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Professor of American Literature and Indigenous Studies, David Stirrup, and Dr Matthew Whittle from the Centre for Indigenous and Settler Colonial Studies (CISCS) at the … Read more

Professor of Modern Literature, David Herd, recites passage from Refugee Tales in recent podcast episode of ‘On the road with Penguin Classics‘, hosted by host, … Read more

We caught up with Senior Lecturer in Contemporary Literature, Dr Juha Virtanen, to find out more about studying English at Kent. Dr Virtanen shares the … Read more

Lecturer in Eighteenth-Century Studies, Dr Michael Falk, has recently published an article, Digital Humanities, which has been featured in the Oxford Research Encyclopaedia in Literature … Read more

Many of our staff in the School of English are professional writers and publishers. Dorothy Lehane, as well as being a Lecturer in Creative Writing … Read more

The Refugee Tales project recently notched up another success. Since 2015, Refugee Tales has enriched the national conversation about migration and the situation of refugees. Inspired by Chaucer’s Canterbury … Read more

We asked our lecturers in the School of English for their recommendations on books, podcasts and films to get stuck into over the festive season, … Read more

Professor David Stirrup’s extensive research into Indigenous people from North America, and their journey to, and life in Britain, is one of nine selected Arts … Read more

Erasmus+ funding has been awarded to the University of Kent to lead a project supporting higher education reform in Georgia.  Kent will work with Ilia State University (ISU), which is based in Georgia’s capital, Tbilisi to support initiatives focused on curriculum … Read more

The School of English are excited to invite you to their first taster event of the year, ‘Shakespeare’s Playhouses: How Shakespeare’s comedies and tragedies were … Read more