Department of English

Fooshee Creative Writing Prizes

Intersections and Interruptions: English Honours Journal 2022

Congratulations to all our Honours students!

English Professor Succeeds Online by Embracing Flexibility

Dr. Kathy Cawsey on the pitfalls and possibilities of pandemic pedagogy

Buy Utopia, Outsource Dystopia

PhD candidate Michael Cameron's latest blog on the Dalhousie OpenThink Initiative

Sue Goyette named Halifax's New Poet Laureate

About the Department of English

Reflecting the exciting expansion of Literary and Cultural Studies in recent years, the Dalhousie English Department offers courses devoted to a wide range of topics, from Jane Austen to Paul Auster, Dylan Thomas to Bob Dylan, King Lear to King Kong. Learn more about the department.

Faculty & Research

Our faculty are outstanding teachers and active researchers. Learn with them as they engage in research spanning medieval manuscripts to narrative in video games. Search our faculty by name or research topic.

Our Criticism Journal

Verso, the Dalhousie Undergraduate English Society's journal of literary criticism, is a student-run publication showcasing the academic work of English students at Dal and King's.

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Our Undergraduate Journal

Dalhousie's literary journal Fathom is a student-run publication showcasing the creative work of undergraduate students at Dal and King's.

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