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The Symposium gratefully acknowledges the support of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), the University of Ottawa, its Faculty of Arts
and Department of English.

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2010

Rediscovering Early Canadian Literature

Rediscovering Early Canadian Literature
May 7-9, 2010.

Marking the twentieth anniversary of the publication of Lorraine McMullen’s Re(dis)covering Our Foremothers (1990), a volume of essays based on an earlier University of Ottawa symposium, the 2010 “Rediscovering Early Canadian Literature” aimed to reassess the literary culture of early Canada and related scholarly achievements. Featured keynote speakers were D.M.R. Bentley, Professor of English at the University of Western Ontario, Carole Gerson, Professor of English at Simon Fraser University, and Charlotte Gray, historian and biographer.

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2009

Double-Takes: Intersections Between Canadian Literature and Film

Double-Takes: Intersections Between Canadian Literature and Film
May 1-3, 2009.

Featured keynote speaker was novelist and screenwriter Paul Quarrington (Whale Music, The Ravine), and other guest keynote presenters included Peter Dickinson (Screening Gender, Framing Genre), Katherine Monk (Weird Sex and Snowshoes), and Jim Lynch (Canadian Film).

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2008

“Re: Reading the Postmodern” took place from May 9-11, 2008. Featuring keynote addresses by Linda Hutcheon, Pauline Butling and Susan Rudy, Frank Davey and Robert Kroetsch, the symposium brought together scholars and cultural producers from across the country interested in discussing the history and theory of the postmodern in Canada. The weekend also featured readings and performances by a stellar group of poets including Fred Wah, Gregory Betts, Christian Bök, Louis Cabri, Stephen Cain, Wanda Campbell, Dennis Cooley, Frank Davey, Robert Kroetsch, Christine Stewart, Andy Weaver and The Max Middle Sound Project. See our archives section for recordings, author interviews, photos, and other materials related to the 2008 symposium.

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2007

"Northrop Frye: New Directions from Old" took place from May 4-6th 2007. The symposium brought together a number of the most important literary theorists and Frye scholars, including many from a new generation. The 50th anniversary of the publication of Anatomy of Criticism and the ongoing work on the 31-volume edition of Frye's Complete Works made 2007 a particularly interesting time to reassess his achievement and plot the new directions it will take. The conference featured sessions dedicated to a range of Frye's interests, including theory, religion, Canadian studies, and education. Robert Denham and Alvin Lee gave the keynote addresses. The conference should produce a set of papers that will help explain why Frye's visionary account of the centrality of the imagination as it manifests itself in literature is as important as ever.