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HOWLween! with the ESA
Join the ESA on October 30th for a spooky, scary, sensational afternoon of Halloween fun and games. Including: 👻 Spooky mad-libs stories 😱 Free, festive treats for all 💀 Cookie decorating for ESA members 🎃 And our annual, heart-stopping game of Werewolf Bring your friends! Bring your enemies! We’re going have a scary good time. WHAT: An amazing Halloween afternoon! WHERE: Buchanan Tower, Room 104A (Lobby) WHEN: 4:00 -5:30 PM RSVP at our Facebook event!
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They Came From Buchanan Tower! Student-Professor Mingle
In the miracle of perfected Three-Dimension, the ESA presents THEY CAME FROM BUCHANAN TOWER. What are they? Where do they come from? Who are these all-powerful creatures dwelling in Buchanan Tower? And what do they want on campus? You can learn the amazing answers only when you come to the most thrilling professor-student event this October. Meet the department, get to know your professors, and learn to see them less like terrifying aliens and more like friendly ones. When: Wednesday, October 11, 5:00 PM Where: Buchanan Tower, Room 599 RSVP at our Facebook event! BuTo photographed by Jeff Hitchcock.
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Submit to The Garden Statuary!
The Garden Statuary (TGS) is the English department’s student-run multimedia journal. TGS publishes a wide range of student work, including academic essays, fiction, creative-non fiction, scripts, poetry, visual artwork, and more. If you’ve done some particularly stellar creative or academic — or perhaps creative academic? — work, TGS wants you! Successful submissions will be published online and in the beautiful end-of-year print edition. So what are you waiting for? Send us something today! The submission deadline for Issue 7.1 is October 20th! Find out how to submit here!
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Searching for an AUS Council Representative!
The UBC English Students’ Association is seeking an AUS Council Representative! The AUS Council Representative attends bimonthly AUS Council meetings and reports back to the executive team with meeting minutes. The executive will also collaborate with the Social Coordinator and other club executives to plan and executive events. If you are interested, send an email to president@ubcenglish.com. Tell us a bit about yourself! Why you’re interested in joining the ESA? What year are you in? Can you think of any cake puns?
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Bloggers Wanted!
The UBC English Students’ Association (ESA) is now accepting applications for bloggers for the upcoming academic year. As an ESA blogger, you will have the opportunity to regularly let your snarling wit and opinion be heard by being published periodically on the UBC ESA blog. If you have a passion for (or a very strong opinion of) any and all things English, we encourage you to apply. All undergraduate students of all backgrounds are accepted; this is a great opportunity to get published and involved! Here is a basic description of the blogger position: You will be published on https://www.ubcenglish.com. As a blogger, you will receive a WordPress login with the role…
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ESA ELECTIONS 2017-2018: Call for Executives
If you’re looking for a fun opportunity to get involved that looks great on a resume, then have we ever got an offer for you! We are officially seeking executives for next year’s ESA. This is a great way to develop new skills, meet new people, and have an influence on campus. The executive team collaborates to plan everything from ice cream cake socials to The Colloquium, supports initiatives like The Garden Statuary, and connects with students, other clubs, and the department. New ideas are more than welcome, and this is a platform that can help you realize them. What positions are available? We currently elect the following: President, Vice-President, Secretary,…
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Should I Major in English? The Pros and the Cons
This post is for all you baby undeclared Thunderbirds and baby English majors. 2017 marks my final year at UBC and boy, it’s been a ride. A whirlwind of cramming readings, looking up MLA formats, and hitting word counts, to be exact. The first few English courses you’ll take in undergrad are amazing and so very different from high school, with brilliant academics as professors and a high degree of challenge. Upper-year courses are also great—you’re treated with more respect, and the wall between instructor and student crumbles away. At the end of second year, I applied for the Creative Writing program, the English Honours program, and the English Major—Emphasis Literature program.…
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The Third Annual Colloquium
WHEN: 12-4PM, January 21st, 2017 WHERE: Dodson Room, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, UBC The English Students’ Association is excited to present the third annual Colloquium! This conference features presentations from English undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty members. The Colloquium offers the opportunity to share your work and discuss ideas with other students and faculty members in the English Department. The Colloquium will be held on Saturday, January 21, 2017. This event is free and will included a catered lunch! Read on for presenter abstracts and RSVP to the Facebook event to receive all updates and reserve your spot through Eventbrite! We can’t wait to see you there! The…
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How I Chose My Pen Name: On Racialized Names and the English Literary Canon
Hello, my name is Charmaine Anne Li. That is my full legal name on all my documents, and everyone calls me “Charmaine.” However, I sign off on all my literary pieces as “Li Charmaine Anne.” Truth is, I’ve always been a little sensitive as to how “Asian-sounding” my name is. “Li,” after all, is the most common surname in the world, and is almost iconically Chinese. Growing up, the books I read and the movies I saw with Asian names attached to them were almost always exclusively about “Asian issues.” This gave me the impression that Asian writers can only ever write about Asian Issues and nothing else: no medieval adventure…
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Call for Submissions! The Third Annual Colloquium
The English Students’ Association is officially calling for submissions to our third annual conference, The Colloquium! This conference features presentations from English undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty members. The Colloquium offers the opportunity to share your work and discuss ideas with other students and faculty members in the English Department. The Colloquium will be held on Saturday, January 21, 2017, and the submissions deadline has been extended to Monday January 2, 2017, at 11:59 pm. Please see below for more detailed info! Submission Information How long should my presentation be? Presentations will be ten to fifteen minutes long. What should I submit? A 300-word abstract and the paper on…
