News and events

  • Dr. Susan Spearey Collaborates on Special Issue Publication!

    Wednesday, January 15, 2025 | By

    Congratulations to Professor Susan Spearey who was co-ordinating editor of a Guest-Edited Special Issue of Studies in Social Justice entitled “Reckoning Repairing Reworlding: The (in)humanities, Artistic Practices, and Planetary Crisis” which came out on 10 December 2024.

    This Special Issue was produced collaboratively and involved mentorship of young and early-career academics who served as co-editors and was 3 years in the making. I was lead author on the  Editor’s Introduction and co-author of the Editors’ Outro.

  • An Addition to our Faculty Bookshelf!

    Wednesday, January 08, 2025 | By


    Congratulations to Professor Andrew Pendakis on his newest publication with publisher Bloomsbury Publishing!

    Book: “Living a Marxist Life: Why Marx is a Drug You Should Probably Take”. 

    The last ten years have seen a dramatic upsurge of interest in socialist theory and politics. As a recent Washington Postop-ed put it, “We are living in a new social democratic moment”. People are increasingly drawn to Marxist theory but find it difficult to imagine how it can be integrated practically into an everyday life pervaded by capitalist norms and social practices. Often intuitively, they agree with Marx’s critique of capitalism, but don’t know how to bridge the gap between their sense of dissatisfaction with the present and a revolutionary solution which can feel indefinitely postponed and remote. Living a Marxist Life responds to this disconnect by framing Marxism not as a mere “theory” but as a practical philosophical truth-a lived practice that immediately changes the reality of those experimenting with it. From Frida Kahlo to Jean-Luc Godard, Pablo Picasso to Angela Davis, Marxists are not dry theoreticians but embodied agents of a process that is as intensely imaginative and joyful as it is demanding and difficult. This book, then, is a chronicle of radical change-a record of the ways our thoughts, habits, desires, actions, and emotions can be fundamentally reshaped by an encounter with Marx. This book is not an introduction to Marx, nor a systematic defense of Marxism. Rather, it is a self-help book that calls into question the very idea of self-help, a guide to the good life that rejects normative morality, and an inspirational manual that promotes philosophy, sociology, and politics, not vague spirituality or business, as solutions to the urgent problems that face us.

    Find it on Amazon!

     

     

  • Creative Writing Pizza Party and Poetry Reading!

    Friday, November 22, 2024 | By

    Are you interested in Creative Writing? You are invited to a year-end party and poetry reading featuring students from this year’s Honours Poetry Seminar (ENCW 4P07).
    Come and hear your colleagues read their work. Find out more about creative writing at Brock.
    All interested students and faculty are invited. Food, including pizza, and other refreshments will be available. Current and prospective ENCW students are especially encouraged to attend.
    Date: Wednesday, November 27
    Time: 13:00 to 15:00
    Location: GLA 201 (second floor “fish bowl”)
    For more information, contact Prof. Dickinson at adickinson@brocku.ca

  • English MA Information Session!

    Friday, November 01, 2024 | By

    If you are interested in pursuing you MA in English, join us on Thursday, November 7th to learn more about our program!

    English Language and Literature – 

  • English MA Information Session- November 7th

    Tuesday, October 29, 2024 | By

    We are hosting a virtual MA information session for 3rd and 4th-year students who are interest in pursuing their MA in English!

    We will discuss topics such as requirements, advice on applications, funding, and workload both in our MA program and the English MA level in general.

    To RSVP, e-mail mvanatte@brocku.ca

    English Language and Literature – 1re 

  • Elizabeth Sauer Recognized with Distinguished Professor Designation

    Friday, July 05, 2024 | By

    Our own Elizabeth Sauer is one of 10 Brock professors who have been awarded the honorary title of Distinguished Professor, awarded by the Office of the President at this year’s Spring Convocation.

    Congratulations, Distinguished Professor Sauer!

    Please see the Brock News for more about the distinction and the full list of recipients.

  • Claire Thyne is Awarded the Janet Sackfie Book Prize

    Wednesday, June 19, 2024 | By

    GPD Professor Carole Stewart and MA Candidate Claire Thyne... with Cows.

    GPD Professor Carole Stewart and MA Candidate Claire Thyne… with Cows. Photo courtesy of Carole Stewart.

    The Janet Sackfie Book Prize is open to MA students in English and is awarded annually to the best essay submitted as part of the regular coursework in fall and winter semesters.

    This prize was established to recognize the contributions of Janet Sackfie to the Department of English Language and Literature, where she served as Administrative Assistant for over a decade during her 25 years at Brock.

    The graduate committee members acknowledged that “all the papers submitted were impressive; indeed, they all had such different strengths and merits that the decision was not easy. In the end, Claire Thyne’s “R is for Resting” stood out for its creativity in combining genres and its innovation to a theoretically significant topic.”

    Congratulations, Claire!

     

    Categories: English Graduate Students

  • 2023-2024 Undergraduate Prizes Announced

    Friday, June 07, 2024 | By

    The Undergraduate Program Committee is delighted to announce the winners and runners-up for our 2023-2024 Departmental Prizes. Congratulations to all!

    The First-Year English Essay Prize

    Audrey Gignac, “The Inevitability of Aging: Enjambment in “Sending My Mother Home After My Surgery”’

    Cora Holt, ENGL 1P94, “The Diseased Population”

    Helen S. Bremner and Family Memorial Scholarship

    Gabe Piessens

    The Michael Hornyasnky Prize Michael for Creative Writing

    Jade Morningstar, “Exercising my Prerogative”

    (Runner-Up) Lily Young, “Go Away, Anna”

    The Carole LaMothe English Essay Prize

    Mia Smith, ENGL 4P45, “I wish somebody would write me a loveletter”: An Analysis of Translation and Language’s Function and Significance in James Joyce’s Ulysses

    Rose Divecha, PCUL 2P93, “Micronarratives and Social Media: Was Rear Window the Precursor to Scrolling?”

    CFUW Lily Bell Award

    Lily Young

    Niagara Regional English Award

    Dana Alrifai

    Mikayla Keniry

    English Students Association Book Prize

    Colin Clifford Spencer

    Clara Hollosi Prize

    Victoria Augustine

    Eleanor Abram Prize for Fiction

    Miriam Dieckmann

     

     

    Categories: English Undergraduate Students

  • New Book is a Team Effort

    Tuesday, May 14, 2024 | By

    Congratulations to Professors Ann Howey and Martin Danahay on their new publication!

    “Neo-Victorianism and Medievalism: Re-appropriating the Victorian and Medieval Pasts” came out on May 2, 2024 from Brill.com.

    Categories: English Faculty, Publications

  • Applications to English Awards Due Monday, May 6, 2024

    Tuesday, April 30, 2024 | By

    Do you have an English essay that deserves a place in the sun? Are you a creative writer looking for a place to submit your work? Or, are you an upper year English major who has contributed to extracurricular activities? The Department of English is accepting applications until Monday, May 6, 2024, for the following Prizes:

    • The Helen S. Bremner and the Bremner Family Memorial Scholarship in English
    • The First-year English Essay Prize
    • The Michael Hornyansky Prize
    • The Carole LaMothe English Essay Prize

    Please submit your works to Liz Keenan (lkeenan@brocku.ca) or directly to Professor Gregory Betts (gbetts@brocku.ca). Good luck!

    Categories: English Undergraduate Students

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