Tomorrow is the date traditionally observed as William Shakespeare’s birthdate. Born in 1564, he was famously described by one of his peers as a literary figure “for all time.” And now everyone can click on the University of Victoria’s Map of Early …
Lovers of literature can shed their winter woes at the third-annual WordsThaw 2015 from March 20-22. Hosted by The Malahat Review, the event brings 36 poets, novelists, short-story writers, and journalists together for a spring symposium—one of the biggest writing festivals in Victoria.
A motorcycle coffee shop might seem like an odd place for a university class’s research fair but not if the students are presenting their work on “Literature and Motorcycle Cultures.” The University of Victoria English course takes an interdisciplin…
The university will award two honorary degrees during Fall Convocation Ceremonies in recognition of the exceptional achievements of poet Patrick Lane and chemist George Whitesides.
For the first time, British Columbians have an opportunity to view in one place all four Shakespeare Folios, hot off the 17th-century printing press. As part of Victoria’s six-week Shakespeare Onstage-Offstage celebration, UVic Libraries and the Dep…
Digital humanities projects at UVic have received invaluable support since 2000 from UVic’s Humanities Computing and Media Centre. The HCMC has assisted with, among others, the hugely popular Internet Shakespearean Editions; the constantly enriched Map of Early Modern London; the award-winning Great Unsolved Mysteries in Canadian History site serving as a “cold squad” research training site; and The Governor’s Letters archive of colonial correspondence between BC and London.
Lieutenant Governor’s Silver Medal (top master’s other than thesis, all faculties): Adam Taylor, English Adam Taylor, who is receiving the Lieutenant Governor’s Silver Medal in June 2013 as the top master's student for program achievement, is moving away from Victoria after convocation but is taking his passion for Victorian literature back home to Portland, Oregon.
