Carleton University English Department

03/31/2026

Congratulations to Professor Barbara Leckie, who has won a Carleton University Research Achievement Award! Read more here:

The awards were established in 1989 to enhance research quality and recognize research excellence. The recipients’ terms run from May to April after an announcement each spring. Be sure to also view the Office of the Provost and Vice-President (Academic)‘s Teaching Awards, awarded at the same ti...

03/30/2026

Congratulations to Professor Jodie Medd, who has won a FASS Teaching Award! https://carleton.ca/english/2026/professor-jodie-medd-has-won-a-fass-teaching-award/

03/03/2026

English student Ayla Sully was recently featured in a FASS News Story. Read more here:

My name is Ayla, I’m an undergraduate English student at Carleton University, and I’m currently finishing up my three-term Co-op experience. When I first began, I thought I would be working ‘English-specific’ jobs like technical editing or working as an intern at a publishing house. Now, tow...

02/24/2026

Please click here to read the latest Spotlight on Research, this month is about Professor Jody Mason’s new book, "Books for Development: Canada In the Late Twentieth-Century World".

While books are often cast as axiomatically good, Professor Jody Mason’s new book Books for Development: Canada In the Late Twentieth-Century World, argues that this idea can be troubled by revisiting the history of development. Books for Development, published this month by McGill-Queen’s Unive...

02/12/2026

The English Department is pleased to announce the annual Lilian I. Found and George Johnston Poetry Competitions. More information and the submission form can be found by scanning the QR code or visiting our website: https://carleton.ca/english/life-in-english/departamental-awards/annual-poetry-competitions/

01/19/2026

Founding Canada’s poetry magazine A heritage moment revealed by Arc co-founder Tom Henighan   In the winter of 1977 I got a call from Michael Gnarowski, a colleague in the English Department at Carleton University. I was invited to a meeting in Gnarowski’s office with Chris Levenson, a “secre...

01/19/2026

Please join us for The Blurred Divide: Can We Draw a Line Between Fiction and Non-Fiction? A conversation between Ottawa authors Monia Mazigh and Jamie Chai Yun Liew. It will take place at 6pm on February 4 at the Carleton-Dominion Chalmers Centre. Please register here: https://carleton.ca/english/event/the-blurred-divide-can-we-draw-a-line-between-fiction-and-non-fiction/

11/14/2025

Please click here to read our latest Spotlight on Research, this month is about Professor Adam Barrows.

In the Fall of 2024 Professor Adam Barrows taught a graduate seminar on the topic of madness and time in 20th-century literature. This will be the topic of a book-length project that Professor Barrows is beginning to write, with the seminar creating an opportunity for a small group of MA and PhD s...

11/07/2025

Sumac Literary Magazine is now accepting submissions for Issue 4! Please click here for more information or scan the QR code. hhttps://carleton.ca/english/event/winter-2026-sumac-literary-magazine-call-for-submissions/

11/07/2025

Please join us in sending our warm and sincere congratulations to Prof. Sarah Brouillette, who was named on the Stanford-Elseveir list of the world’s most-cited scholars (for the second time!). Click here to read more:

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11/05/2025

Professor Adam Barrows was recently interviewed by the Charlatan ahead of his upcoming show, Babette's Feast, at the Gladstone Theatre. Read more here:

Adam Barrows is a Carleton University English professor. He is also a method actor, starring in 9th Hour Theatre Company’s 'Babette’s Feast.'