Department of English

Summer Reads 2018: What are Princeton professors reading this summer? Diana Fuss, Simon Gikandi and four other Princeton professors talk about how the books on their shelves relate to their work and share what’s on their summer reading lists. We also have some movie recommendations.
Senior Thesis: Emma Watkins '18 - ‘Trailing Rhiannon’ English major, Emma Watkins, who graduated in June, combined her interests in folklore, feminist music theater and environmental studies to write a play about the mythical Welsh figure Rhiannon.
English Major, Rasheeda Saka, one of six Princeton students to join Mellon Mays Fellowship to diversify professoriate Class of 2020 members (from left to right) Kenji Cataldo, Rasheeda Saka, Jaylin Lugardo, Oluwatoyin Edogun and Matthew Oakland are among the six Princeton students named as 2018 Mellon Mays fellows. Yousef Elzalabany is not pictured.
Emeritus Professor Alvin Kernan obituary Alvin Kernan, the Avalon Foundation Professor of the Humanities, Emeritus, professor of English, emeritus, and former dean of the Graduate School at Princeton University, died May 17 in Skillman, New Jersey.
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Congratulations to our newly hooded Ph.D.s! Seven students received their academic hoods in the Ph.D. hooding ceremony on Cannon Green.
Eduardo Cadava receives the President’s Award for Distinguished Teaching. Congratulations to Eduardo Cadava on receiving the President's Award for Distinguished Teaching at Tuesday's Commencement Ceremony.

Upcoming Events

Oct 22

Medieval Colloquium

Hinds Library (Room B14), McCosh Hall 4: 30 PM

Oct 31

Frankenread: 200th Anniversary of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein

Chancellor Green Rotunda

6: 30 PM to 10: 00 PM

Nov 07

"Frankenstein's Progeny"

East Pyne 010

4: 30 PM to 6: 00 PM

Nov 08

"Frankenstein, Frankenstein, and the Dreams of Science"

Lewis Library 4: 45 PM

Feb 22

Princeton-Rutgers Victorian Symposium

(All day)