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Wednesday, March 25th, 2009
The Department of English Speaker Series presents:
"'I wol now sing, yif I kan' - the problems of
authoritative 'singing' in Chaucer's 'House of Fame'"
Dr. Kathy Cawsey (Dalhousie University)
Friday, March 27th
Room 1198, 3:45 PM
Refreshments will be served.
Friday, March 20th, 2009
The Department of English Speaker Series presents:
"The Northern Vision of Gwendolyn MacEwen"
Dr. Renée Hulan (St. Mary's University)
Friday, March 20th
Room 1198, 3:45 PM
Refreshments will be served.
Friday, March 13th, 2009
The Department of English Speaker Series presents:
"Shakespeare in France"
Dr. Ronald Tetrault (Dalhousie)
Friday, March 13th
Room 1198, 3:45 PM
Refreshments will be served.
Tuesday March 3rd, 2009
The Department of English Speaker Series presents:
"Dickens' Financial Memory."
Dr. Sara Malton (St. Mary's University)
Friday, March 6th
Room 1198, 3:45 PM
Refreshments will be served.
February 19th, 2009
Valentines Day Sonnet Contest
winning entries are now available to view. Click here to see the 2009 Valentines Day Sonnet Contest Winners!
February 10th, 2009
The Department of English Speaker Series presents:
"'Study our Manuscripts': John Donne's Problems with Privacy"
Dr. Ron Huebert
Friday, February 13th
Room 1198, 3:45 PM
Refreshments will be served.
January 28th, 2009
Valentines Day Sonnet Contest
The Department of English and the Dalhousie English Society present a Valentine's Day contest. The task is to write a sonnet on a theme appropriate to Valentine's Day: love, unrequited love, rejected love, seasonally instigated dental caries, or a reproach to Saint Valentine for buying into the patriarchal economy of the exchange of women, for examples.
The sonnet may be in any of the recognized sonnet forms. See a site by Damon McLaughlin for forms and examples: http://www.uni.edu/~gotera/CraftOfPoetry/sonnet.html <http://www.uni.edu/%7Egotera/CraftOfPoetry/sonnet.html>
And for a few helpful words on iambic pentameter see also James Fenton at
http://books.guardian.co.uk/fentonserial/story/0,,750297,00.html#article_continue
<http://http://books.guardian.co.uk/fentonserial/story/0,,750297,00.html#article_continue>
The contest is open to all declared English or Creative Writing majors and honours students (the contestant's transcript must show a declared English program), Dalhousie or King's.Anonymous entries, the authors of which are identified only by B00 number, are to be placed in the departmental entry box by Friday, February 6th. Contestants agree that winning entries may be published by the department.
Prizes are as follows: first prize $200; second prize $150; third prize $100 and two honorable mentions at $50 each., as well as some boxes of delectable chocolates for the runner ups. The prizes will be awarded at a reading and celebration on Valentine's Day,
Thursday February 12th at the Grawood at 4:30pm.
January 9th, 2009
Exchange Agreement with the English Department of
the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
All tuition costs will be covered by your Dalhousie fees. Departmental information session will be held on Thursday January 22 @ 11:30 a.m. in room 1198 of the McCain Building. Pizza will be served.
Shakespeare's Hall Plays
a fiftieth anniversary lecture by S.E Sprott, professor emeritus
Date is Thursday January 22 from 7:00 - 8:00 p.m. in MacMechan Hall, Killam Library. All Welcome.
Honours information session with Dr. Christina Luckyj
on Thursday February 5 @ 11:30 a.m. in room 1198 of the McCain Building.
Pizza will be served.
January 5th, 2009
Classes resume, welcome back!
November 14th, 2008
The Dalhousie Department of English (in association with the Canada Arts Council) is proud to introduce a series of workshops with upcoming writer in residence, Carol Bruneau.
Click here for dates, times and more information.
