Faculty (Alphabetical) --- Faculty (by Research Interest)
Dr. Lindsay Diehl
Assistant Professor
Office: 639 Fletcher Argue Building
Phone: N/A
Email: Lindsay.Diehl@umanitoba.ca
Education:
PhD (University of British Columbia, Okanagan)
MA (University of British Columbia, Okanagan)
MFA (University of British Columbia, Okanagan)
BA Honours (University of British Columbia, Vancouver)
Bio:
Lindsay Diehl teaches in the English, Theatre, Film & Media department. Her areas of expertise include diasporic Canadian literatures, creative writing, Asian Canadian Studies, settler colonial studies, postcolonial theory, and transnational feminism. As a creative writer and critical scholar, Dr. Diehl often blends scholarly and creative methodologies to explore intersecting issues of nationalism, settler-colonialism, race, gender, and identity. She is particularly interested in how storytelling allows for personal, emotional, and affective elements frequently overlooked in conventional forms of criticism.
Recent Courses:
ENGL 1200 Representative Literary Works (Part A & B)
ENGL 2190 Beyond the Canon: Debates on Decolonization and Diversity in Canadian Literature
Areas of Specialization:
• Canadian Literature
• Creative Writing
• Asian Canadian Studies
• Settler Colonialism
• Postcolonial Theory and Literature
• Transnational Feminism
• Anti-Racism in an Intersectional Framework
• Creative-Critical Approaches to Research
Recent Interests / Undertakings:
Books:
Introduction to Asian Canadian Literature. Under contract with Routledge. Series Eds. Lorraine York and Robert Lecker.
Refereed Journal Articles:
“Journey to Hoi An: The Theme of Return in Philip Huynh’s The Forbidden Purple City.” The Vietnam War and its Afterlife in Canadian Literature. Special Issue of Canadian Literature, edited by Y-Dang Troeung and Christine Kim. (Revised and Resubmitted).
“Want to be a Superior Man?: The Production of Chinese Canadian Masculinities in Paul Yee’s Writing.” Counterclockwise. Special Issue of Canada & Beyond, edited by Larissa Lai et al., vol. 8, 2019, pp. 41-50.
“Disrupting the National Frame: A Postcolonial, Diasporic (Re)Reading of SKY Lee’s Disappearing Moon Café and Denise Chong’s The Concubine’s Children.” English Studies in Canada, vol. 42, no. 3-4, 2016, pp. 99-118.
“Savage Practices: Geography and Human-Animal Relationships in J. M. Coetzee’s Disgrace.” Postcolonial Text, vol. 11, no. 4, 2016, pp. 1-16.
“‘And What Are You Dreaming About?’: An Analysis of Tomson Highway’s Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing.” Indigenous Literatures. Special Issue of The Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities, vol. 6, no. 2, 2014, pp. 15-22.
Creative Writing:
“Spring Melon Seeds: Letters from My Grandmother.” Special Twentieth Anniversary Issue. Ricepaper: Asian Canadian Arts and Culture, vol. 20, no. 4, 2015, pp. 26-29.
“No Words.” Ricepaper: Asian Canadian Arts and Culture, vol. 18, no. 3, 2013, p. 5.
“Basel.” Winner of Okanagan Short Fiction Contest 2011.