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Invitation to Explore: Literature & Fashion Student's Final Virtual Exhibition
Dec. 14, 2022

 

For students enrolling in the fall 2022 English course "Literature & Fashion," it began with an image.

Co-taught and envisioned by professor Anne Cheng and graduate student Moeko Fujii through the Collaborative Teaching Initiative, the course invited students to explore the intimate relationship between…

Judith Butler talks violence and law at campus lecture
Oct. 27, 2022
The Daily Princetonian reviews the Eberhard L. Faber Class of 1915 Memorial Lecture in Literature "Fury and Justice in the Humanities" with Judith Butler that took place in McCosh 10 on Monday, November 7th.
The Next Chapter: Career Conversations with Princeton English Alumni
Oct. 27, 2022
The Next Chapter: Career Conversations with Princeton English Alumni will return to its former in-person panel this year! The Department of English welcomes back eight of our recent undergraduate alumni to talk about their career paths since Princeton, and how they have used skills gained in the major in the fields of higher education, publishing, medicine, law, marketing, journalism, arts management, non-profit, tech, and library science.
A Greeting of the Spirit Selected Poetry of John Keats with Commentaries by Susan J. Wolfson
Oct. 26, 2022
October 31, 2022: 227 years ago today, October 31, 1795, John Keats was born! To celebrate, Harvard University Press is publishing A Greeting of the Spirit Selected Poetry of John Keats with Commentaries By Susan J. Wolfson
Remembering Marcia Rosh, 1945-2022
Aug. 16, 2022
Our longtime undergraduate administrator in the English Department, Marcia Rosh, passed away on August 4.
Happy retirement Pat!
Aug. 11, 2022

Sending our best wishes to our colleague Pat Guglielmi on her retirement.

Simon Gikandi appointed Corresponding Fellow of the British Academy
July 28, 2022
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
July 15, 2022
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."