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Queen's Department of English Literature retweeted
You Are Invited: Novel Idea presents a Poetry Reading, featuring Sheila Stewart, Susan Wismer, Callista Markovitch, and Liz Huntly/Jensch. Wed. 3 Sept. 2025, 7.00 p.m., Novel Idea (156 Princess St.)
Many congratulations to our Department Head Dr. Sam McKegney for his big SSHRC win!
The Indigenous Hockey Research Network has received $2.5 million funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Partnership Grant. (1/2)
Created in 2019 at Queen’s University, the Network is focused on making hockey not only safer and more inclusive but also expressive of Indigenous values and an incubator for anti-racism and decolonial change. (2/2)
Learn more about the grant here: queensu.ca/artsci/news/reima…
Learn more about IHRN here: ihrn.net/home (3/2)
Join The Department of English and Creative Writing for an exciting series of events in the month of July. These events, along with our ‘Training the Early Modern Heart’ Conference (taking place July 29-31)...
...are marking the retirements of an incomparable pair of professors, Elizabeth Hanson and Marta Straznicky. Full event details can be found here: queensu.ca/english/conferenc…
Queen's Department of English Literature retweeted
TOPIA 50 is a special issue titled Beyond Homonationalisms: Queer(er) Possibilities of Elsewhere and Imagining Otherwise, exploring new and renewed formations of “queer” and calling for the imagination of new #QueerPossibilities. Read more: bit.ly/topia50 @JRJCHAIR
Queen's Department of English Literature retweeted
From workshops on putting together Tri-Council grants to job fairs, Queen’s and the SGSPA provide many opportunities for graduate student professional development
Keep an eye on the SGSPA events page for all upcoming events: bit.ly/3TsKX42
Queen's Department of English Literature retweeted
📚🧠 The V International Postgraduate Seminar in English Literature and Linguistics (IPSELL) will take place on September 26, 2025 at the UGR!
📥 The submission deadline has been extended to July 10, 2025.
More info at: drive.google.com/file/d/1FD6…
Queen's Department of English Literature retweeted
QUFA Digest: Endpoint Grievance: QUFA has filed a grievance disputing the imposition of the new Endpoint Protection requirements. Thank you to everyone who has put in work and provided feedback on this issue over the past few months. Please stay tuned for further updates.
Queen's Department of English Literature retweeted
This week is the 2025 edition of the Black Studies Summer Seminar. This year’s theme is On Gathering (over, under, and in-between). Events include workshops, seminars, keynote lectures, and dedicated spaces for discussion, engagement, and gathering. blk-s3tudies.com/events
This is a reminder about the upcoming Honouring the Word Warriors event!
The Department of English invites you to join us for readings by 11 award-winning Indigenous writers, including Jeannette Armstrong, Marilyn Dumont, Louise Halfe, Tomson Highway, Armand Garnet Ruffo...1/3
Drew Hayden Taylor, Nicola Campbell, Liz Howard, Brandi Bird, Emily Riddle, and Joshua Whitehead.
This FREE event will be held on Friday, May 30th at the Isabel Bader Centre for Performing Arts (390 King St W, Kingston, ON, K7L 2X4)...2/3
Announcing:
Special Topics Presentations 2025!
Each talk will be presented in a hybrid format (Zoom and Watson 517). All are welcome! Come support the wonderful work of our graduate students.
Click through to see the schedule for presentations.
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The Zoom link can be accessed here: queensu.zoom.us/j/9877947497… (2/2)
📯The Graduate English Society Presents:
Queen's Graduate Conference in Literature 2025: "Liminal Prospects"
📷Click through to see the wonderful panels. We are so proud of our graduate students for putting together such a robust conference! (1/2)
The Zoom links for all three conference days can be found here: linktr.ee/engldept (2/2)
Queen's Department of English Literature retweeted
To help us plan for ACCUTE 2026, please take a moment to complete the following short survey of ACCUTE members. docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F…
Join us on zoom on May 21 at 1pm!
As a part of the Teaching and Learning Month at Queen’s (May–June) Queen's University Library invites you to join a talk entitled “Special Connections: Enriching Student Learning with Library Collections & Collaborations”. (1/4)
...teaching using a recent senior seminar in English literature (ENGL436): A Material History of Book and Print Culture. This collaborative experience was awarded the 2025 Queen's Principal’s Promoting Student Inquiry Award. (3/4)
This event will feature our very own Dr. Leslie Ritchie!
Register here: queensu.zoom.us/meeting/regi… (4/4)