November 13th, 2008
You are invited to participate in a day of career activities on Friday, November 21st
FASS Career Day
Career Panel Discussion, 3:00 pm - 5:00 pm
FASS Building, Scotiabank Auditorium
Key speakers include: Tanya Shaw Weeks (President & CEO Unique Solutions, top 40 under 40), Sinclar Stewart (New York Bureau Chief, Gobe & Mail), Shawna Hoyte (lawyer), and Mike Savage (MP).
November 5th, 2008
Click here to see the 2008 Varma Prize Winners & Event Photos!
October 29th, 2008
Read this article 2007 Varma Prize winner Michael Johnstone's story, The Embalming Girl.
October 23rd, 2008
The English Department invites you to the
2008 Varma Readings
(at which the 2008 winners will be announced)
OCTOBER 31st 4:30 - 6:30 @ the Grawood Lounge
Pizza will be served. Dress: Costume, of course!
The Varma Prizes are for the best works (short) of Gothic Literature by Dalhousie English majors. With cash prizes (totalling $750) made possible by alumnus William Blakeney, this literary competition is in honour of the late Devendra Varma, former member of the English Department.
October 22rd, 2008
The Department of English Speaker Series presents:
Dr. Kevin Whetter (Acadia)
"Redefining Mediaeval Romance"
October 15th, 2008
The 2008 Varma Prizes in Gothic Literature deadline is fast approaching!
All submissions are due by this coming Tuesday (October 21st) October 14th, 2008
The Department of English Speaker Series presents:
Dr. Len Diepeveen (Dalhousie)
"Fraudulent Intents"
-and-
Connor Byrne (Dalhousie)
"Misunderstanding Untermeyer: Popular Modernism, New Criticism, and "The Red Wheelbarrow"
October 1, 2008
DalNews, Faculty Frosh: Spotlight on Darryl Whetter
September 11th, 2008:
The English Department is pleased to announce...
2008 Varma Prizes in Gothic Literature
Given by alumnus William Blakeney in honour of the late Devendra Varma, former member of the English Department, the prizes total $750. The prizes will be awarded to the best submission, in the opinion of a panel of judges, of the best original work of gothic fiction or poetry. Submissions (250 words max.) in the drop box in the English department office by October 21. Include your B00 number (naturally) but not your name. Contestants must be declared undergraduate English majors or honours students (that is, your transcript must show that you are an English major). First prize - $500, second prize - $150, and third prize - $100 to be presented at a reading October 31.
For more information on Devendra Varma, click here.
September 09, 2008 (Welcome Back!): Dalhousie English announces new writer in residence, Carol Bruneau
April 15th, 2008:
Dennis / Fooshee Prize Winners
W.H. Dennis Memorial Prizes
Joseph Howe Prizes (for a poem or group of poems)
James DeMille Prizes
- ($250) For an Essay: Christine Yao, "Alienating Metropolis: The Poet and the Prostitute in the Poetry of Walt Whitman"
Clare Murray Fooshee Poetry Prizes
April, 4, 2008
The Department of English Speaker Series presents:
Jason Haslam (Dalhousie)
"The Sovereign Pen: Punishment and Terror in the Early US"
March, 28, 2008
The Department of English Speaker Series presents:
Dean Irvine (Dalhousie)
“Sinister Plots: Masculinist Modernisms and Modernist Masculinities”
March, 7, 2008
The Department of English Speaker Series presents:
Christina Luckyj (Dalhousie)
“Politics and Marriage in Seventeenth-Century England:
Rereading the Swetnam - Speght Debate”
Feb. 22, 2008
The Department of English Speaker Series presents:
David Evans (Dalhousie)
and
El Jones (Dalhousie)
Will be presenting their North American Conference papers
Congratulations to our Valentine's Day Sonnet winners and thank you to all those that participated!
First Place: Peter Chiykowski - Shall I compare thee to a world's ending?
Second Place: Amy Dempsey - Rendezvous
Third Place: Julia Clahane - Lady Rye
Click here to view the winning entries.
