Western English and Writing Studies

08/13/2026

Assistant Professor (Probationary Tenure Track) – Creative Writing

The Writing Program in the Department of English and Writing Studies invites applications for an appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor (Probationary Tenure Track) in the field of Creative Writing. This position is expected to start July 1, 2027, and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

For the full position description, application requirements, and submission instructions, please visit the Department of English and Writing Studies website at westernu.ca/english.

Application deadline: September 11, 2026.

The position is also posted on Western University's Faculty Careers page:
https: //www.uwo.ca/facultyrelations/careers/faculty.html

07/23/2026

Assistant Professor (Probationary Tenure Track) – Literatures and Cultures in Canada

The Department of English and Writing Studies invites applications for a probationary appointment at the rank of Assistant Professor (tenure track) in the field of Literatures and Cultures in Canada. Consideration of tenure and promotion to Associate Professor will occur at the end of the probationary period (maximum 6 years). This position is expected to start July 1, 2027, and salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience.

For the full position description, application requirements, and submission instructions, please visit the Department of English and Writing Studies website at westernu.ca/english. The position is also posted on Western University's Faculty Careers page:

https://www.uwo.ca/facultyrelations/careers/faculty.html .

Application deadline: October 15, 2026.

04/08/2026

Anmol Dutta, Lecturer in Film Studies and Gender, Sexuality & Women’s Studies at Western University, examines how feminist stand-up comedy challenges long-standing assumptions about humour, identity, and representation in her course, "Women Aren’t Funny: Feminist Stand-Up Comedy."

https: //westerngazette.ca/culture/challenging-comedy-s-oldest-joke-women-aren-t-funny/article_1c3bffb4-51be-4664-bb8e-9fdba1478388.html?fbclid=PAb21jcARCdyJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZA81NjcwNjczNDMzNTI0MjcAAacnFV46JSwdYM6XRhOyUCuzE_0T0KM7AkeM5KmffNz-v5Jfb_R23vs5jKCqoA_aem_9nb_oPwpFKYs6NoQ7Vog-w

02/19/2026

09/15/2025

Missed your chance during the Toronto Fringe Festival?
WE GOT YOU COVERED!

Bring your bestie along and see
MILK MILK LEMONADE at What The Festival!
📚Sat, Sep 27th - 7:30pm - Sweet Action Theatre

You’ll see the class clowns of Mallowmarsh Public School navigate the rough-and-tumble world of elementary school to answer the age-old question: “I know you are but what am I”?

“Get Ready to Play MASH, trade lunches, negotiate your first crush, and draw like an angry toddler. In Emma Nelles’ and Jonas Trottier’s whimsical clown show (directed by Jack Davidson), MILK MILK LEMONADE, two kids from Mallowmarsh P.S. cavort through the classroom, making (and eating) macaroni art, bombing tests, spreading schoolyard scuttlebutt, and getting the audience to do their homework.” - Ilana Lucas, Toronto Fringe Festival Review

08/15/2025

We’re excited to welcome Anna Chatterton - award-winning playwright, librettist, and theatre artist - as Western’s 2025–26 Writer-in-Residence! With decades of experience in theatre, opera, and writing, Anna is passionate about helping others tell their stories. Western and London community members are invited to meet with her about their creative projects. Details on our website.

https://www.uwo.ca/english/people/writer-in-res.html

Anna Chatterton is Western's 2025-26 writer-in-residence. Two of her plays were finalists for the Governor General’s Literary Award for Drama.

07/18/2025

🎭 Exciting news! One of our students is performing in The Planetarium (with Planets Aligned) at the Grand Theatre! Don't miss it - details here👇

Planets Aligned Collective and Haus of Hard Nox in collaboration to bring you an out of this world drag show. Experience the star studded local talents of both Planets Aligned and Haus of Hard Nox, with special guest Brattery Acid. Welcome to our orbit. Doors open at 8:30 pm, and show begins at 9:00...

05/26/2025

Please enjoy this presentation by Megan McLennan, the 2025 winner of the McIntosh Prize Competition:

“[S]he came out of my brain”: Charlotte Brontë's Villette and Endocryptic Identification”

The McIntosh Prize Competition at Western University is a graduate-level event for PhD students, particularly those in their fourth year. It involves a public lecture based on their thesis work, with the goal of providing valuable experience in communicating research to a wider audience and fostering a sense of community among graduate students. Megan McLennan was the 2025 winner of the competition.

“[S]he came out of my brain”: Charlotte Brontë's Villette and Endocryptic Identification” Presented by Megan McLennan, Department of English and Writing Stud...