarded Excellence in Graduate Student Supervision
Sincere congratulations are due to our Graduate Chair Dr. Asha Varadharajan as she has been recognized by the Queen's School of Graduate Studies and…
¹û½´ÊÓƵ English Professor Rewarded the Marie Tremaine Fellowship
The Department of English would like to extend sincere congratulations to Dr. Kristin Moriah for receiving the Marie Tremaine Fellowship from the Bibliographical Society…
Author and PhD Student Mary Averling Interviewed in The ¹û½´ÊÓƵ Journal
Don't miss author and English PhD student Mary Averling's interview in The Queen's Journal about her debut novel, "The Curse of Eelgrass Bog". Check…
Engaged English 2024: Lecture Series Announced
The Department of English is excited to announce Engaged English 2024! This series features three exciting speakers. All talks will take place on Tuesdays…
Creative Writing Professor Wins Matt Cohen Award
The Department of English is proud to relay that Creative Writing professor Helen Humphreys has won the Matt Cohen Award: In Celebration of a…
¹û½´ÊÓƵ Professor Wins Poetry Prize
The Department would like to extend our sincerest congratulations to our very own Otoniya J. Okot Bitek, who has just won the Dorothy Livesay…
Congratulations Dr. Owen Kane
Endless congratulations goes out to Dr. Owen Kane for the successful defence of his dissertation! We are so proud of you, Owen.
2023 Writer-in-Residence Announced
Queen's Department of English is delighted to introduce our 2023 Writer-in-Residence Francesca Ekwuyasi! ¹û½´ÊÓƵ Francesca: Francesca Ekwuyasi is a learner, artist, and storyteller born…
Teaching Fellows 23/24
Our Teaching Fellowship series continues with ENGL 281: Legends of King Arthur: Medieval to Modern. Get the full details of the course here Learn…
Teaching Fellows 23/24
Our Teaching Fellows Series 2023/2024 continues with ENGL 277: Lesbian Literature, 1922-2022, instructed by Rachel M. Friars! You can read the full description of…
Retired English Professor Interviewed in The Atlantic
Recently, retired Queen's professor Dr. Gwynn Dujardin, who taught Early Modern Literature in our department, was interviewed by The Atlantic in an article called…
Teaching Fellows 23/24
Our 23/24 teaching fellows series continues with ENGL 237: Literature & the Fantastic. Our teaching fellows are upper-year PhD Candidates who design their courses…
English Professor Featured on Podcast
Professor Dr. Juliane Okot Bitek was featured in With Opened Mouths: The Podcast, hosted by by Dr Qanita Lilla and produced by Agnes Etherington…
Teaching Fellows 23/24
Introducing, our 2023/2024 Teaching Fellows Series! For the rest of the summer, we will be introducing our teaching fellows and their course for the…
¹û½´ÊÓƵ English Professor Purchases The Picton Gazette
Two English professors who relocated to Prince Edward County during the pandemic have bought the local paper, the Picton Gazette. The historic weekly, founded…
GES Releases Program for the 2023 Queens Graduate Conference in Literature
The Graduate English Society presents: Orientation: This Way, That Way, & the Other Taking place May 20-21 in Watson Hall 517! Read the whole…
Congratulations Dr. Kelly McDevitt
MANY congrats to Dr. Kelly McDevitt for the successful defence of her dissertation. Click through to learn more about Kelly's work. We are so…
Publication News: "Song and Dread," Otoniya J. Okot Bitek
Publication News! Huge congratulations goes out to Otoniya J. Okot Bitek who has just published a brand new poetry collection Song and Dread, published…
Congratulations Dr. Jordana Mendicino
Endless congratualtions to Dr. Jordana Mendicino for the successful defence of her dissertation "'you are part of this river, even if you have forgotten…
Two ¹û½´ÊÓƵ English Professors Awarded Black Scholars Excellence in Mentorship
Endless congratulations to Dr. Otoniya Juliane Okot Bitek and Dr. Kristin Moriah who are both the recipients of the Black Scholars Excellence in Mentorship…
Statement on Student Poverty
Statement on Student Poverty The Queen’s University English Department stands in solidarity with students, student groups, and activists working to end student poverty. Our…
2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize Event Announced
Save the date! The Department of English is delighted to present our 2023 Scotiabank Giller Prize Event. This year's event will feature 2022 winner…
Introducing our 2023 Writer in Residence: Peter Midgley
The Department of English is delighted to introduce our 2023 Writer in Residence, Peter Midgley! Peter Midgley is a writer and editor from Edmonton…
Engaged English Lecture Series 2023
The Department of English is delighted to present: Engaged English, 2023! Our 2023 lecture series is jam-packed with roundtables and presentations--we hope to see…
Dr. Kristin Moriah Awarded 2022 Yasuo Sakakibara Prize
Many congratulations goes out to Dr. Kristin Moriah, the recipient of the 2022 Yasuo Sakakibara Prize from the American Studies Association. Kristin is currently…
