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I teach courses in postcolonial literatures and literary theory, with a strong emphasis on the
literatures of Canada. My book Sanctioned Ignorance: the politics of knowledge production and the teaching of the literatures
of Canada is under contract with the University of Alberta Press. Since July 1, 2006, I am also the Director of the
University of Vermont's Canadian Studies Program.
In my "spare time" I help to
run Northwest Passages, a Canadian literature online bookstore and information
resource I co-founded in 1996.
If you have any questions about me, my
work, or my homeland of Canada, please feel free to contact me.
Areas of Expertise: Comparative Canadian literature; nationalism and theories of
the literary institution; the history of Canadian universities and literature departments; postcolonial literatures and literary
institutions; indigenous writers from Canada, Australia, and New Zealand; intersections between literature and the other arts,
in particular music and photography; distance education and the creation of online learning communities; the applications of
technology in the humanities classroom such as blogging, podcasting, and multimodal composition; humanities computing; James
Joyce and early 20th century fiction.

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Assistant
Professor,
Department of English/
Director,
Canadian Studies Program
321 Old Mill
University of Vermont
802.656.8451
Paul.Martin@uvm.edu
iChat/AIM: canlitprof
Twitter: pwmartin
Currently teaching:
ENGS 005 TAP: From Pucks to Parliament: Exploring Canadian Culture
ENGS 180: 20th Century Canadian fiction
Previous courses:
ENGS 182: Recent First Nations fiction (Spring
2007)
ENGS 005 TAP: The Great White North: An Exploration of Canadian Culture (Fall 2005 & 2006)
ENGS 180:
Canadian Literature (Spring 2005, Fall 2005, Fall 2006)
ENGS 182: Indigenous Writers
from Canada, Australia, and Aotearoa/New Zealand (Spring 2005, &
2006)
ENGS 095: Intro to Contemp. Cdn. Fiction (online course,
Summer 2005 & 2006)>
ENGS 190: The Works of Michael
Ondaatje
ENGS 086: Critical Approaches
to Lit
(Summer 04, Fall 04, Spring 05, Summer 05)
ENGS 172: 20th C. Anglophone Novel (Spring
04)
ENGS 202: The Literary Institution (Spring 04)
ENGS 157: Canadian literature (Fall 03)
ENGS 172: Indigenous Writers from Canada, Australia, and Aotearoa/New
Zealand (Fall 03)
Sites I frequent:
UVM Dept of English
my home away from home
cbc.ca
the latest news from Canada
The Globe and Mail
Canada's best newspaper
An American's Guide to Canada
Required reading, especially the section on Canadianisms
Arts & Letters Daily
good arts coverage
Artsjournal
daily arts news
BookNinja book news from Canada and beyond
Voice of the Shuttle
great site for Humanities research
Daniel Lanois
A Canadian treasure
Rheostatics
One of Canada's great bands of all time
The Weakerthans
Right up there with the Rheos as one of the top Canadian acts ever
Ron Sexsmith
A great Canadian singer/songwriter
The Tragically Hip
Essential Canadian Content
ateaseweb
A great site for info about Radiohead
The Stills
One of my favourite new bands
Edmonton Oilers
my hometown team!
Burlington Haze Cam: the
view from the top of Old Mill
harpold.com
helped me build this site
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