Submit to the 2020 Colloquium!
The English Students’ Association is officially calling for submissions to our sixth 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. Please see below for...
“A salvatory of green mummy”: John Webster and Corpse Medicine
Jacobean dramatist John Webster approached the taboo and the questionable with inexhaustible determination, plunging the contemporary reader into those dark, uncomfortable spaces we prefer to skirt around, never lingering for too long for fear of what we might uncover. For Webster, a preoccupation with the gruesome side of mortality manifests particularly strongly in his references...
Aconite and mandrake: Crypto-pharmacological botanicals in Shakespeare
Don’t try these remedies at home, kids, no matter how reputable Shakespeare’s local apothecary might seem.
Celebrating Women in Literature
Although many women have not received adequate acknowledgement or recognition for their works, their ideas and writings continue to be fundamental.
Galileo in a Different Light
Brecht created the character of Galileo to reflect on the actual scientist’s impact in the past and the world as we know it today, exemplifying how a great discovery does not always mean change for the better.
Festival Dionysia: A Review
A cacophony settled by stillness, despair tempered by hope, Festival Dionysia lays bare the humanity of its characters and its audience. In a whirlwind of motion and storylines, six plays come together to celebrate the truly brilliant platform that is the UBC Players Club.