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PAPERS: Productivity with the ESA
For every week in the dark and dreary month of November, the English Students’ Association is providing a space for students to write their papers/read their readings/study for exams in a sympathetic and snack-filled atmosphere. DATES AND LOCATIONS: Wednesday, November 9, from 10:00AM – 12:00PM in BUCH B306 Thursday, November 17, from 12:30PM – 2:00PM in BUCH D304 Monday, November 21, from 4:00PM – 6:00PM in BUCH D304 Come write your papers with us! In exchange for your presence and perhaps even your hard work, we will offer snacks and refreshments. NOTE: This is not a tutoring session, although attendees are welcome to ask for and provide some help (and,…
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Monster Mash
With exactly a week until Halloween, some of the ESA execs and editors from TGS have gathered together to share their some of their favourite spooks, literary and otherwise. Read on for a collection of horrors most foul, strange, and unnatural! Jia – Frankenstein Victor Frankenstein is my favourite monster. Sure, it would be pretty scary if some kid chose to dress up as an eight-foot-tall, translucent-skinned, yellow-eyed creature (with bolts in their neck, if you’re into the Boris Karloff portrayal) and showed up at my door asking for candy, but let’s be real: a father with abandonment issues—a privileged, educated white dude succumbing to hubris, and abusing his power and…
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THEY CAME FROM BUCHANAN TOWER: Student-Professor Mingle
In the miracle of perfected Three-Dimension, the ESA presents THEY CAME FROM BUCHANAN TOWER. What are they? Where do they come from? Who are these all-powerful creatures dwelling in Buchanan Tower? And what do they want on campus? You can learn the amazing answers only when you come to the most thrilling professor-student event this October. Meet the department, get to know your professors, and learn to see them less like terrifying aliens and more like friendly ones. When: Thursday, October 20 4:30-6:00 Where: BUCH D MASS RSVP at our Facebook event! BuTo photographed by Jeff Hitchcock.
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Welcome back! Ice Cream Cake Social and General Meeting
The ESA tradition returns. Come by for—you heard it—ice cream cake! Catch up with friends, make new ones, and purchase a membership for $2 if you wish. Where: Buchanan Tower 599 When: Wednesday, September 28 4:30pm – 6:30pm
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Ice Cream Cake Party/General Meeting 2016
After a long wait the infamous ESA ice cream cake social is returning! Not only will delicious and punny frozen treats be served, but we’ll also be hosting our General Meeting. Elect next year’s executives or run for a position yourself. We’ll also be reviewing some updates to our constitution, and we would love to hear your suggestions. We hope you’re interested in participating in democracy, but if not, remember: there will be cake. Details: When: Wednesday, March 16th from 4-6pm. Where: Buchanan Tower 599 (the English Department conference room.) Price: Free for members, or $2 to become a member (required if you want to vote!) RSVP on Facebook Interested in…
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ESA Call for Executives 2016-2017
If you’re looking for an opportunity to get involved that both looks great on a resume and is a lot of fun, then you’re in luck! We are officially looking for executives for next year’s ESA. This is a great way to develop new skills and actually have an influence on campus. As an executive you will collaborate with the team to organize events ranging from ice cream cake socials to The Colloquium, and also support initiatives like The Garden Statuary. Of course, if you have new ideas, they are more than welcome and this is a platform that can help you realize them. Read on for more information! What…
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Colloquium 2016: Presenters and Abstracts
We are pleased to announce that our second annual conference, The Colloquium, will be hosted on Saturday, January 30th, featuring presentations by undergraduate students and faculty members! The Colloquium will take place in the Dodson Room in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre from noon until 6pm, and food and refreshments will be provided during two breaks. The Colloquium is open to everyone—students and members of the public; be sure to reserve a free ticket here. Colloquium Presenters: Undergraduate Students Click on the presenter’s name to view their biography and abstract. Taylor Tomko – ‘Why Dost Thou Laugh?’: Theatricality and Humour in Shakespeare’s Titus Andronicus Alexandra Valahu – Bebop and the…
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Get your work out there: submit to the Colloquium!
Deadline for submission has now been extended to Wednesday, December 23, 11:59pm! The English Students’ Association is officially calling for submissions to our second annual conference, The Colloquium! This conference features presentations from English undergraduate students, graduate students, and faculty members. The Colloquium offers the opportunity to share your work and discuss ideas with other students and faculty members in the English Department. The Colloquium will be held on Saturday, January 30, 2016, and the submissions deadline is Friday, December 11, 2015, at 11:59 pm. Please see below for more detailed info! Submission Information How long should my presentation be? You’ve got fifteen minutes, with an extra five for set-up.…
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The Garden Statuary Launch Party
As term papers and finals loom, come escape the end-of-the-year chaos at The Garden Statuary‘s launch party. Join us to celebrate the launch of the fourth print edition. There will be free food, author readings, and a plethora of great company. Here are the details: When: Thursday, April 9th from 5-8pm Where: MASS (Buchanan D) Cost: Free Who: All our welcome!
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General Meeting/Ice Cream Cake Social
After a long wait the infamous ESA ice cream cake social is returning! Not only will delicious frozen treats be served, but we’ll also be hosting our General Meeting. Elect next year’s executives or run for a position yourself. We’d also love to hear any ideas you have about events for next year. We understand if you don’t really care about the General Meeting, but remember: there will be cake. Details: When: Friday, March 20th from 3-6pm. Where: MASS (Buchanan D). RSVP on Facebook Interested in becoming an ESA executive? Find more info here.