Feb. 15, 2008
The Department of English Speaker Series presents:
Darrel Varga (NSCAD)
“Concepts of Culture and Community in Atlantic Canadian Cinema”
Feb. 8, 2008
The Department of English Speaker Series presents:
Judith Thompson (Dal) and Yasmin Solomonescu (MSVU)
"The Correspondent Flame: Collaborative Approaches to John Thelwall."
Jan. 31, 2008
The Department of English Speaker Series presents:
Rebecca Babcock, Dal
“Approaches to Trauma in the Fiction of Contemporary Canadian Ethnic Minority Women Writers”
and
Meagan Timney, Dal
“Factory Girls: Literary Labours of Working-Class Women in Victorian Britain”
Please note the new date and location:
Thursday Jan. 31st in room 1102 in the FASS
Jan. 30, 2008
Movie Series:
Dr. Christy Luckyj will introduce House of Sand and Fog
on Wednesday Jan. 30, from 7:30 to 10:30 at the McMechan Room in the Killam Library
Jan. 25, 2008
The Department of English Speaker Series presents:
Dr. Bruce Greenfield (Dalhousie)
"Clerks or Authors? The Fur Trade as a Ground for Writing."
Jan. 18, 2008
A Valentine in Fourteen Lines
CONTEST!
The Department of English and the Dalhousie English Society present a
Valentine's Day contest. The task is to write a sonnet on a theme appropriate
to Valentine's Day: love, unrequited love, rejected love, seasonally
instigated dental caries, or a reproach to Saint Valentine for buying into the
patriarchal economy of the exchange of women, for examples.
The sonnet may be in any of the recognized sonnet forms. See a site by Damon McLaughlin for forms and examples:
http://www.uni.edu/~gotera/CraftOfPoetry/sonnet.html
And for a few helpful words on iambic pentameter see also James Fenton at
http://books.guardian.co.uk/fentonserial/story/0,,750297,00.html#article_continue
The contest is open to all declared English majors and honours students (the
contestant's transcript must show a declared English program), Dalhousie or
King's.Anonymous entries, the authors of which are identified only by B00
number, are to be placed in the departmental entry box by Monday, February 4th. Contestants agree that winning entries may be published by the department.
Prizes are as follows: first place $300, second place $200, and third place
$100, as well as some boxes of delectable chocolates for the runner ups. The
prizes will be awarded at a reading and celebration on Valentine's Day, Thursday February 14th at the Grawood at 4:30pm.
Also, stick around afterwards for Trivia Night beginning at 8pm. There are great
prizes to be won, and power hour begins at 9pm.
The Department of English Speaker Series presents:
David Heckerl (Saint Mary’s University)
“How Do We Feel About America? A Reflection on Academic Culture and Affective Citizenship”
Jan. 14, 2008
The Honourable W. H. Dennis Memorial Prizes and The Clare Murray Fooshee Poetry Prizes
The Dalhousie English Department is now accepting entries for both the W. H. Dennis Memorial Prizes and the Clare Murray Fooshee Poetry Prizes at the English Department. Dalhousie and King's full-time and part-time undergraduate students will want to take advantage of these two contest which award students for entries of poetry, short stories and personal or academic essays. Top prizes include up to $400 and as little as $150 going to winners of both contest. The deadline for both contests is Monday, March 3rd, 2008. For more information on entry rules and other information, Click Here. Also, you can check last years winners and other Dalhousie Academic prizes by looking at the prizes category of the menu at the side of the screen.
Jan. 11, 2008
The Department of English Speaker Series presents:
Dr. Margaret Ezell (Texas A & M University)
"Elizabeth Isham and Rituals of Remembrance"
All speaker series talks will be held in room 1198 in the McCain Building at 3:45pm. All are welcome!
Nov. 30, 2007
The Department of English Speaker Series presents:
Dr. Ted Bishop (Univeristy of Alberta)
"Intrigue, Espionage, and Extortion: the Making of the Ballpoint Pen"
Nov. 16, 2007
The Department of English Speaker Series presents:
Rohan Maitzen (Dal)
"Literary Blogging and New Forms of Scholarly Communication and Publishing"
Nov. 9, 2007
The Department of English Speaker Series presents:
Donna Trembinski (SFX)
"Petrarch's grief: A case of premodern trauma?"
