To mark this year’s LGBTQ+ History Month, we have put together a list of some literary texts (and a few films), which we think will … Read more
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LGBT+ history month: Mind
Continuing the theme of this year’s LGBT+ History Month: ‘Body, Mind, Spirit.’ To celebrate and recognize this, the School of English’s Centre for Gender, Sexuality … Read more
Dr Juha Virtanen shares the highlights of studying English at Kent
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
LGBT+ history month: Body
The theme of this year’s LGBT+ History Month is ‘Body, Mind, Spirit.’ To celebrate and recognize this, the School of English’s Centre for Gender, Sexuality … Read more
Dr Michael Falk’s article featured in Oxford Research Encyclopaedia in Literature
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
School of English lecturers contribute to Litmus Magazine #5
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
Refugee Tales project reaches school students in lockdown
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
School of English Festive Recommendations List
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
BBC Arts’ Culture in Quarantine premieres ‘Across the Big Water’ animated film based on Professor David Stirrup’s AHRC research
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
School of English develops relationship which leads to Erasmus+ funding to support educational reform in Georgia
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