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Welcome to the Department of English

Recent Faculty Publications

The Wheel of Language, Representing Speech in Middle English Poetry, 1377-1422
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News & Events

Bard on the Beach Lecture Series, Thursday, May 17th, 7:00 p.m.
"How Shakespeare Became Shakespeare" with SFU's Paul Budra. Location: SFU Vancouver, Goldcorp Centre for the Arts, Fei & Milton Wong Experimental Theatre. Registration required.
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Congratulations to Margaret Linley
We are pleased to announce that Margaret Linley has won this year’s Dean of Graduate Studies Award for Excellence in Leadership. This award recognizes Margaret’s vision and hard work in spearheading and implementing a transformation of our department’s graduate program during her tenure as Graduate Chair 2004-2007.
Philosophers' Cafe, moderated by Tiffany Werth, Wednesday, May 23rd, 7:00 p.m.
"In Search of a Better World: The Utopian Imagination," Location: Waves Coffee House, 900 Howe St. at Smithe, Vancouver
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Congratulations to Philip Pistruga
Philip has just been hired as a full-time Program Assistant in the Teaching and Learning Centre.
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English Graduate Conference, June 21-23
The topic of this year's graduate conference is "Friendship as Praxis: Towards Community (Cultural and Otherwise)."
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Greetings from the Chair
Welcome to the Department of English at Simon Fraser University.  Whether you are contemplating undergraduate or graduate studies or seeking employment with us, I hope you find the information on this website useful and informative.  Our Department offers a comprehensive program of undergraduate and graduate study leading to the BA, BA (hons), MA and PhD degrees.  We are one of the largest and most dynamic departments in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, with 35 regular faculty members, some 600 undergraduate majors, 200 minors, 60 graduate students and course offerings across the complete spectrum of English studies of some 170 courses per year at our Burnaby, Harbour Centre and Surrey campuses.  We also offer comprehensive distance education courses, a Writer in Residence Program, and provide cooperative learning opportunities.

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