All speaker series talks will be held in room 1198 in the McCain Building at 3:45pm. All are welcome!
Nov. 2, 2007
The Department of English Speaker Series presents:
Dennis Danielson (UBC)
"Adventures in a Copernican Cosmos -- Literary, Historical Scientific"
Nov. 1, 2007
Congratulations to the winners of the Varma Prize in Gothic Literature and thank you to all those who entered and participated!
This year's winners are:
1st - Michael Johnstone "The Embalming Girl"
2nd - Laura Hochman "The Prayer"
3rd - Alyson Coy "Vampire Since Birth"
Honourable Mention - Lacey Haynes "The Glass Eye"
To view the winning entries click here.
Oct. 26, 2007
The Department of English Speaker Series presents:
PhD Prospectus Student Presentations
Oct. 19, 2007
The Department of English Speaker Series presents:
Dr. S. E. Sprott
"Henry the vj"
Oct. 12, 2007:
The Department of English Speaker Series presents:
Dr Lyn Bennett
"Women, Writing, and Healing: The Rhetoric of Illness in An Collins, 'Eliza', and Anna Trapnel"
Sept 28, 2007:
The Department of English Speaker Series begins this Friday with:
Dr. David McNeil
" Menippean Sports in the Wacky Distopias
Infinite Jest and Brave New World"
All speaker series talks will be held in room 1198 in the McCain Building at 3:45pm. All are welcome!
Sept 21, 2007
The Deparment of English is now accepting entries for the 2007 Varma Prizes in Gothic Literature. Click HERE for more details about the contest.
June 11, 2007:
Gretchen Mosher
1945 - 2007
Gretchen Mosher passed away Monday, June 4, 2007 in Halifax at the
age of 62. Born in Saint John, New Brunswick, she was a daughter of
the late John and Frances (Jordan) Mosher. She retired in 2005 after
serving twenty-five years at Dalhousie, most of those years ensconced
behind her desk in the English Department, where her sparkling
conversation and indomitable spirit were the gravitational force
beneath all things departmental. That she will be missed is an
understatement. She is survived by her son Andy (Jennifer) Firth,
Windsor Junction; sister, Anna Buminsegni, Alberta; beloved
grandchildren Mark and Scott. Donations may be made to the
Canadian Cancer Society.
June 6th, 2007:
Congratulations to our 2006-2007 Awards recipients:
Avie Bennett: Jesse Mighton
Allan and Lura Bevan: Andrew Verboom
Kim Rilda LeBlanc: Heather Meek
Archibald MacMechan: James Ross
Paul McIsaac Memorial: Daniel Bray
James W. Tupper Graduate Fellowship: Myra Bloom and Jennifer Dalziel
University Medal: Miriam Breslow
Margaret Nicoll Pond: Miriam Breslow
Graham Creighton Prize: Lisa Hainsworth
Barbara Bennett Chittick Prize: Peter Frost
May 4th, 2007:
Congratulations to Samantha Diamond, who is an English Honours student and who has been chosen as this year's Valedictorian for the Languages and Humanities convocation
April 10th, 2007:
Dennis / Fooshee Prize Winners
W.H. Dennis Memorial Prizes
Joseph Howe Prizes (for a poem or group of poems)
James DeMille Prizes
- ($250) For a Prose Short Story: Samantha Diamond, "At Dusk"
- ($250) For an Essay: Jonathan Goossen, "Coming Out of Retirement in Several of Andrew Marvell's Poems"
Clare Murray Fooshee Poetry Prizes
Congratulations to all the winners!
March 30th, 2007:
Batman Begins schedule changed to April 1st
This Sunday, April 1st, Batman Begins will be shown as opposed to April 8th. The film will be introduced by Dr. Baetz in the Macmechan Auditorium in the Killiam.
March 21st, 2007:
Dalhousie English Department presents... Dr.
