Undergraduate dates/deadlines
Upcoming Events
Department of English Class Day Celebration for graduating seniors, their family and friends. This year the event will take place virtually with invitations being sent to our English majors and faculty directly.
Princeton University will hold a virtual Commencement ceremony to honor the GREAT Class of 2020 on Sunday, May 31, 2020, 1 p.m.
Past Events
2019-2020
Junior Paper deadline for the Class of 2021.
Open House activities for Princeton Preview students and their families interested in learing more about the English major degree requirements.
Prize entries are due by 11:59 PM on Monday, March 13, 2020 and should be submitted electronically in PDF format at the link following the appropriate prize below.
Please be sure your Name, PUID#, Class Year, Email, and Prize Category are indicated at the top of all submissions.
https://english.princeton.edu/undergraduate/program/undergraduate-prizes
Endowed by the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer A. Scott Berg `71 h03. The scholarship provides a stipend of up to $3,500 and is designed to meet the living, travel, or research expenses of undergraduate English majors who wish to use the summer for writing or research in connection with their Princeton independent or course work.
The Department of English welcomes back eight of our recent undergraduate alumni talk to talk about their career paths since Princeton, and how they have used skills gained in the major in the fields of publishing, medicine, law, marketing, journalism, arts management, non-profit, and film production.
First-year students and sophomores interested in learning more about careers in the Humanities are encouraged to attend.
Kindly RSVP via AddEvent.
Join us for an evening of reading and discovery as the Bain-Swiggett Library of Contemporary Poetry gives away over 100 books. Undergraduates, graduate students, and faculty are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served. RSVP via email: mjh6@princeton.edu
Open to current undergraduate English majors.
Junior Paper draft due to Dropbox and JP instructor by 12 Noon.
Join us for a career focused luncheon with the Princeton University Press staff. Entry-level to mid-career staff will provide insight about their daily job duties and individual career paths leading them up to their current position with the Press. Q&A to follow. Lunch provided.
Open to undergraduate students in the Humanities. Registration required via Doodle.
Sponsored by the Department of English
Open to current and prospective English majors, department faculty, graduate students and staff.
Teams of 4 will work together to create a winter wonderland scene using baked goods, candy, icing and a little imagination. Since this is a Nailed It! inspired event, no previous baking or cookie decorating experience is required.
2020 English concentrators, working on critical or critical creative thesis, should have 1 chapter/20 pages completed by 12 Noon on Wednesday, December 11, 2019. Hard copies must be delivered to the 22 McCosh office by the deadline.
The English Department will hold an open house for sophomores and first-year students on Friday, December 6th from 3:30-5pm in 40 McCosh Hall. The Director of Undergraduate Studies and current majors will be on hand to answer questions about spring courses, the major, and the department. Please join us for hot chocolate, cookies, and conversation. RSVP here
Open to current English majors.
2021 English majors are invited to attend an information session on applying to the Bread Loaf School of English - Lincoln College, Oxford. Lunch provided.
https://english.princeton.edu/undergraduate/program/study-abroad
If you are an undergraduate student applying to a graduate program within the Humanities or just thinking about applying, we encourage you to attend this workshop. Learn about best practices for completing your application. Gain insight into what an admissions committee is looking for in an a writing sample and/or essay. Speak to graduate students about their experience visiting schools, how to juggle multiple offers and navigate deadlines. Q&A to follow.
RSVP to tarab@ by 10/14/19
2018-2019
Department of English Class Day Celebration for graduating seniors and their family and friends.
Annual English Majors Colloquium for juniors, seniors and faculty. Dinner to follow.
Optional senior comprehensive exam review session for graduating seniors. Refreshments provided.
If you are ready to declare English as your major or are still trying to decide, please join us for one of our upcoming three information sessions.
- Friday, April 5th from 9:00-10:00am
- Friday, April 12th from 4:30-5:30pm
- Thursday, April 18th from 12:00-1:00pm
Refreshments will be provided.
Questions?
Please contact: tarab@
Juniors should bring a printed copy of their junior paper (JP) to the deparment office no later than 12 Noon on Tuesday, April 16, 2019, as well as, upload a copy to Dropbox and send to their adviser (if instructed) before the deadline.
Learn more about being an English major at Princeton. Meet with our Director of Undergraduate Studies and our current majors. Refreshments provided.
Attention Sophomores!
If you are ready to declare English as your major or are still trying to decide, please join us for one of our upcoming three information sessions.
- Friday, April 5th from 9:00-10:00am
- Friday, April 12th from 4:30-5:30pm
- Thursday, April 18th from 12:00-1:00pm
Refreshments will be provided.
Questions?
Please contact: tarab@
Learn more about being an English major at Princeton. Meet with our Director of Undergraduate Studies and current majors. Refreshments provided.
