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
Shakespeare’s Playhouses: How Shakespeare’s comedies and tragedies were staged
The School of English are excited to invite you to their first taster event of the year, ‘Shakespeare’s Playhouses: How Shakespeare’s comedies and tragedies were … Read more
MA Creative Writing Alumnus publishes new poetry book
MA Creative Writing Alumnus, David Ishaya Osu, has recently published his new book, Once in a Blue Life. David Ishaya Osu writes, “With nine poems, … Read more
Alumnus Tom Dillon-McEvoy publishes children’s book
Tom Dillon-McEvoy, who studied BA Drama and English Literature and MA Drama at Kent, has just published a children’s book entitled At Sea Without Tea: … Read more
Three terrifying reads for Halloween
As Halloween approaches on 31 October, we have a trio of macabre book recommendations for you from Dr Jenny Di Placidi, Gothic literature expert and … Read more
Jennie Batchelor on 100 years of Agatha Christie for BBC Radio Kent
To mark the 100th anniversary of Agatha Christie releasing her first novel, Professor Jennie Batchelor, Professor of Eighteenth-Century Studies in the School of English, was interviewed by … Read more
Alumna Jenny Kartupelis book launch for ‘Making Relational Care Work for Older People’
To mark the launch of her new book Making Relational Care Work for Older People: Exploring innovation and best practice in everyday life (Routledge, 2020), … Read more