Shakespeare 400 Canterbury: Chapter and Verse The final lecture in a collaborative open lecture series, part of the University of Kent’s celebration of the 400th … Read more
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Kent celebrates Marlowe connection to Shakespeare’s work
The University is marking the identification of Canterbury-born playwright Christopher Marlowe as co-author of Shakespeare’s three Henry VI plays with a two-day conference on 9 … Read more
Abdulrazak Gurnah on being appointed as Man Booker Prize judge
Last night, after months of reading, rereading and deliberating, it was announced that Paul Beatty was the winner of the Man Booker Prize 2016 for his … Read more
School of English ranks highly in The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide 2017
In this year’s Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide (published this week) the School of English ranked 16th out of 105 institutions. This news, … Read more
Patricia Debney to launch poetry collection at Kent
Patricia Debney (Reader in Creative Writing in the School of English) will be launching her recently published collection of poetry, Baby, (Cinnamon Press, 2016) at … Read more
Shakespeare 400 open lecture : Tuesday 11 October
Shakespeare 400 Canterbury: Chapter and Verse A collaborative open lecture series, part of the University of Kent’s celebration of the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death … Read more
School of English ranks highly in National Student Survey
The School of English achieved an exceptionally high overall satisfaction rate of 95% in the National Student Survey 2016, the results of which were announced … Read more
Una McIlvenna’s article reaches international readership
Una McIlvenna (Lecturer in Early Modern Literature in the School of English) recently published the article ‘French kissing to lesbian orgies: the origins of the … Read more
Think Kent videos feature School of English Staff
The Think Kent Campaign, recorded over several months, was devised to highlight University of Kent research. Think Kent featured three academics from the School of English; … Read more
Patricia Debney publishes new poetry collection
Last month Patricia Debney (Reader in Creative Writing in the School of English) published a compelling new collection of poetry with independent publishers Cinnamon Press. … Read more