The joking began the instant Tomson Highway, BMus’75, LLD’93, picked up the phone. “Is this Tomson?” I asked. “No, this is his servant,” Highway said in a trickster, mocking tone. With a fit of giggles, he continued. “He has seve …
English and Writing Studies
RAG sends invite for new membership
What do professors do after they retire? Maintain Mexican villas? Call their investment advisers daily? Take their yachts around the world?
Art only exists if it is shared: Writer-in-residence shares thoughts on the craft
Sheila Heti isn’t afraid to get inside her own head and sometimes she climbs inside those of the people she admires and finds interesting.
Faculties nab international recognition
The departments of Philosophy, History, Geography and English are among the best in the world according to QS World University Rankings for Arts and Humanities.
Hellmuth award lectures Friday
Lauded for their outstanding contributions to English literature and cancer research, Michael Groden and Ann Chambers will be honored this Friday (May 20) with the Hellmuth Prize, The University of Western Ontario’s highest distinction for sustained excellence in research.
Discussions of evolution before Darwin
What began as a small group of Arts and Humanities graduate students sharing a passion for the Romantic era has evolved into an international conference that will be held at The University of Western Ontario May 12-14.
Celebrating a lifetime of their research
The Hellmuth Prize for Achievement in Research spotlights faculty members with outstanding international reputations for their contributions in research.
RAG sends invite for new membership
What do professors do after they retire? Maintain Mexican villas? Call their investment advisers daily? Take their yachts around the world?
Art only exists if it is shared: Writer-in-residence shares thoughts on the craft
Sheila Heti isn’t afraid to get inside her own head and sometimes she climbs inside those of the people she admires and finds interesting.
Faculties nab international recognition
The departments of Philosophy, History, Geography and English are among the best in the world according to QS World University Rankings for Arts and Humanities.
Hellmuth award lectures Friday
Lauded for their outstanding contributions to English literature and cancer research, Michael Groden and Ann Chambers will be honored this Friday (May 20) with the Hellmuth Prize, The University of Western Ontario’s highest distinction for sustained excellence in research.
Discussions of evolution before Darwin
What began as a small group of Arts and Humanities graduate students sharing a passion for the Romantic era has evolved into an international conference that will be held at The University of Western Ontario May 12-14.
Celebrating a lifetime of their research
The Hellmuth Prize for Achievement in Research spotlights faculty members with outstanding international reputations for their contributions in research.