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Vybarr Cregan-Reid, Reader in English and Environmental Humanities in the School of English and author of the acclaimed book Footnotes: How Running Makes Us Human, … Read more

Transatlantic Aliens: Modernism, Exile and Culture in Midcentury, a new book by School of English lecturer Dr Will Norman, is to be published this month … Read more

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

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

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

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 (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 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

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 (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