Congratulations to Canadian Review of American Studies editor Priscilla Walton and former CAAS president Bruce Tucker on the publication of their book, American Culture Transformed: Dialing 9/11. From the publisher: The bombing of the Twin Towers in New York City on September 11, 2001, marked a major turning point in modern American culture. Priscilla Walton and Bruce Tucker examine critical moments… Read more →
Call for Papers: Culture and the Canada-U.S.-Border Update! Keynotes for this conference will be Claudia Sadowski-Smith, Niigaanwewidam James Sinclair and Guillermo Verdechhia. The “Culture and the Canada-U.S. Border” research network invites proposals for our forthcoming conference “Straddling Boundaries: Hemispherism, Cultural Identity and Indigeneity”, to be held at Algoma University in May 2013. Deadline for abstracts is November 30th. There are… Read more →
Update! The deadline for the joint CAAS / ACCUTE panel “Securing the Nation: The Discourse of American Security” has been extended. Proposals will be accepted until November 9. “Securing the Nation: The Discourse of American Security”: jointly sponsored panel by the Canadian Association for American Studies (CAAS) and the Association for Canadian College and University Teachers of English (ACCUTE), to… Read more →
University of Waterloo: Writing Studies Applications are invited for an open rank (tenured or tenure-track) position in Writing Studies. We are looking for a colleague with expertise in writing studies and composition theory who will contribute to our research and teaching in this area. Specific expertise in workplace and technical writing, intercultural rhetoric, global Englishes, or digital rhetoric would be… Read more →
University of Toronto, Department of English Assistant Professor – Asian North American Literature Job Field: Tenure Stream Faculty / Division: Faculty of Arts and Science Department: English Campus: St. George (downtown Toronto) Job Closing: Oct 31, 2012 The Department of English at the University of Toronto, St George campus, invites applications for a tenure-stream appointment in the field of Asian… Read more →
University of Toronto: Department of English Assistant Professor: Aboriginal Literature Job Field : Tenure Stream Faculty Division : Faculty of Arts and Science Department : English Campus : St. George (downtown Toronto) Job Closing : Oct 31, 2012 Applications are invited for a tenure-stream position in the field of Aboriginal Literature in the Department of English (51%) and Aboriginal Studies… Read more →
Ryerson University: English Assistant Professor: Urban Literatures and Cultures The Department of English, Ryerson University, (www.ryerson.ca/english) invites applications for 1 Assistant Rank position in Urban Literatures and Cultures. The appointment will be effective August 1, 2013. The position is subject to final budgetary approval. Required qualifications include an earned PhD and a record of excellent research and teaching. Candidates are… Read more →
Laurentian University: English (1) Aboriginal Rhetorics and Literatures in Canada (2) Comparative Indigenous Literatures of the Americas The Department of English invites applications for two (2) tenure-track positions:
This is the first of a few job ads I’ll be posting today. –Jason Brock University: English Assistant Professor: Literary Theory The Department of English Language and Literature at Brock University invites applications for a probationary tenure-track position at the rank of Assistant Professor to begin July 1, 2013. The position is subject to final budgetary approval. The Department is… Read more →
Hello everyone, It is with great pleasure that I announce this year’s winners of the Robert K. Martin Book Prize and the Ernest Redekop Essay Prize. This is the second year for these annual prizes, and I think you’ll agree that we have another terrific group of winners and honourable mentions, and I hope you’ll join with me in congratulating… Read more →