Dr. Yaël Schlick publishes "Metafiction"
Congratulations to Yaël Schlick on the publication of Metafiction! Metafiction explores the great variety and effects of this popular genre and style, variously defined…
Professor Helen Humphreys Awarded Honorary Doctorate
Congratulations to English professor Helen Humphreys, Doctor of Laws, honoris causa, who was awarded an honorary doctorate. Dr. Sam McKegeny was in attendance, and…
PhD Candidate Kelly McDevitt Co-Curates Exhibition
You're Invited! Join English PhD Candidate Kelly McDevitt and Dr. Brendan Edwards for their upcoming exhibition "Future Female: Women of Early Sci-Fi and Pulps."…
The Lamp Vol. 12 Published
A BIG congratulations goes out to The Lamp, who has just published their 12th Volume! The Lamp is a literary journal devoted to publishing…
Fall 2022 Lecture Series Announced: "Engaged English"
The Department of English is delighted to formally announce our Fall 2022 lecture series "Engaged English: The Contemporary Urgency of Literary Creation and Study."…
Publication Announcement: "A Is for Acholi" by Dr. Juliane Okot Bitek
Sincerest of congratulations to Dr. Juliane Okot Bitek for the publication of her latest poetry collection, A is for Acholi. A Is for Acholi…
¹û½´ÊÓƵ Creative Writing Student Longlisted for the CBC Nonfiction Prize
The Department of English is delighted to announce that Queen's student Michelle Li Zeng has been longlisted for the 2022 CBC Nonfiction Prize for…
Next Teaching Fellow and Course Announced for 22/23
Our "Teaching Fellow Series 2022/2023" continues with ENGL 294: Taylor Swift's Literary Legacy (Taylor's Version), created and instructed by doctoral candidate Meghan Burry. Click…
Fifth Teaching Fellow and Course Announced for 22/23
Our "Teaching Fellows 2022-2023" series continues with ENGL 235: True Crime Memoir. This course will be created and instructed by PhD Candidate Jesyka Traynor…
Fourth Teaching Fellow/Course for 22/23 Announced
Our "Teaching Fellows 2022/23" series continues with ENGL 276: Environmentalism in (Post) Colonial Literature, created and taught by Doctoral Candidate Sabrina Masud! Click though…
Third 22/23 Teaching Fellow and Course Announced
Our "Teaching Fellows 2022/23" Series continues with ENGL 251, "Jane Austen and her Contemporaries." This course will be created and taught by Doctoral Candidate…
More 19th Century Publication News: Brooke Cameron's Edited Collection
Our 19th Century publication news continues! We are delighted to announce the publication of Dr. Brooke Cameron's edited collection, The Vampire in Nineteenth-Century Literature…
Second Teaching Fellow and Course Announced for 2022-2023
Our "Teaching Fellows 2022-2023" series continues with doctoral candidate Hannah Skrynsky and her course ENGL 285: Decolonization in Canadian and Indigenous Science Fiction. Click…
Publication Announcement: Feminine Singularity
The Department of English would like to extend sincere congratulations to Dr. Ronjaunee Chatterjee for the publication of her monograph "Feminine Singularity: The Politics…
Teaching Fellows 2022-2023 Series Announced
The Department of English is delighted to announce a new social media series: "Teaching Fellows 2022-2023." In this series, we will introduce you to…
Congratulations Graduates!
The Department of English offers sincere congratulations to all of our students who graduated this week. You did it! We are so proud of…
Reflection from the Writer's Studio Event Announced
The Department of English and the Queen’s University Biological Station are thrilled to foster literary craft on Algonquin territory within the Frontenac Arch World…
Project Assistant for QUBS Writer's Studio Announced
Introducing, Rida Chaudhry! Rida is a fourth-year Political Studies student and Project Assistant for this year's Creative Writing Studio at ¹û½´ÊÓƵ Biological Station…
New Social Media Series: What I'm Reading
The Department of English at Queen's is excited to announce a social media series focused on what different students and faculty are reading! Stay…
Graduate English Society Conference Invite
Save the date! The Graduate English Society invites you to their inaugural graduate conference: "Escape: Moving Away, Moving Towards, Moving Within." The conference will…
Grad Students/Faculty Present at ACCUTE 2022
Many of our grad students and faculty organized panels and presented at this year's ACCUTE conference. To learn more about their research, panels, and…
Doctoral Student Owen Kane Receives Congress Graduate Merit Award
The sincerest of congratulations to doctoral candidate Owen Kane who has received the Congress Graduate Merit Award! Nominated by member scholarly associations of the…
New Social Media Series: Faculty-Student Collaboration
The Department of English is delighted to announce a social media series on student & faculty collaborations in the department. Series #1 is entitled…
Dr May's CWRI 272 and WRIT 290 Students Publish Anthology
