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The Department of English at the ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´ invites applications for a Sessional Instructor for the 2026 First Summer Semester to teach ENGL 3910. This position is subject to final budgetary approval.

ENGL 3910 – Modernism in Paris
This 3000-level experiential-based course is experiential-based to immerse students in the environment within which English-speaking modernist authors wrote, interacted, and lived their lives.  ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´s will spend ten days in Paris, visiting and discussing the sites and scenes where literature by James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, and F. Scott Fitzgerland was written, published, and read. As they visit literary salons, modernist art museums, bookshops, and cafés, students will reimagine for themselves the Paris that inspired so much innovative and exciting literature. The course will begin with online lectures and resources, along with online information sessions, all of which will prepare you for the overseas experience.  ÐÓ°ÉÔ­´´s will read a few modernist poems, short stories, and a short novel, all written in or set in post-war Paris.  Among other sites, students will visit the Louvre, the Palace of Versailles, and Claude Monet’s gardens at Giverny.

Qualifications:
Successful applicants will have a PhD specialization in British and American Modernism, experience organizing study abroad programs at UPEI, and professional contacts in Paris to facilitate the field trip portion of this course.
Preference will be given to the qualified candidates with seniority on the UPEI Sessional Roster and full-time and term contract Faculty Members of the Academic unit.

Application Instructions:
Applicants should submit a letter of application, an updated C.V., and the names of three references to:
Dr. Esther Wohlgemut
Department of English
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Charlottetown, PE C1A 4P3
Email: ewohlgemut@upei.ca

In accordance with Canadian immigration requirements, all qualified candidates are encouraged to apply; however, Canadian citizens and permanent residents will be given priority. UPEI is committed to the principle of equity in employment.

UPEI is committed to equity, diversity, inclusion, and reconciliation and believes in providing a positive learning and working environment where every person feels empowered to contribute.

UPEI is committed to the principle of equity in employment and encourages applications from underrepresented groups, including women, Indigenous peoples, visible minorities, persons with disabilities, persons of any sexual orientation or gender identity, and others with the skills and knowledge to productively engage with diverse communities.

Closing date for applications is December 24th, 2025.