Dr Jennie Batchelor (Reader in Eighteenth Century Studies and Co-Director of the Centre for Studies in the Long Eighteenth Century) has been awarded a prestigious … Read more

Kent schools involved in a Storytelling Project (coordinated by the School of English and the Partnership Development Office) closed the four-month project with a gala … Read more

A new series of free monthly events will enable academics, students and the public to make new discoveries about Renaissance drama. The Paper Stage, launching … Read more

A student from the School of English has won the inaugural Free Verse competition run by the UK Poetry Library. Danielle Burford entered her poem Yesterday, … Read more

Internationally acclaimed poets, including those from the School of English, will feature in this year’s Sounds New Poetry Festival. Jointly organised by the University’s centres for Modern Poetry and Creative … Read more

Taking place around Canterbury from Thursday 4th—Sunday 6th April, “Wise Words is a festival that reawakens wonder and encourages curiosity. It offers unexpected, intimate and … Read more

New Scholarship Fund The School of English highly values its postgraduate community. Over the last few years the School has continued to invest in its … Read more

On March 18, the School of English and MEMS will host scholars at a symposium about Christopher Marlowe’s plays. Canterbury-born Marlowe was a leading playwright … Read more

To commemorate its 50th anniversary the University of Kent is running a range of European Summer Schools at its European centres in Paris and Brussles. … Read more

The Centre for Gender, Sexuality and Writing will be hosting a series of lunchtime conversations about writing, sexuality and history next week (17th-21st February) to mark LGBT History … Read more