Medieval Talk Alert! Dr. Jennifer Lorden, associate professor at William & Mary, will be giving a lecture on Fiction and Belief in Early England on November 11th. The event will be in ZSR 404 and will begin at 5:30pm. See you there! For more information: english.wfu.edu/medieval-studi…

The Medieval and Early Modern Studies program hosted a wonderful Sunday outing to the Carolina Renaissance Faire last week! For more information about the program and other exciting opportunities like this, visit the website at medieval.wfu.edu.

Happy Thanksgiving, Deacs! This is your reminder that the university closes for Thanksgiving break at 12pm on Wednesday, November 26 and reopens on Monday, December 1. Safe travels and enjoy your break!

Happy first week of the new semester, Deacs!

Dr. David Alff will visit us from the University of Buffalo on March 2 to give his lecture “How to Identify a Road in Seventeenth-Century England” for the Dean Family Speakers Series. The event will be at 5pm in Tribble Hall room A110 and will be free and open to the public.

Dr. David Alff will visit us from the University at Buffalo on March 2nd to give his lecture “How to Identify a Road in Seventeenth-Century England” for the Dean Family Speakers Series. The event will be at 5pm in Tribble Hall room A110 and will be free and open to the public.

Join us in Hanes Gallery on March 24, 2026 for "The Hardest Pursuit of All — the Making of the Xenotext," a presentation and reading by Dr. Christian Bök. The talk will be at 5pm and will be followed by a reception and book signing. This event is free and open to the public.

You're invited! The English Department's new major orientation event will take place in Tribble C216 on Monday, March 16th at 5pm. All new and current majors and any students interested in studying English are welcome to attend! Light refreshments will be provided. See you there!

New course alert! ENG 302C: Horrible Bosses, taught by Dr. Kevin Macdonnell, will be offered in the Fall on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:45AM.

Fall course announcement time! James Joyce with Dr. Scott Klein will be offered on Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:30-10:45AM.

Take a look at ENG 371A: Irradiated Spacetimes, taught by Dr. Kaitlin Moore in the Fall! This course will be offered on Mondays and Wednesdays from 2:00 - 3:15 PM.

Fall course announcement! ENG 381A - Running Toward Freedom: African American Narratives of Escape will be taught by Dr. Erica Still on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9:30 - 10:45 AM.

Check it out! ENG 34A: Fu Manchu, Model Minorities, and other Asian American Fictions will be offered in the Fall semester with Dr. Derek Lee on Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:30 - 10:45 AM.

The Structure of English will be offered this Fall with Dr. Jon Smart on Mondays and Wednesdays from 12:30-1:45PM!

Check out ENG 302D: Victorian Fairy Tales and the Nation with Dr. Jenny Pyke! Fall 2026, Tuesdays and Thursdays, 2:00-3:15PM.

Interested in "transcendence, revolution, liberty, the imagination, the emotions"? ENG 350A: British Romantic Poetry, taught by Dr. Eric Wilson, will be offered in the Fall on Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:30 - 1:45 PM.

Event tomorrow! The New Major Orientation, postponed due to inclement weather, will now take place in Tribble C216 tomorrow, Wednesday the 18th. Light refreshments will be provided, and any students interested in English are welcome to attend!

Need a divisional this summer? Take ENG 190, Dr. Sarah Hogan's Utopian and Dystopian Fiction course! The course is offered in person on Reynolda campus this summer.

Thank you for a great talk, Dr. Christian Bök! Thanks to everyone who attended, to Hanes Gallery for a beautiful hosting space, and to Bookmarks for providing books and sending awesome volunteers for the book signing after the event.

Need a summer course? ENG190A Utopian and Dystopian Fiction (Dr. Hogan) ENG150D Dreams (Dr. Madera) ENG150F Happily Ever After: Jane Austen and Contemporary Romance (Dr. Richard) ENG190A Public Spaces/Private Lives: Houses, Homes, and Hotels in British Literature (Dr. Saloman)