Events surrounding the 50th Anniversary of Canadian Literature

Wednesday September 30, 2009

12:00 Steven Galloway (author of The Cellist of Sarajevo) will present UBC Dorothy Black lecture in Hennings 200. Introduction by Judy Brown.

Thursday October 1, 2009

8:30am - 6:30pm "The Future of Canadian literature/Canadian Literature": Day 1
7:00pm - 8:00pm Thomas King (Sedgwick Lecture Series) at the Museum of Anthropology. More details and ticket information available here.
8:00pm - 10:00pm Auction and book launches at Sage Bistro (Sherrill Grace's On the Art of Being Canadian and From a Speaking Place, edited by W.H New).

Friday October 2, 2009

8:30am - 7:30pm "The Future of Canadian literature/Canadian Literature": Day 2
8:00pm Film screening at the Royal Bank Cinema

Saturday October 3, 2009

9:30am - 11:30am Literary tour of Vancouver
12:00pm Gala Finale Lunch at Sage Bistro. Address by W.H. New, "Love Song with Rocky Edges." Introduced by Margery Fee.

Early November film screenings in partnership with the Vancouver International Film Festival

Both films are scheduled for 7:00pm at the Vancity Theatre, 1181 Seymour Street.

November 2 The Snow Walker (2003). Written by Farley Mowat and directed by Charles Martin Smith.
November 4 Fugitive Pieces (2007). Written by Anne Michaels and directed by Jeremy Podeswa.

Conference Program: "The Future of Canadian literature/Canadian Literature"

"The Future of Canadian literature/Canadian Literature" is a two-day conference featuring presentations by distinguished academics and graduate students from Canada and abroad. 35 Canadian literature specialists representing 21 universities across Canada will be presenting 5 minute "interventions" on the future of the field, writing, and academic publishing over the course of the two-day conference. Students, nominated by their own departments, have been selected for 50th anniversary travel awards to enable them to present their research.

Workshop events, unless otherwise noted, will be held in the Liu Institute.

Thursday October 1, 2009

8:30 Coffee and muffins
9:00 Opening Words / Welcome: Margery Fee and Laura Moss
9:15 "Historical Futures": Margo Gouley, Christyl Verduyn, Julia Emberley, Matt Hiebert, and Manina Jones
10:45 Coffee break
11:00 "Cultural Canadas": Brenna Clarke Gray, Paul Huebener, Jasmin Habib, Linda Hutcheon, and Lorraine York
12:30 Lunch (provided)
1:30 "Beyond the Nation": Kathryn Grafton, Cristina Ivanovici, Sneja Gunew, Chris Lee, and Herb Wyile
3:00 Tea break
3:15 "Indigeneity and...": Allison Hargreaves, Sophie McCall, Deanna Reder, David Gaertner, and Susan Gingell
4:30 - 5:30 Roch Carrier
5:30 - 6:30 Dinner at the Liu Institute (provided)
7:00 - 8:00 Thomas King (Sedgwick Lecture Series) at the Museum of Anthropology. Introduction by Linc Kesler with opening remarks on the Sedgwick legacy by Dennis Danielson. More details and ticket information

Friday October 2, 2009

8:30 Coffee and muffins
9:00 "Environments": Samuel Martin, Alison Calder, Carrie Dawson, Susie O'Brien, Rita Wong, and Deena Rymhs
10:30 Coffee break
10:45 "Radical Canadas": David Chariandy, Richard Cavell, Lily Cho, Daniel Coleman, Jeff Derksen, and Ian Rae
12:15 Lunch (provided)
1:30 Aritha van Herk and Reingard Nischik. Introduced by Sherrill Grace.
2:30 Tea break
2:45 "Francophonie and Social Justice": Louise Ladouceur, Winfried Siemerling, Marie Vautier, and Roxanne Rimstead
4:00 Break
4:15 - 5:45 "What's next in journals?": John Ball, Margery Fee, Glenn Deer, Judy Brown, Larissa Lai, Laura Moss, and others
6:00 - 7:30 Dinner at St. John's College (provided)