Seniors should bring their bound thesis to the deparment office no later than 12 Noon on Tuesday, April 9, 2019, as well as, upload a copy to Dropbox and send a copy to their adviser before the deadline. The Mudd Library also requires a digital copy to be uploaded by Dean's Date, May 14.
Attention Sophomores!
If you are ready to declare English as your major or are still trying to decide, please join us for one of our upcoming three information sessions.
- Friday, April 5th from 9:00-10:00am
- Friday, April 12th from 4:30-5:30pm
- Thursday, April 18th from 12:00-1:00pm
Refreshments will be provided.
Questions?
Please contact: tarab@
For current English majors working for on their JPs and Senior Theses.
Free and open to the public.
Spring course, ENG 206, Reading Literature: Fiction is hosting a screening of Michaelangelo Antonioni's Blow Up (1966). All are welcome to join and enjoy, so please don't hesitate to do so.
Calling all rising juniors! 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. Francesca Schenker from the Office of International Programs (OIP) will go over the application requirements, upcoming deadlines and help answer your questions. Professor Bradin Cormack and past University College of London (UCL) students will also be available to answer your questions. We hope to see you there!
Seniors & Juniors, Create Your Post-Graduation Roadmap
Not sure what you will be doing after graduation? Join this workshop to learn from Career Services about how you can translate your skills as writers, researchers, critical thinkers and creative problem-solvers to jobs in a variety of industries. Refreshments will be provided.
Open to current undergraduate students majoring in the Humanities.
Not sure what you will be doing after graduation? Join this workshop to learn from Career Services about how you can translate your skills as writers, researchers, critical thinkers and creative problem-solvers to jobs in a variety of industries. Refreshments will be provided. Open to all undergraduate students interested in or majoring in the Humanities.
Register here: https://princeton.joinhandshake.com/events/263142
Endowed by the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer A. Scott Berg `71 h03.
Department of English Senior Thesis Deadline:
20 pages and/or 1 chapter due by 12 Noon via Dropbox and to your Adviser
All-day "Writing Boot Camp" for current English majors working on their junior paper or senior thesis. Writing Center Fellows will be hosting workshops at 10:00am for juniors (Managing Your Research Process) and at 2:00pm for seniors (Read, Write, Repeat: Strategies for Transitioning from Research to Writing).
Majors, make sure to RSVP to tarab@ if you plan to attend.
Join us for an evening of laughter and tears as we celebrate the 32nd Anniversary of Top Gun.
Film screening with live commentary by Professor Jeff Nunokawa AND just added, a live performance by QUIPFIRE!
This event is free and open to the public.
Kindly RSVP here:
https://pueng.doodle.com/poll/6axcpgi5dfxnqmrf
ADD TO CALENDAR:
Department of English undergraduate majors and Ph.D. candidates celebrate Friendsgiving.
Questions? tarab@
Princeton students entering the Department of English or the Department of Comparative Literature have the opportunity to spend the fall of junior year at University College London (UCL), the oldest and largest of the constituent colleges of the University of London. This program is a result of the combined efforts of Princeton and UCL faculty members and offers a rigorous, exciting, and rewarding program of study at a top-ranked institution in one of the world’s great capital cities.
In collaboration with the Bread Loaf School of English, the department offers a six-week program of study at Lincoln College, Oxford for rising seniors. Students take a course from an Oxford/Bread Loaf faculty member, choosing among a rich range of topics, from the “Margins of Medieval Literature” to “Shakespeare’s Stage” to the “Modernist Novel.” A Princeton faculty member is also on hand to guide exploration of archives and other resources preparatory to writing the senior thesis.
Join the Princeton University staff for an in-depth discussion on career paths in publishing. Learn how their current entry-level employees landed the job. Preview an upcoming infographic of the life cycle of a book. Tour the facility. Stay for Q&A.
This is event is open to current undergraduate English majors,
RSVPs required via Doodle.
Questions? Contact tarab@
Information session for all current English seniors led by DUS, Professor Tamsen Wolff.
Information session for all current English juniors led by DUS, Professor Tamsen Wolff.
https://path.princeton.edu/orientation/academic-expo
This event, held on the second Monday of Orientation week, is organized to highlight academic departments and resources before first-year students enroll in classes. The Academic Expo brings together the many outstanding departments and programs that Princeton has to offer and encourages first-year students to explore courses and consider various academic options.
Department of English Junior Paper Deadline:
10 pages due by 12 Noon via Dropbox and to your Adviser
2017-2018
Join us, as we celebrate the Class of 2018, 1:30 - 2:30 p.m. - McCosh 50 for the presentation of prize awards and class memories. Family and friends are encouraged to attend. Refreshments to follow in the McCosh courtyard. Rain or shine.
General admission. RSVPs not required.