Lena Cowen Orlin
The next lecture will be Friday, March 23rd when Dr. Lena Cowen from Maryland will give her lecture "Family Business in Early Modern England". The lecture will be held in the FASS room 1198 at 3:45 pm.
March 2nd, 2007:
Dalhousie English Department presents... Julia
Wright
The next lecture will be Friday, March 9th when Dr. Julia Wright of Dalhousie University will give her lecture "European Geopolitics in the 1840's: Cavour's Considerations". The lecture will be held in the FASS room 1198 at 3:45 pm.
Feb. 16th, 2007:
Dalhousie English Department wishes all
students a fun and safe reading week
The Dalhousie English Department hopes that all Dal students have a fun and productive reading week; Feb. 16th to Feb. 26th. And are eagerly expecting the return of students, refreshed and serious for the last leg of this academic semester. Cheers.
Jan. 16th, 2007:
Dalhousie English Department/English
Department Film Series
Starting January 14th, the Dalhousie Books to Movies: Literary Adaptations film series started with Adaptation (introduced by Dr. David Evans) in the MacMechan Auditorium in the Killiam Library. The films start at 8 and each are introduced by a different member of the Dalhousie English Department.
Sunday, January 14 Adaptation (introduced by Dr. David Evans)
Sunday, January 28 Titus (introduced by Dr. John Baxter)
Sunday, February 11 The Age of Innocence (introduced by Dr. Len Diepeveen)
Sunday, February 25 Tristram Shandy (introduced by Dr. David McNeil)
Sunday, March 11 Persuasion (introduced by Dr. Rohan Maitzen)
Sunday, March 25 Deliverence (introduced by Dr. Andy Wainwright)
Sunday, April 8 Batman Begins (introduced by Dr. Joel Baetz)
The Honourable W. H. Dennis Memorial Prizes and The Clare Murray Fooshee Poetry Prizes
The Dalhousie English Department is now accepting entries for both the W. H. Dennis Memorial Prizes and the Clare Murray Fooshee Poetry Prizes at the English Department. Dalhousie and King's full-time and part-time undergraduate students will want to take advantage of these two contest which award students for entries of poetry, short stories and personal or academic essays. Top prizes include up to $400 and as little as $150 going to winners of both contest. The deadline for both contests is March 1st, 2007. For more information on entry rules and other information, Click Here. Also, you can check last years winners and other Dalhousie Academic prizes by looking at the prizes category of the menu at the side of the screen. The Dalhousie English Department Presents....
Two lectures will be taking place next week. On Tuesday January 23rd, Dr. Ann Martin will be giving her lecture "Travelling Between Texts: Transformations of the Feminist Fairy Tale" at 11:30- 1:00 in room 1102 of the McCain building. Also that week, Dr. Archana Rampure will give her lecture "'To Doctor of the World': British Popular Romance, Medicine and the Imperial Project" on Friday January 26th at 3:45 in room 1198 of the McCain building. All are welcome to attend.
Jan. 5th, 2007:
Dalhousie English Department Welcomes All Students to 2007
Welcome back Dalhousie English Students and Professors to a new year and term at Dalhousie University. This should be an exciting year with lots of activities and lectures for all returning and new students.
English Society/ English Department Film Series
This term there will be a film series going on at the MacMechan Auditorium in the Killiam Library at 8:00 every Sunday. The series will include various book to film adaptations and each on will be brilliantly introduced by a member of the Dalhousie English faculty. The first of these events will take place on Sunday, Jan. 14th with the aptly titled Adaption being introduced by Dr. David Evans. Please come out and enjoy the show.
The Department of English Presents...
Two lectures will be taking place next week. First on Jan. 9th, a guest lecture by Dr. Geoff Rector of the University of Ottawa entitled "Celui tieng a Sage: The Possiblities of Pedagogy in Romance Narrative". The lecture will take place in the FASS room 2017 from 11:30- 1:00.
