The Department of English invites all English Majors to our Department meet and greet on September 13 in the Faculty lounge.

This is a great opportunity for English Majors to meet and socialize with fellow students and English faculty.

Drop in lunch begins at 11:30 and ends at 1:30pm. 

Some of our English instructors are involved in the upcoming Thunder Bay 10 x 10.

"Noise" is written by Jordan Lehto and directed by English Professor Dr. Rachel Warburton.

"Theatre of the Absurd; or, How to Lose Your Laptop in 10 Hours" is written by English Professor Taina Chahal and directed by Justin Parcher.

Get your tickets early as last year was sold out! Tickets available at the Finlandia Club.

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End of Term - English - Pizza Party

Students enrolled in the English program are invited to the End-of-Term Pizza Party.

An excellent opportunity to enjoy good food and conversation with English students, faculty and staff.

There will be t-shirt draws and relaxed atmosphere.

Please join us as we celebrate research in the Social Sciences and Humanities with readings from recent books published by Dr. Monica Flegel (English), Drs. J. Douglas Rabb (Emeritus-Philosophy) and Dr. Mike Richardson (English), and Dr. Pallavi V. Das (History).  Refreshments will be served. 

A monthly open mic-style event down at The Brownstone Cafe at 178 Mississauga St E in Orillia.  

Doors open at 7 pm with things kicking off around 8.

This is a great way for Lakehead students to get involved in the local artistic community by reading their own work, the work of a favourite poet, or just enjoying the night. 

Dennis Denisoff: “Coding Against Erasure: Visualizing Gender and Nationalism in Victorian Periodicals”

 Dennis Denisoff is a Professor of English and Communications and Culture at Ryerson University. He is Co-Director of the Centre for Digital Humanities (www.ryerson.ca/cdh), with his main digital project being The Yellow Nineties Online (www.1890s.ca). He is also the author of Aestheticism and Sexual Parody: 1840-1940 and Sexual Visuality from Literature to Film: 1850-1950, co-editor of _Perennial Decay: On the Aesthetics and Politics of Decadence, and editor of The Nineteenth-Century Child and Consumer Culture and a special issue of Victorian Review entitled "Natural Environments." He is completing a monograph on Pagan Ecology in British Literature and Culture: 1860-1920.

Everyone welcome.

Considering the English Masters program?

Looking for help with financial resources?

Be sure to attend the Graduate Scholarship Information Session

Wednesday October 22, 2014  2:30pm - 4:00pm

ATAC3004 and OA2005

This seminar will be video conferenced with Orillia.

Alexander MacLeod will introduce his debut short story collection, Light Lifting, in conjunction with the International Festival of Authors.  The event takes place Wednesday, November 4 at 2:00 in ATAC 2015.  Book sales/signing, and refreshments will follow in ATAC 3004. 

The Department of English is pleased to present a talk by Mehdi Ghasemi (PhD candidate at the University of Turku, Finland) on the work of the playwright Suzan-Lori Parks. It will take place on Monday, Oct. 26 at noon in RB 1021

Thanks to the Interim Dean of Social Sciences and Humanities for his financial support of this event.