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2018-2019

Approaching deadlines for Undergraduates Posted March 7, 2019 Click to see details.
Andrew Cole and Wendy Brown (UC Berkeley) in a moment of levity during the Fall 2018 Gauss Seminars in Criticism. Photo: Sameer Khan
Andrew Cole Delivers 2019 Clark Lectures at Cambridge Posted February 19, 2019

Andrew Cole, Professor of English and Director of the Gauss Seminars in Criticism, delivered the Clark Lectures 2019 at Trinity College, Cambridge University, U.K., from January 28 to February 6.

Click here to read the full article on the Humanities Council website.

Photo credit: Sameer Khan

Matthew Ritger
Congratulations to graduate student, Matthew Ritger Posted February 18, 2019

English Department graduate student, Matthew Ritger, along with three other students have been awarded the Jacobus Fellowship, Princeton’s top graduate student honor.  The fellowships support the final year of study at Princeton and are awarded to one Ph.D. student in each of the four divisions (humanities, social sciences, natural sciences and engineering) whose work has exhibited the highest scholarly excellence.

Annabel Barry
Annabel Barry '19 named Pyne Prize winner Posted February 15, 2019

Congratulations to Annabel Barry, co-winner of the University’s 2019 Moses Taylor Pyne Honor Prize.

UCL students
Calling all rising juniors! UCL Information Session Posted February 8, 2019

If you are considering declaring either English or Comparative Literature and would like to study abroad in Fall 2019, then please join us on Wednesday, Feb. 13th for lunch and conversation.

Black Poetry: A Conference Posted February 7, 2019

“Black Poetry: A Conference” — a historic gathering of 42 poets — will open with a gala reading at 7 p.m Thursday, Feb. 14, at McCarter Theatre Center’s Matthews Theatre. The reading, free and open to the public, features nine award-winning poets.

Garrett Stewart
GARRETT STEWART Council of Humanities Professor Winter-Spring 2019 Posted January 30, 2019

With a brilliant career in several, frequently overlapping fields--Dickens (first, last, always); Victorian, Modern (and some contemporary) fiction; (micro)stylistics in prose and poetry; narratology; film/cinema/media studies; art history; book history--and an irrepressible curiosity about everything, Garrett Stewart promises great company. His graduate seminar is The Long Media Century: Victorian to Modern.

Berg Fellowship announcement
A. Scott Berg Fellowship - Accepting Applications in SAFE Posted January 14, 2019

Deadline for applications (extended): Deadline is Friday, March 8th, 2019 @ 11:59 PM via SAFE.  OPEN to English majors only, current juniors (2020) and rising juniors (2021).

UCL: last day in London
Goodbye to London Posted December 13, 2018

Last outing for University College London students; high tea at the Wallace Collection followed by final evening at the theatre (Kit Harrington in True West for some students, and A Christmas Carol for others).

Eduardo Cadava at the McGraw Center
Eduardo Cadava feature in McGraw Center Distinguised Teaching Series Posted December 5, 2018

On November 28, Professor of English Eduardo Cadava was featured in the Profiles in Distinguished Teaching series organized by the McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning and co-sponsored by the Office of the Dean of the College and the Office of the Dean of the Faculty.

Tamsen Wolff and Sarah Chihaya at Labyrinth
Recent faculty talks at Labyrinth Books Posted November 30, 2018

Labyrinth Books feature department Professors Dolven, Wolff and Chihaya in recent book talks.

Annabel Barry
Annabel Barry '19 receives George J. Mitchell Scholarship Posted November 28, 2018

English major Annabel Barry ’19 has received a George J. Mitchell Scholarship, which funds American students of exceptional “academic distinction, leadership, and service” to pursue a year of graduate study in Ireland.

Frankenstein's Progeny panel
Frankenstein's Progeny Posted November 15, 2018

In Mary Shelley’s 1818 novel Frankenstein, the scientist Victor Frankenstein refuses to obey the wishes of his monstrous creation and make a female of the same species. If the two creatures were to procreate, he reflects, “a race of devils would be propagated upon the earth who might make the very existence of the species of man a condition precarious and full of terror.” In revenge, the monster hunts down Frankenstein and kills his bride on their wedding night, ensuring that Frankenstein’s only progeny remains the monster himself.

15th Annual Edward W. Said Memorial Lecture
15th Annual Edward A. Said Lecutre Posted November 12, 2018

We are proud to announce this years Edward W. Said Memorial Lecturer, Professor Moustafa Bayoumi. A former student of Edward Said’s, Professor Bayoumi is currently a professor of English at Brooklyn College, City University of New York (CUNY).

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Frankenstein Commemoration Posted November 7, 2018

Princeton University hosted a reading of Mary Shelley’s Gothic novel Frankenstein, which is celebrating its bicentennial this year. Each night was dedicated to one volume of the novel. This event, presented by Princeton’s English Department and Humanities Council, belonged to the worldwide Frankenreads initiative organized by the Keats-Shelley Association of America.

Intersections working group talk
Intersections Working Group Posted November 2, 2018

On Monday, Oct. 22nd, Leigh Raiford, Associate Professor & H. Michael and Jeanne Williams Chair in African American Studies, University of California, Berkeley, presented “Burning All Illusion: Abstraction, Black Life, and the Unmaking of White Supremacy” as part of the ongoing Intersections Working Group series. The event was hosted by Professor Autumn Womack and co-sponsored by the departments of English and African American Studies.

Frankenstein at 200 Posted October 30, 2018

An exhibition celebrating the 200th anniversary of the release of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, prepared in coordination with the “Frankenstein at 200” programming lead by Professor Susan Wolfson of the English department. Learn more about upcoming related talks, lectures and events at:

Frankenstein200

Frankenread!
Frankenread! Posted October 25, 2018

The reading commences on Halloween and continues over the next two evenings, Nov. 1 and 2, from 6:30-10:30 p.m. in the Chancellor Green Rotunda. Princeton’s Frankenread is free and open to the public.

Virtual Victorians
Virtual Victorians: Using 21st-century technology to evaluate 19th-century texts Posted October 23, 2018

In the 19th century, printing technology changed the way readers experienced texts. Today, students and researchers are using digital technology to access historical literary texts in new ways and finding surprising echoes of the past in their own lives.

ENG 300: "Speculative Fiction and the Ends of Man" student photo
Junior Seminar: "Speculative Fiction and the Ends of Man" Posted October 17, 2018

ENG 300 Junior Seminar students, Jonathan Alicea, John Baek, Caroline Bailey, Seb Benzecry, Alex Chien, Destiny Eisenhour, Todd Gilman, David Loughran, Christian Novogratz, Abby Spare, Manuel Torres-Llompart, Jacob Wheeler, Chamari White-Mink, Charity Young and Professor Russ Leo standing in front of McCosh Hall.

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