The School of English will be offering two short postgraduate taster courses at the University’s Tonbridge Centre in 2016. English and American Literature: British Romanticism … Read more
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Abdulrazak Gurnah appointed to Man Booker Prize judges panel
Abdulrazak Gurnah, Professor of English and Postcolonial Literatures in the School of English, has been appointed as one of the judges for the 2016 Man … Read more
The Guardian ‘Best Novels of 2015’
Alex Preston (Lecturer in Creative Writing) appeared in the Guardian over the weekend, contributing to their ‘Best Books of 2015’ series. Alex’s ‘Best Novels of … Read more
Special screening of ‘Carol’ at Curzon Canterbury
The Centre for Gender, Sexuality and Writing will be hosting a post-screening panel discussion of the film Carol at the Curzon cinema in Canterbury on Sunday 6th … Read more
‘The Queer Persistence of Shakespeare’: Professor Stephen Guy-Bray
‘The Queer Persistence of Shakespeare’ Professor Stephen Guy-Bray (British Columbia) Chair: Dr Declan Kavanagh (University of Kent) 5pm, Monday 23 November Eliot Lecture Theatre 2 … Read more
Festival of English Open Lecture: Woolf
The final Festival of English event will take place on the Canterbury campus next week. Dr Derek Ryan will be giving a paper entitled ‘Virginia … Read more
Canterbury Festival Poet of the Year 2015
The School of English and the Centre for Creative Writing at the University of Kent were proud sponsors of this year’s Canterbury Festival Poet of … Read more
David Herd to open this year’s Esteem Lecture series
The Esteem Lectures series was introduced by Vice-Chancellor Professor Dame Julia Goodfellow in the University of Kent’s 50th anniversary year to celebrate the achievements and … Read more
Festival of English Open Lecture: 27 October
Festival of English Open Lecture Series: Professor Malcolm Andrews ‘Dickens’s ‘Imaginary Worlds’ in Kent: from Pickwick to Drood’ 6pm Tuesday 27 October, GLT2 Wine reception … Read more
2015 T S Eliot Memorial Lecture: Terry Eagleton
Jointly sponsored by Eliot College, the Centre for Postcolonial Studies and the School of English the T S Eliot Memorial Lecture will take place in … Read more