Category: News

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

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

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 (British Columbia) Chair: Dr Declan Kavanagh (University of Kent) 5pm, Monday 23 November Eliot Lecture Theatre 2 … Read more

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

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

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 Series: Professor Malcolm Andrews ‘Dickens’s ‘Imaginary Worlds’ in Kent: from Pickwick to Drood’ 6pm Tuesday 27 October, GLT2 Wine reception … Read more

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

English Literature was one of the University of Kent’s founding subjects. To celebrate the milestone of fifty years at the forefront of local, national and international … Read more