The Department of English and Film Studies invites you to join us next Wednesday at 3:30 PM in the Salter Reading Room (3-95 Humanities Centre) for research talks by three recent winners of a Roger S. Smith undergraduate research award.
The Department of English and Film Studies invites you to join us for the return of our popular 7-Minute Research Presentations series, next Wednesday, November 8th.
For those of us who are writers and readers, I noticed that a lot of folks aren't familiar with the rich canon of Palestinian literature and don't know where to begin reading. In response to this, down below is a thread of novels, non-fiction, and poetry about Palestine (🧵):
“We really are so concerned about our students, [and] we really love teaching," Contract Academic Teaching Staff Director @lmschechter said.
But trapping instructors in short term contracts "really limits what we can do, both in and outside of the classroom.”
Damaged ownership inscription of the Mughal emperor #Jahangir in a copy of #Saʻdi's Divan dated 995/1587 at Herat, copied by Muhammad al-katib (Add Ms 25812)
#ManuscriptMonday
Benjamin Banneker (1731-1806) was an African American intellectual who challenged Jefferson's views on race through a series of letters in 1791.
Hear more about Banneker's remarkable life and correspondence with Jefferson from our new podcast episode: https://t.co/iOMAAfkHFV
On October 17, AASUA held an online media event as a part of their annual Fair Employment Week, where they raised concerns regarding the U of A's new strategic plan SHAPE.
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https://t.co/ketiurfyCP We have unearthed a wonderful MEMOries blog post for you today from our Events Editor @aishahussain96, exploring the discourse on Ottomans in Shakespeare's Henriad.
Universities Canada stands with the 2SLGBTQIA+ community in the face of today's protests against inclusive school policies. We believe in celebrating diversity, fostering understanding of differences and creating safe, inclusive and respectful learning environments for all.
Yes! We teach roughly half of the classes on campus. We deserve long-term contracts with easy conversion to career status or tenure-track. Our working conditions are students' learning conditions. #abpse#MakeItFair
Micrography of Jonah being swallowed by the fish, at the text of Jonah, the haftarah for the afternoon service of Yom Kippur.
#YomKippur
BL Add 21160; 'the Yonah Pentateuch'; 13th century; Germany; f.292r @BL_HebrewMSS@BLAsia_Africa
Our new post by guest writer Shiva Mihan on an early copy of the Divan of Kamal Khujandi copied by the #Timurid calligrapher Jaʿfar Tabrizi https://t.co/ucfVvkLbri
#ManuscriptMonday