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Undergraduate Program

In addition to being inherently pleasurable and intellectually exciting, a major or minor in English will help you develop important skills. English students learn how to read carefully and closely, write skillfully and stylishly, and argue analytically and critically. > more

   

Master's Degree Programs

The graduate program in English is designed to offer training in the interpretation and evaluation of literary texts in their historical and cultural contexts. > more

   

Ph.D. Program

The Ph.D. program in English emphasizes individual scholarship; offers training in research, teaching methods, and other professional development skills; and encourages graduate student innovation and initiative. > more

 
 

News

   

Events

 
 

Undergraduate majors to be inducted into Phi Beta Kappa

Prof. Sue Lanser wins course design award

Alums debut new projects this fall

Sue Lanser named head of Division of Humanities

Recent grads win Fulbright grants

Daniel Butler '07 starts indie press

Professor John Plotz awarded Radcliffe Fellowship for 2011-2012

Alumni News

Professor Faith Smith has anthology published

John Plotz awarded Guggenheim

Ramie Targoff discusses Shakespeare's First Folio

Mandel Center

   

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Close Looking/William Copley, S.M.S (Letter Edged in Black Press, Inc. 1968)

Caren Irr (English) and Jane Hale (ROMS, AAAS, Comparative Literature) Brandeis University Library, ... (more)

Thursday, March 08, 2012

Kimiko Hahn Reading

Kimiko Hahn has been hailed as “a welcome voice of experimentation and passion” by The Bloomsbury Review; ... (more)

Friday, March 30, 2012

English Graduate Student Conference

Rated-X: Perversion and Exclusion https://sites.google.com/site/brandeisgradconference/ Plenary Speaker: ... (more)

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Close Looking/Richard Prince, "Untitled [Cowboy]" (2000)

Paul Morrison (English)and Jeff Rosenheim, Curator of Photography, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY Rose ... (more)

Wednesday, April 18, 2012

Colm Tóibín Reading

The novelist, journalist, playwright and literary critic Colm Tóibín will read from his work on Wednesday, ... (more)