Smith, Rowland (James)
SMITH, Rowland (James)
SMITH, Rowland (James). Canadian (born South Africa), b. 1938. Genres: Literary criticism and history. Career: Lecturer, English, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 1963-67, assistant ed., English Studies in Africa, Johannesburg, 1964-67; Dalhousie University, Halifax, assistant professor, 1967-70, associate professor, 1970-77, professor, 1977-88, Director, Centre for African Studies, 1976-77, Chair, Dept. of English, 1977-83, 1985-86, Dean, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, 1988-93, McCulloch Professor in English, 1988-94; Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON, academic vice-president and professor of English, 1994-; University of Rouen, Visiting Professor, Multidisciplinary Canadian Studies Centre, 1994; University of West Sydney, Macarthur, visiting scholar in Canadian Studies, 1996; Canadian Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies, president, 1995-99. Publications: Lyric and Polemic: The Literary Personality of Roy Campbell, 1972. EDITOR: Exile and Tradition: Studies in African and Caribbean Literature, 1976; Critical Essays on Nadine Gordimer, 1990; Postcolonizing the Commonwealth: Studies in Literature and Culture, 2000. Address: Office of the Academic Vice-President, Wilfrid Laurier University, 75 University Ave W, Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3C5. Online address: [email protected]