The next lecture will be Thursday, Jan. 11th when Dr. Kathy Cawsey of Wilfred Laurier University will give her lecture "Disorienting Orientalism: Finding Saracens in Strange Places in Medieval Literature". The lecture will be held in the FASS room 1198 at 11:30-1:00.
Dec. 1st, 2006:
Dalhousie Examination Period Starts on the 6th
For those students who have not yet looked at the examination schedule, please Click Here. Make sure that you go over your schedule and study hard. The English Department wishes everyone good luck on their exams, but to ensure the best luck: start early, study hard and get lots of rest.
Nov. 24th, 2006:
Choyce Memories
Read about two new books released by professor Lesley Choyce on Dalhousie's News webpage to view Click Here.
Nov. 20th, 2006:
Annual Atlantic Undergraduate English Conference Submissions Due
The Annual Atlantic Undergraduate English Conference (AAUEC) will be hosted by University of New Brunswick (UNB) on the weekend of February 16th-18th, 2007. The conference, which is organized by a different Atlantic university each year, is open to delegates from all over the region; including the Maritimes, Newfoundland, and Maine. The mission of the AAUEC is to provide undergraduate English students with a public venue for their scholarly work and creative writing. The conference includes academic papers, creative writing presentations, student networking opportunities, and a plenary lecture. Out of a maximum of six student delegates per university, at least four should present academic papers, and up to two may share a creative writing project. Please note that papers should not exceed twenty minutes in reading time.
Deadline for submission will be December 15th. Submissions may be handed into the English Society Mailbox located in the English Department Office.
Important: Submissions must be anonymous! The submissions must be handed in within an envelope OR can have a title page with a pseudonym on it and then with another envelope attached which must include your real name, your B00 number, and your email and/or phone number in it.
Any additional questions should be sent to: engsoc@dal.ca
Speaker Series Presents: Joel Baetz
This Friday, November 24th, there will be a lecture by Dalhousie's own, and organizer of the speaker series, Dr. Joel Baetz. Dr. Baetz will give his lecture "Fighting with Blunt Swords: Georgianism, Frank Prewett, and the First World War Canadian Poetry" as part of the Dalhousie Speaker Series. The lecture will take place in room 1198 in the McCain building at 3:45. All are welcome to attend.
Nov. 14th, 2006:
Speaker Series Presents: Steven Bruhm & Karen MacFarlane
This Friday, November 17th, two lecturers will be coming into Dalhousie. Steven Bruhm will give his lecture "'Red Shoes Read: A Queer Dance of Death." and Karen MacFarlane will give her lecture "Blocks of speech: Gothic textuality in The Handmaid's Tale." as part of the Dalhousie Speaker Series. The lecture will take place in room 1198 in the McCain building at 3:45. All are welcome to attend.
Nov. 7th, 2006:
VARMANIA Smash Success
The Dalhousie English Department's first ever VARMANIA Halloween Party and the VARMA Prize In Gothic Literature were both very successful. The Dalhousie English Department would like to thank all those who entered and participated. We would also like to congratulate all the winners. We can only hope that next year's contest will go as well. To view the winners of this year's contest and see their entries check out the PRIZES section or click here. For more pictures of the event click here.
Speaker Series Presents: William Barker
This Friday, November 10th, the President of King's college Dr. William Barker will give his lecture "'The Only Designer Fairy-land Has Had': George Cruikshank and the First English Edition of Grimm" as part of the Dalhousie Speaker Series. The lecture will take place in room 1198 in the McCain building at 3:45. All are welcome to attend.
Oct. 30, 2006:
Speaker Series Presents: David Evans
This Friday, November 3rd, Dalhousie's own Undergraduate Adviser Dr. David Evans will give his lecture "CUT!...Flannery O'Connor's Apotemnophiliac Allegories" as part of the Dalhousie Speaker Series. The lecture will take place in room 1198 in the McCain building at 3:45. All are welcome to attend.
