Welcome to English at Oxford

The Faculty of English Language and Literature is by far the largest English Department in the UK, with over 75 permanent postholders, a further 70 Faculty members, 900 undergraduates and 300 postgraduates.

The Faculty has a very distinguished research and teaching record, covering all periods of English Literature.

Latest News

Great Writers Inspire

The Great Writers Inspire project, featuring podcasts from a variety of Faculty academics, has been featured on the front page of the international iTunesU site:

You can download the podcasts by going to the iTunesU site, or read more about the project on their blog.

The Romance of the Middle Ages

A new exhibition, The Romance of the Middle Ages, has recently opened at the Bodleian library, curated by Faculty member Dr Nick Perkins. The exhibition is open seven days a week until the 13 May, and entrance is free. You can find more details, and view the online exhibition, at http://medievalromance.bodleian.ox.ac.uk.

English academic explores links between classical, Middle Eastern, and African worlds

English Faculty academic, Dr Tessa Roynon, launched a new book of essays today in collaboration with colleagues at the University of Warwick. The book addresses the intellectual interactions between the classical world, the Middle East, and Africa throughout history.

More details are available on the University website.

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Upcoming Events

The Early Modern Lucretius

16 May 2012 - 17 May 2012

Stephen Greenblatt’s The Swerve: How the Renaissance Began vividly narrates the rediscovery of Lucretius’ great philosophical epic, the De rerum natura. Professor Greenblatt will open an interdisciplinary conference to be held by the Centre for Early Modern Studies on ‘The Early Modern Lucretius’ (May 16-17 2012). Specialists in classical, English and European literature, history and philosophy will explore the contradictory reception of this fascinating and challenging poem.

There and Back Again: Writing Spaces, Mapping Places in the Medieval World

22 June 2012

A one-day interdisciplinary colloquium investigating the role of geography in medieval literature and the wider cultural milieu

Spatial Perspectives: Literature and Architecture, 1850-Present

22 June 2012

The conference will be held at the University of Oxford, Faculty of English Language and Literature, on Friday 22nd June 2012.

This interdisciplinary conference seeks to foster a dialogue between literature and architecture by bringing together papers that encompass the diversity of thinking about these two disciplines and the ways in which they engage and interact.

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