Congratulations to Dr May's CWRI 272 and WRIT 290 students on the publication of their final projects in A Bend in the Sky: An…
Introducing: the Carolyn Smart Writer's Residency
Introducing, the Carolyn Smart Writer's Residency! For decades, Professor Smart dedicated her efforts to help the next generation of Canadian writers. Her former students…
Dr. Sam McKegney Nominated
We here at the English Department are excited to announce that our Department head Dr. Sam McKegney's monograph "Carrying the Burden of Peace: Reimagining…
Doctoral Candidate Suyin Olguin Featured on Grad Chat
This week on Grad Chat, English Doctoral Candidate Suyin Olguin was interviewed! Suyin discussed how school has changed for her, how her aspirations have…
PhD Candidate Molly Labenski featured on CBC Radio One
PhD Candidate Molly Labenski is going to be featured on CBC Radio One's series, "Ideas From the Trenches" which features the work of Canadian…
The Department Welcomes New Faculty Member, Dr. Ronjaunee Chatterjee
The Department of English is delighted to announce its newest faculty member, Dr. Ronjaunee Chatterjee! Dr. Chatterjee's expertise in nineteenth-century literature and culture, critical…
Two English Professors Working with Black Faculty & Staff Caucus
"Community. Connection. Understanding. Progress. These words serve as the building blocks for a group of Queen’s faculty and staff members seeking to infuse the…
GES announces Graduate Conference in Literature
The Graduate English Society is delighted to announce the Queen's Graduate Conference in Literature, taking place virtually on May 27, 2022. Proposals are due…
Exhibition Launched by Dr. Cameron and Alicia Alves
Be sure to check out the work of Dr. Brooke Cameron and doctoral candidate Alicia Alves, featured at W.D. Jordan Library until March 4th…
New Black Studies Scholars Named
¹û½´ÊÓƵ has welcomed seven new faculty members to the black studies program, including Dr. Juliane Okot Bitek, who is also cross appointed in…
English Faculty Named Classroom Champions for Mental Health
The Department of English is delighted to announce that two of our faculty members--Dr. Brooke Cameron and Dr. Angela Facundo--have been nominated as Classroom…
The Lamp Extends Deadline
The Lamp Literary Journal out of Queen's has extended their call for papers for their upcoming Volume 12. The board of The Lamp is…
Writer in Residence 2022
We are delighted to welcome our 2022 Writer in Residence, Omar El Akkad. Omar is an alumni of our creative writing program and the…
Dr. Sam McKegney interviews Giller Prize Winner Omar El Akkad
On January 10th, 2022, the Scotiabank Giller Prize hosted a conversation with Dr. Sam McKegney, the head of the Department of English, and Giller…
Graduate Inclusivity Fellows Named
Queen's English PhD Candidates named SGS Graduate Inclusivity Fellows
ENGL PhD Candidate Collaborates with Adam Matthews Digital
Emma McTavish is a fourth year PhD candidate here at the ¹û½´ÊÓƵ English Department.
Prof. Gabrielle McIntire Interviewed
An interview with Gabrielle McIntire, professor in the Department of English at Queen's and editor of The Cambridge Companion to The Waste Land, about T.S. Eliot's poem The Waste Land.
Trio of distinguished women scholars set to retire
Profs. Maggie Berg, Shelley King and Patricia Rae dedicated careers to exceptional teaching and research.
Congratulations Teaching Award Winners!
English Department Colleagues Honoured at the Celebration of Teaching on March 24
Black Studies Summer Seminar - Call for Applications
The Black Studies Summer Seminar is a one-weeklong research-intensive seminar engaged with various themes in or connected to Black studies hosted by the University of Toronto Scarborough and Queen’s University.
Robert Morrison's The Regency Years
The Netflix series 'Bridgerton' has sparked new interest in the Regency era. According to Rolling Stone's Sage Anderson, ¹û½´ÊÓƵ's, Department of English professor, Robert Morrison's "dynamic style, as well as quotes from letters and diaries, will teach you all about how this period shaped the world we know today."
Latner Writers’ Trust Poetry Prize - Armand Ruffo
Armand Ruffo, on being awarded the 2020 Latner Writers’ Trust Poetry Prize.
English Department Student Council
The English DSC Council is pleased to announce the launch of our new interactive website, queensenglishdsc.com.
Chris Gilmore, Artsci'11
Queen's English alum Chris Gilmore has just released his first short story collection, Nobodies (Now or Never Publishing). Congratulations, Chris! Here's what a couple of accomplished writers have to say about it:
Margaret Pappano: Recipient of Prestigious David Bevington Award
Margaret Aziza Pappano, Associate Professor in the Department of English, and Nicole R. Rice have been awarded the David Bevington Award for Best New…
Armand Ruffo Awarded Prestigious Life Membership
Armand Ruffo, Associate Professor and Queen’s National Scholar, was honoured last week by the League of Canadian Poets with a prestigious Life Membership Award…
