Department of English News Archive

2010-2011

Writer in Residence: Michael Nicoll Yahgulanaas

The Department of English is pleased to welcome visual artist and author Michael Nicholl Yahgulanaas as the 2010-2011 Writer in Residence from April 4th to 8th. His visit will include a free public lecture to be held on Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 7 pm in the Moot Court (EA 1031).  Updated information can be found here.

Department of English Year End Party and Poety Slam

The school year is almost over!  Join us for the Department of English Year End Party on Tuesday, April 12, 2011 from 3:30pm to 5:00 pm in the Knuckle (third floor of the EA building)  A poetry slam will follow from in the Liberty Lounge from 5 pm to 7 pm.  

Cell Phone Film Festival

The theme for this year’s First Annual Cell-Phone Film Festival is Change and Changing Alberta. Aspiring film-makers should save cell-phone films of 1 to 3 minutes to a dvd and submit, along with a completed information form, to the Department of English (EA 3146), by 4:00pm on Tuesday, April 5, 2011. Successful applicants will be notified on Thursday, April 7, 2011, and their work will be screened as part of The Jerres on Saturday, April 9. Only those submissions accompanied by a stamped, self-addressed envelope will be returned. All others will become property of the Department of English.

The Jerres

The Fifth Annual Jerre Awards, coinciding this year with the First Annual Cell-Phone Film Festival, celebrates the inventiveness and imagination of students in Film Studies at Mount Royal University. This year’s awards and screening will be held on Saturday, April 9 2011 from 10:00am to 11:30am at the Plaza Theatre (1133 Kensington Rd NW). Admission is free.

Department of English Student Awards 2010-2011 Application

The application form for academic awards administered by the Department of English is now available online.  Specific information about each award can be found here. 

STOPGAP: Call for Submissions--Deadline Extended

Calling all aspiring writers, artists, and photographers!

The ESS is looking for submissions for the premier issue of its publication STOPGAP, focusing on the theme of “identity”. All submissions will be read and considered: short stories and essays should be between 3-5 pages; postcard fiction and poems should be between 250-300 words; photographs or visual poetry should be able to fit on letter-sized paper. All submissions must be packaged in an envelope and submitted to the STOPGAP mailbox in EA 3115. STOPGAP is also looking for a peer-review board to help make selections. Please contact the ESS directly for more information

Are you interested in courses that explore film and cinema or in obtaining a minor in Film Studies? Information is now available on the Film Studies minor page.

The African Studies Field School will spend 40 days exploring Ghana from 14 May-22 June 2011. As a field school participant, you will have the opportunity not only to experience Africa first-hand but also to earn credit for two English courses. To learn more about this exceptional opportunity, contact Dr. Yaw Asante or Kyla Sinclair. The application deadline has been extended to fill the very few remaining seats available.

The Centennial Reader has published its first issue and is now available online here. Established as part of Mount Royal University's centennial celebrations, this electronic journal uses academic ideas and approaches to speak to current subjects of interest to all Canadians.  Professor Bill Bunn talks about The Centennial Reader in a feature story available here.

Dr. Lee Easton, Chair of the Department of English, and Richard Harrison, Associate Professor in the Department of English, have authored a new book called Secret Identity Reader. A feature story from the Mount Royal University homepage .

Three Mount Royal University English students recently took the noteworthy step of presenting their written work at an academic conference hosted MacEwan University. A short feature about their experirence can be found here.

 

 

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