Please see your advisor for instructions and deadline information.
| ENGLISH, Sophomore Advising Sign-In Schedule - 2018 (Class of 2020) | |||
| Date | Time | Room | Professor |
| Tuesday, April 10 | 12:00 - 1:15 | B52 McCosh Hall | Chihaya, Sarah |
| Wednesday, April 11 | 12:00 - 2:00 | 44a McCosh Hall | Stewart, Susan |
| 12:30 - 200 | 47 McCosh Hall | Wolff, Tamsen | |
| ENGLISH, Sophomore Advising Sign-In Schedule - 2018 (Class of 2020) | |||
| Date | Time | Room | Professor |
| Tuesday, April 10 | 12:00 - 1:15 | B52 McCosh Hall | Chihaya, Sarah |
| Wednesday, April 11 | 12:00 - 2:00 | 44a McCosh Hall | Stewart, Susan |
| 12:30 - 200 | 47 McCosh Hall | Wolff, Tamsen | |
| ENGLISH, Sophomore Advising Sign-In Schedule - 2018 (Class of 2020) | |||
| Date | Time | Room | Professor |
| Tuesday, April 10 | 12:00 - 1:15 | B52 McCosh Hall | Chihaya, Sarah |
| Wednesday, April 11 | 12:00 - 2:00 | 44a McCosh Hall | Stewart, Susan |
| 12:30 - 200 | 47 McCosh Hall | Wolff, Tamsen | |
Princeton Previews Open House information session for admitted students and their parents.
| ENGLISH, Sophomore Advising Sign-In Schedule - 2018 (Class of 2020) | |||
| Date | Time | Room | Professor |
| Tuesday, April 10 | 12:00 - 1:15 | B52 McCosh Hall | Chihaya, Sarah |
| Wednesday, April 11 | 12:00 - 2:00 | 44a McCosh Hall | Stewart, Susan |
| 12:30 - 200 | 47 McCosh Hall | Wolff, Tamsen | |
| ENGLISH, Sophomore Advising Sign-In Schedule - 2018 (Class of 2020) | |||
| Date | Time | Room | Professor |
| Tuesday, April 10 | 12:00 - 1:15 | B52 McCosh Hall | Chihaya, Sarah |
| Wednesday, April 11 | 12:00 - 2:00 | 44a McCosh Hall | Stewart, Susan |
| 12:30 - 200 | 47 McCosh Hall | Wolff, Tamsen | |
Tuesday, April 10th @ 12 Noon is the deadline for all English seniors to hand in their Senior Theses. You may drop them off earlier than the deadline during normal office hours, M-Th, 8:30am-4:45pm and F, 8:30am-4:30pm. If you have any questions, please contact your Thesis Advisor our the DUS, Sophie Gee (sgee@).
| ENGLISH, Sophomore Advising Sign-In Schedule - 2018 (Class of 2020) | |||
| Date | Time | Room | Professor |
| Tuesday, April 10 | 12:00 - 1:15 | B52 McCosh Hall | Chihaya, Sarah |
| Wednesday, April 11 | 12:00 - 2:00 | 44a McCosh Hall | Stewart, Susan |
| 12:30 - 200 | 47 McCosh Hall | Wolff, Tamsen | |
Princeton Previews Open House information session for admitted students and their parents.
Open to sophomores interested in learning more about becoming an English Major.
Refreshments provided.
Information Session for Fall 2018:
Fall Semester at University College, London
Princeton students entering the Department of English or the Department of Comparative Literature have the opportunity to spend the fall of junior year at University College London (UCL), the oldest and largest of the constituent colleges of the University of London. This program is a result of the combined efforts of Princeton and UCL faculty members and offers a rigorous, exciting, and rewarding program of study at a top-ranked institution in one of the world’s great capital cities.
Endowed by the Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer A. Scott Berg `71 h03.
2015-2016
2014-2015
2013-2014
2012-2013
Refreshments will be served afterwards. Come chat with other majors.
SOPHOMORE SIGN-IN TIMES:
| APRIL 16-18 | TUESDAY - THURSDAY | 10:00-12:00; 1:30-4:30 |
| APRIL 22 | MONDAY | 10:00-12:00 |
| APRIL 23-24 | TUESDAY - WEDNESDAY | 10:00-122:00; 1:30-4:30 |
Senior Thesis Due - Two Copies, one bound, one unbound, no binders (approximately 80 pages). Due in English Office 22 McCosh by noon.
NEITHER YOUR ADVISOR NOR THE DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVE IS EMPOWERED TO GRANT EXTENSIONS.
LATE JPS MUST BE APPROVED BY THE DEAN OF YOUR RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE AND YOUR ADVISOR IS TO BE NOTIFIED.
NEITHER YOUR ADVISOR NOR THE DEPARTMENTAL REPRESENTATIVE IS EMPOWERED TO GRANT EXTENSIONS.
LATE JPS MUST BE APPROVED BY THE DEAN OF YOUR RESIDENTIAL COLLEGE AND YOUR ADVISOR IS TO BE NOTIFIED.