George Elliott Clarke named parliamentary poet laureate
ACCUTE offers its warm congratulations to former plenary, regular presenter, and friend George Elliott Clarke for being named parliamentary poet laureate! Read the story here.
ESC: English Studies in Canada: Calls for Expressions of Interest for the position of Editor
Dear colleagues, Many of us remember when ESC: English Studies in Canada, ACCUTE’s journal, moved to the University of Alberta. Believe it or not, that move took place in 2002, nearly 15 years ago. Edited first in the new location by Jo-Ann Wallace, then by Michael O’Driscoll, and currently by […]
Why Join ACCUTE?
You may have seen a letter floating around your department or online lately, touting the benefit of ACCUTE membership. In case you haven’t, we’re happy to post it below. Written by President Jason Haslam, building on a similar letter written about ten years ago by past President Linda […]
News of Members
John Z. Ming Chen and Yuhua Ji have recently published two new monographs: Marxism and 20th-Century English-Canadian Novels (2015), and Canadian-Daoist Poetics, Ethics, and Aesthetics (2015).
Melissa Haynes wins the F.E.L. Priestley Prize
Each year at Congress, ACCUTE announces the winner of the F.E.L. Priestley Prize, which recognizes and acknowledges the best essay published in our scholarly journal English Studies in Canada over the past year. This year’s winner (as announced in our Summer 2015 Newsletter) is Melissa Haynes, for her essay, […]
