Paul Barrett
@paulbarrett1.bsky.social
Associate Professor of English and DH at the University of Guelph
CFP: Suburb Nation. Canadian Literature. Submissions due August 15!
canlit.ca/call-for-pap...
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July 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
CFP: Suburb Nation. Canadian Literature. Submissions due August 15!
canlit.ca/call-for-pap...
canlit.ca/call-for-pap...
We wrote a book! Sarah Roger and I! It comes out today! CanLit and DH! 🎉🎉🎉
July 2, 2025 at 1:32 PM
We wrote a book! Sarah Roger and I! It comes out today! CanLit and DH! 🎉🎉🎉
Exactly correct from The Guardian's Owen Jones: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
July 1, 2025 at 2:45 PM
Exactly correct from The Guardian's Owen Jones: www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Images of John Norton's newly discovered 'first' journal (of his travels to England). Pity the poor transcribers...
April 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Images of John Norton's newly discovered 'first' journal (of his travels to England). Pity the poor transcribers...
The UofGuelph is hiring for a Creative Writing / English TT position in Indigenous / Canadian literatures. Full job ad here:
careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
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February 18, 2025 at 12:40 PM
The UofGuelph is hiring for a Creative Writing / English TT position in Indigenous / Canadian literatures. Full job ad here:
careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
careers.uoguelph.ca/job/Guelph-A...
CFP Special Issue of Canada Literature: Suburb Nation. "This special journal issue will examine literary approaches to suburban life in Canada across a range of mediums, genres, and periods." Deadline Aug 15! canlit.ca/call-for-pap...
February 9, 2025 at 4:35 PM
CFP Special Issue of Canada Literature: Suburb Nation. "This special journal issue will examine literary approaches to suburban life in Canada across a range of mediums, genres, and periods." Deadline Aug 15! canlit.ca/call-for-pap...
Congratulations to Andrea Davis & Leslie Sanders on the publication of The Routledge Handbook of Black Canadian Literature. An excellent volume!
February 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Congratulations to Andrea Davis & Leslie Sanders on the publication of The Routledge Handbook of Black Canadian Literature. An excellent volume!
CFP: CSDH / SCHN 2025 Conference. May 30 - June 1, Toronto. Papers due January 13. Join us!!
November 21, 2024 at 4:14 PM
CFP: CSDH / SCHN 2025 Conference. May 30 - June 1, Toronto. Papers due January 13. Join us!!
Just your average day researching Canadian poetry (points to anyone who can guess the relevant poet):
November 14, 2024 at 12:14 AM
Just your average day researching Canadian poetry (points to anyone who can guess the relevant poet):
Spending my evening glued to my TV watching the Catherine Breillat collection on Criterion.
November 5, 2024 at 6:10 PM
Spending my evening glued to my TV watching the Catherine Breillat collection on Criterion.
Because I'm thinking so much these days about poets, Coach House, datapac, unix, concordances, and giant mainframes, here is bpNichol's "Some Notes on Approaches to Teaching Computers" courtesy of bpnichol.ca
October 31, 2024 at 1:58 AM
Because I'm thinking so much these days about poets, Coach House, datapac, unix, concordances, and giant mainframes, here is bpNichol's "Some Notes on Approaches to Teaching Computers" courtesy of bpnichol.ca
A draft of the Routledge Guide to Canadian Literature & Digital Humanities from Sarah Roger & I. At last the CanLit DH book you've been waiting for! Frank Davey's Datapac poems, Sandra Djwa's computer concordances, Frye on humanities computing, Digital poetry, e-lit, and much more! Coming 2025.
October 22, 2024 at 8:55 PM
A draft of the Routledge Guide to Canadian Literature & Digital Humanities from Sarah Roger & I. At last the CanLit DH book you've been waiting for! Frank Davey's Datapac poems, Sandra Djwa's computer concordances, Frye on humanities computing, Digital poetry, e-lit, and much more! Coming 2025.
New du Plessis! Another wide-ranging and insightful series of essays from Klara du Plessis. Such an original vision of how to read, and live with poetry. 🎉
October 20, 2023 at 1:55 PM
New du Plessis! Another wide-ranging and insightful series of essays from Klara du Plessis. Such an original vision of how to read, and live with poetry. 🎉
I legitimately thought this was Dennis Lee and PK Page
October 17, 2023 at 12:26 AM
I legitimately thought this was Dennis Lee and PK Page