Department of English

Simon Gikandi appointed Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy Congratulations to Professor Simon Gikandi on his appointment as a Corresponding Fellow to the British Royal Academy.
Susan Wolfson in the Atlantic: Byron, Shelley, and Now Zelensky Susan Wolfson writes: "To appreciate the special power of the Ukrainian president, we need to listen closely to his words, and remember the inspiring poets who came before him."
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English Awards Thirteen Undergraduates Department Prizes Every year the Department of English opens the opportunity for the undergraduate community to participate in the department's prizes in English. This year's submissions spanned academic essays to short stories, individual poems to poetry collections, and the quality of submissions did not disappoint.
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English Celebrates Class Day 2022 The Class Day 2022 celebration for the Department of English heralded a return to an in-person festivities. This year's celebration was held Monday, May 23, 2023 at 1:30 p.m. in McCosh 50. With over one hundred attendees present, including concentrators, students, faculty, and friends, the department celebrated our forty English concentrators from the Class of 2022.
Gene Jarrett takes us back to the Gilded Age in his new biography of Paul Laurence Dunbar Gene Jarrett, Princeton’s dean of the faculty and the William S. Tod Professor of English, has taught students about Paul Laurence Dunbar for two decades and published book articles and chapters on the popular and accomplished writer. But it wasn’t until 2008 that Jarrett decided to tackle a biography of Dunbar, who rose to prominence in the Gilded Age and has been called the “poet laureate of his race.”
Department graduate, Lucy Dever '22 participates in Humanities Council podcast In the first episode of this two-part series, host and producer Dexter Thomas, ACLS Emerging Voices Fellow and a postdoctoral research associate in the Humanities Council, speaks to Allie Mangel ’22 and Lucy Ellen Dever ’22 about their senior thesis research.

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Aug 15

Final Public Oral Exam--Isabel M. Lockhart

Zoom information: https://princeton.zoom.us/j/94668867830; Meeting # 946 6886 7830 1: 00 PM

Sep 01

Class of 2026 Academic Expo

Frick Chemistry Laboratory 1: 00 PM to 4: 00 PM

Sep 12

Majors' Meeting with DUS

McCosh 4 4: 30 PM to 6: 00 PM

Sep 26

Common Works Essentials: Captive:The Tempest & Une Tempête

Hinds Library, B14 McCosh Hall 12: 30 PM to 1: 15 PM

Sep 26

Songwriting: Theory of Medieval Song

TBD 4: 30 PM to 1: 30 PM

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