Singing Across The Channel: Ballads of Politics and Protest in Britain and France A one-day workshop exploring the musical side of political protest with live … Read more
Una McIlvenna presents on ballads of the Great Fire of London
A programme of walks, talks and tours, special sermons & debates are taking place at St Paul’s Cathedral in London to mark the 350th anniversary … Read more
Vybarr Cregan-Reid at Waterstones Canterbury (Wednesday 7 December)
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: A new book by Dr Will Norman
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: Open Lecture (22nd November)
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
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