Department of English

The Shakespeare and Company Project, led by Joshua Kotin, featured in The Guardian The Shakespeare and Company Project draws from the papers of the bookshop and lending library’s founder Sylvia Beach, which are held by Special Collections at Princeton’s Firestone Library.
Christina León on "Choose to Be Curious" podcast Christina León sits down to talk with Lynn Borton on her series Choose to Be Curious on “Radio Arlington” WERA-LP 96.7 FM.
McCosh 50 renovation Construction work continues on campus. Renovation of McCosh 50 - old desks being removed.
Thomas P. Roche Jr., scholar of Renaissance poetry and ‘force of nature,’ dies at 89 Thomas P. Roche Jr., the Murray Professor of English, Emeritus, and a foremost expert in epic and Renaissance poetry, died peacefully May 3 after a long illness in Beachwood, Ohio.
Vance Smith gives talk on pandemic for French series "Philosopher en temps d’epidimie" Vance Smith gives talk on pandemic for French series "Philosopher en temps d’epidimie" [run by Jean-Luc Nancy and Jérôme Lebre].
Congratulations to Esther Schor on receiving the 2020 Behrman Award Professor Esther Schor has received University’s Howard T. Behrman Award for Distinguished Achievement in the Humanities.

Upcoming Events

May 29

Class Day Celebration 2020

Virtual

1: 00 PM to 2: 00 PM

May 31

Virtual Commencement 2020

Online via live stream

1: 00 PM to 4: 00 PM

Jun 01

Final Public Oral Exam--Julia M. Hori

Zoom ID#: TBA 11: 30 AM

Jul 02

Final Public Oral Exam--Kimberly Bain

Zoom (meeting ID# TBA) 11: 00 AM

Oct 09

"It Was The Best of Times": A Conference For Deborah Nord

East Pyne 010

8: 30 AM to 6: 30 PM