Research areas
UCalgary Department of English is a research-intensive community. Our scholars engage in broad academic and creative activity.
Explore our research areas
Literary Histories
Faculty in Literary Histories and Futures research and teach in such historical areas as Medieval and Early Modern Literature, 18th- Century Literature, 19th- Century Literature, and 20th- Century Literature.
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Karen Bourrier
Nineteenth-century Literature and Culture, Disability Studies, Digital Humanities, Women’s Writing
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Anthony Camara
Popular genres: Weird & Horror Fiction, Popular genres: Science & Speculative Fiction
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Michael Tavel Clarke
Cultural studies, Theories of size and scale, Theories of the body, Gender studies, Democracy theory, Post-Marxist theory and Postcolonial theory
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James Ellis
Early modern poetry and gardens; British film; contemporary art
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Stefania Forlini
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Jacqueline Jenkins
Medieval performance and dramatic productions, Theatre and performance history, Women's literacy and literary habits, and the patronage, Production and transmission of manuscripts for/by women in the late Middle Ages
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Clara Joseph
South Asian Religion, Literature, and Culture, Christianity, Literary and Cultural Theory, Creative Writing - Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction Prose
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Suzette Mayr
Creative Writing, Contemporary Canadian Literature, Haunted House / Horror Literature, Australian Literature
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Jenny McKenney
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Chris Olbey
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David Sigler
British Romanticism, Psychoanalysis (esp. Freud, Lacan), Women's writing, Theory
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Michael Ullyot
Early modern literature and the digital humanities, Articles and chapters on Shakespeare and virtual reality
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Morgan Vanek
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Jason Wiens
Contemporary poetry, Canadian literature, archival studies, pedagogy, literary audio, Victorian literature
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Maria Zytaruk
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Popular Genres and Cultures
Faculty in Popular Genres and Cultures research and teach in such areas as Speculative Fiction and Fantasy, Detective Fiction, Comics Studies and Graphic Narratives, Romance, Weird & Horror Fiction, Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Youth Culture, Pop Culture, Media/Cultural Studies, K-Drama, & Sports Writing.
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Anthony Camara
Popular genres: Weird & Horror Fiction, Popular genres: Science & Speculative Fiction
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Michael Tavel Clarke
Cultural studies, Theories of size and scale, Theories of the body, Gender studies, Democracy theory, Post-Marxist theory and Postcolonial theory
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Stefania Forlini
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Derritt Mason
Intersection of children's and young adult literature, Queer theory, Media/cultural studies and Video game studies
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Jenny McKenney
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Chris Olbey
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Michael Ullyot
Early modern literature and the digital humanities, Articles and chapters on Shakespeare and virtual reality
Stories and Place
Faculty in Stories and Place research and teach in such areas as Indigenous Literatures, Indigenous and Two-Spirit Studies, Canadian Literatures, American Literatures, Global Anglophone Literatures, Literatures of Africa and the African Diaspora, Immigration and Refugee Literature, Postcolonial/Decolonial Studies, Ecocriticism and Environmental Humanities, Literary Geographies, & Mountain Studies.
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Michael Tavel Clarke
Cultural studies, Theories of size and scale, Theories of the body, Gender studies, Democracy theory, Post-Marxist theory and Postcolonial theory
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Kit Dobson
Literatures in Canada, Indigenous literatures, Literary and cultural theory, Ecocriticism and Environmental humanities
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James Ellis
Early modern poetry and gardens; British film; contemporary art
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Clara Joseph
South Asian Religion, Literature, and Culture, Christianity, Literary and Cultural Theory, Creative Writing - Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction Prose
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Suzette Mayr
Creative Writing, Contemporary Canadian Literature, Haunted House / Horror Literature, Australian Literature
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Chris Olbey
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Uchechukwu Umezurike
Literature of Africa and the African Diaspora, Postcolonial and Global Literatures, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Masculinity Studies, Cultural Studies, Critical Race Theory, and Creative Writing
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Morgan Vanek
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Matthew Weigel
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Joshua Whitehead
Indigenous Literatures, Indigenous Queer and Two-Spirit Studies
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Jason Wiens
Contemporary poetry, Canadian literature, archival studies, pedagogy, literary audio, Victorian literature
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Maria Zytaruk
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Texts and Technologies
Faculty in Texts and Technologies research and teach in such areas as Manuscript Cultures, Book History, Print Culture, Book Arts, History of Reading, Digital Humanities, Video Game Studies, & Sound Studies.
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Karen Bourrier
Nineteenth-century Literature and Culture, Disability Studies, Digital Humanities, Women’s Writing
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Stefania Forlini
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Jacqueline Jenkins
Medieval performance and dramatic productions, Theatre and performance history, Women's literacy and literary habits, and the patronage, Production and transmission of manuscripts for/by women in the late Middle Ages
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Derritt Mason
Intersection of children's and young adult literature, Queer theory, Media/cultural studies and Video game studies
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Jenny McKenney
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Michael Ullyot
Early modern literature and the digital humanities, Articles and chapters on Shakespeare and virtual reality
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Anna Veprinska
Contemporary literature, twentieth and twenty-first-century poetry, empathy, poetry after trauma, the Holocaust, genocide, creative writing, disability and chronic illness studies, sound studies, ecocriticism
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Matthew Weigel
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Jason Wiens
Contemporary poetry, Canadian literature, archival studies, pedagogy, literary audio, Victorian literature
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Maria Zytaruk
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Creative Writing and Research-Creation
Faculty in this area research, teach, and create in such areas as Poetry, Fiction, Creative Non-Fiction, Autofiction, & the Book Arts.
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Kit Dobson
Literatures in Canada, Indigenous literatures, Literary and cultural theory, Ecocriticism and Environmental humanities
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Clara Joseph
South Asian Religion, Literature, and Culture, Christianity, Literary and Cultural Theory, Creative Writing - Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction Prose
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Suzette Mayr
Creative Writing, Contemporary Canadian Literature, Haunted House / Horror Literature, Australian Literature
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Uchechukwu Umezurike
Literature of Africa and the African Diaspora, Postcolonial and Global Literatures, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Masculinity Studies, Cultural Studies, Critical Race Theory, and Creative Writing
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Anna Veprinska
Contemporary literature, twentieth and twenty-first-century poetry, empathy, poetry after trauma, the Holocaust, genocide, creative writing, disability and chronic illness studies, sound studies, ecocriticism
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Matthew Weigel
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Joshua Whitehead
Indigenous Literatures, Indigenous Queer and Two-Spirit Studies
