We wish to offer our congratulations to Sarah James, Senior Lecturer in Medieval Literature has been appointed the next Head of the School of English … Read more
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Shahd AlShammari wins British Council Social Impact Award
School of English alumna Shahd AlShammari won the Social Impact Award at this year’s British Council Study UK Alumni Awards in Kuwait on Tuesday 5 March. … Read more
Special Correspondence and the Newspaper Press in Victorian Print Culture, 1850-1886
This book analyses the significance of the special correspondent as a new journalistic role in Victorian print culture, within the context of developments in the … Read more
Adjoa Wiredu published as part of Jacaranda’s #Twentyin2020
Independent publisher Jacaranda has recently launched it’s #Twentyin2020 initiative to promote and “normalise” black writing and authors in the UK. Following a recent donation of … Read more
Introducing Saima Afreen, Charles Wallace India Trust Fellow for 2019
The School of English is pleased to welcome Ms Saima Afreen, who will be working at the School of English until May 8th. The Charles … Read more
Nancy Gaffield: Meridian
Between 2015 and 2017, Nancy Gaffield walked the 270-mile Greenwich Meridian Trail from Peacehaven to Sand le Mere, in order to investigate the way that … Read more
Inaugural Lecture: Jennie Batchelor
For six decades after it inauspiciously launched in 1770 the Lady’s Magazine; or, Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex presented its readers with a panoramic … Read more
School of English alumnus publishes new book.
Matthew Carbery, who undertook his PhD research with the School of English, has had his new work, Phenomenology and the Late Twentieth-Century Long Poem, published … Read more
School of English student appointed as Summer Field Communications Officer in Costa Rica
Caitlin Casey, a student on the School’s English and American Literature and Creative Writing with a Placement Year programme, has been invited to undertake a … Read more
MOVES – Migration and Modernity: Historical and Cultural Challenges
This doctoral programme is defined by a unique collaboration between university researchers in the Humanities and Social Sciences and partners across sectors (NGOs, charities working with … Read more