UConn English is a vibrant, collaborative community that covers the full range of literature written in English across the globe.
The UConn Department of English offers education and outreach programs that help students across the University become excellent writers, thoughtful communicators, and engaged citizens. Our scholars produce innovative research that asks tough questions about English and its impact on society.
Through our courses in traditional and emerging areas of study, we train students to become better readers and writers of text in all forms. We also share our love of English broadly, hosting programs that bring guest speakers, writers-in-residence, and educational initiatives to communities at UConn and beyond our five campuses.
Fast Facts
8:1
Ratio of majors to full-time English professors at UConn
25
Average class size for undergraduate courses
30+
Professional, literary, and writing events offered annually by the Department
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Our department offers graduate Ph.D., MA, and combined MA/Ph.D. tracks.
Recent News
Grad Landings: Sarah Bertekap to Ball State University
Sarah Bertekap ’24 (Ph.D.) has accepted an Assistant Lecturer of English position at the Indiana Academy at Ball State University. Sarah’s committee included Mary Burke, major advisor, and committee members Margaret Breen, Greg Semenza, and Victoria Ford Smith. Congratulations!
[Read More]English Dept. Members Named UCHI Fellows
The UConn Humanities Institute (UCHI) has announced their fellows for the 2024-25 academic year. Among them is four members of the Department of English community: Prof. Yohei Igarashi – Faculty Success Fellow Prof. Greggory Pierrot – Faculty Fellow Daniele Pierratti – Graduate Student, Dissertation Research Scholar Julia Wold – Graduate Student, Dissertation Research Scholar
[Read More]Prof. Martha Cutter Wins MELUS Lifetime Achievement Award
Prof. Martha Cutter, Professor of English and Africana Studies and Director of American Studies, has won the MELUS (The Society for the Study of the Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States) Lifetime Achievement Award for 2024. This award recognizes individuals for their scholarship work, as well as service to the MELUS organization.
[Read More]Upcoming Events
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Oct
4
ELM2 Conference Day 1 All Day
ELM2 Conference Day 1
Friday, October 4th, 2024
All Day
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Oct
5
ELM2 Conference Day 2 All Day
ELM2 Conference Day 2
Saturday, October 5th, 2024
All Day
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Oct
6
ELM2 Conference Day 3 9:00am
ELM2 Conference Day 3
Sunday, October 6th, 2024
09:00 AM - 02:00 PM
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Oct
9
UCHI Fellow’s Talk: Julia Wold on Metagaming 3:30pm
UCHI Fellow’s Talk: Julia Wold on Metagaming
Wednesday, October 9th, 2024
03:30 PM - 04:45 PM
Homer Babbidge Library
This talk will focus on the “ludic” or gamified nature of the 16th century Italian courtly manual, The Book of the Courtier. As this text has long been read in a games studies context, this talk will both present the scholarly consensus on the ludic nature of the text and identify structural similarities (homologies) between the text and video games. In taking this next step, we can better understand not only the gamified structure of such early modern texts, but how and why those features appear and function in video game adaptations and appropriations of those texts.
Julia Wold is a PhD Candidate in the English department and Dissertation Fellow at the UCHI. Her research centers on Shakespeare/early modern drama and adaptation theory, with a focus on new media, specifically video games. Her work has recently been published in Adaptation, and she is the author of a forthcoming essay on Shakespeare as genre marker inStar Wars in a collection onShakespeare and Science Fiction from Arden Bloomsbury. She is also the co-host and editor of the podcastStar Wars English Class,an ongoing publichumanities project that recently started its fourth season.
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Oct
10
Teale Lecture: John Vaillant 4:00pm
Teale Lecture: John Vaillant
Thursday, October 10th, 2024
04:00 PM - 05:00 PM
The Dodd Center for Human Rights
- 10/10/24 - Fire and Oil: Coming to Terms with a More Flammable World
- This is an Honors Event. See tags below for category information. #UHLevent10933
Contact Information:
Gregory Anderson, Gregory.Anderson@uconn.edu;
Kathleen Segerson, Kathleen.Segerson@uconn.edu;
or Michael Willig, Michael.Willig@uconn.edu;
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