Oct. 23, 2006:
Dal VARMA Prize Award Ceremony
Tuesday, October 31st, the Dal English Department will be announcing the winners of the first ever VARMA Prize in Gothic Literature at a reception at the Grawood. The ceremony will be from 4:00-5:30 P.M. where the winning entires will be read, prizes will be handed out and tasteful refreshments will be served. Also it is encouraged that people come in costume. It promises to be a ghoul time.
Speaker Series Presents: Dean Irvine
This Friday, October 27th, Dalhousie's own Dr. Dean Irvine will be giving a lecture, “The EmiC Project: Editing Modernism in Canada,” as part of the Dalhousie Speaker Series. The lecture will take place in room 1198 of the McCain building at 3:45. All are welcome to attend.
Oct. 3, 2006:
Speaker Series Presents: Ph.D Event
Friday Oct. 13th there will be a special Speaker Series featuring three lectures in room 1198 of the McCain building at 3:45. The speakers will be Nicole Beare, lecturing "'Tale Tellers and lyeris': Tale-telling and the Writing of Truth in Late Fourteenth- and Early Fifteenth- Century Middle English Literature", Connor Byrne lecturing "At Home in the City: Urban Modernisms and Everyday Life" and Kelley Lewis lecturing on "The Cult of the Author in the Age of Criticism: The Paris Review Interviews and American Literary Culture, 1953-1978". This should be a great time. All are welcome.
Sept. 12, 2006:
Fall Term 2006 Now in Session
Welcome goes out to all students for a new year at Dalhousie University. For all those new to Dalhousie, the English Department would like to say, "hello" and to those returning to Dalhousie a "welcome back." We hope you have a great year.
Varma Prize in Gothic Literature
Thanks to a donation from alumnus William Blakeney, the Department has instituted a Gothic creative writing competition. The prizes will be awarded to the best submission, in the opinion of a panel of judges, of the best original work of Gothic fiction or poetry. Submissions
(250 words max.) should be deposited in the drop box in the English department office by October 15. Students should include their B00 number (naturally) but not put their names on submissions. Contestants must be declared undergraduate English majors or honours students. First prize will be $500, second prize will be $150, and third will be $100. The prizes will be awarded at a special, tasteful ceremony on the afternoon of October 31, to be held in the Greywood Lounge. Judges and contestants must be in costume. Reader beware you're in for a scare! I have Goosebumps.
July 19, 2006:
Congratulations to Mary-Beth MacIsaac
Mary-Beth MacIsaac, our super-star graduate co-ordinator, recently received the Rosemary Gill award for outstanding service to students. Click here to view the story. Congratulations, Mary-Beth!
Malcolm Ross Scholarship
This spring, the Malcolm Ross Graduate Scholarship was officially announced at a reception in the McCain building. Click here for the story from Dalhousie news.
Dennis / Fooshee Prize Winners
Several of the winning entries for 2006 Dennis / Fooshee competition are now online. Click here to view them.
Creative Writing Classes
A creative writing section has been added to the Programs page. It outlines the new CRWR classes in creative writing, and outlines the enrollment requirements for these classes. The English Department contact person for further information is Dr. Andrew Wainwright.
Dennis / Fooshee Prize Winners
The 2006 Dennis and Fooshee Prizes have been awarded. The winners are as follows:
Clare Murray Fooshee Poetry Prizes
- 1st Prize: "Effigy" by Eric Wainwright
- 2nd Prize: "Anchor" poem cycle by Ashley Nadeau
- 3rd Prize: "The Writing is Not on the Wall" by Jade A. O. Nauss
W.H. Dennis Memorial Prizes
- 1st Place, Joseph Howe Poetry Prize: "Jade and Juniper Bay" poem cycle by Vanessa Lent
- 2nd Place, Joseph Howe Poetry Prize: "After the Snowstorm" by Megan Kane
- James DeMille Essay Prize: "Stationary Movers and Societal Shakers: The Possibility of Literary Characters in Marx's The German Ideology" by Jesse Mighton
- James DeMille Short Story Prize: "Flag Man" by Rebecca Babcock
Congratulations to all the winners!
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