The Arts of Community The First Gathering of the Indigenous Literary Studies Association Hosted on Six Nations of the Grand River Territory October 1st – 3rd, 2015 We invite scholars, knowledge-keepers, artists, and community members to join us in generating new conversations about Indigenous literary arts and community engagement. […]
Marjorie Perloff’s comment that “one of our most common genres today is the epitaph for the humanities” is borne out by the barrage of disturbing evidence that has become a daily part of our working experience as teachers and researchers within universities. These problems, however, also constitute an […]
“It’s all diamond:” Beautiful Losers at 50 A Canadian Literature Symposium In anticipation of the 50th anniversary of Beautiful Losers in 2016, the University of Ottawa’s Department of English will be hosting a 1-day conference and seminar on Leonard Cohen’s incendiary novel on May 29th, 2015. Papers […]
CFP Can Lit Across Media: Un-Archiving the Temporal Literary Event June 5 -6th 2015 SpokenWeb / Department of English, Concordia University Organized by Dr. Jason Camlot and Dr. Katherine McLeod As the culmination of the four-year SSHRC IG-funded project SpokenWeb, the mini-conference “Can Lit Across Media: Un-Archiving the […]
The Canadian Association for American Studies is pleased to announce four CAAS- sponsored Panels at the next American Studies Association meeting, Toronto, October 8-11, 2015 The theme of the 2015 annual ASA meeting is The (Re)production of Misery and the Ways of Resistance. Full information can be […]
