English Events

Anhthu Cung received the Concord Traveling Scholarship to travel to Vietnam to explore her family background and examine how the Vietnam War affected the country’s literary history and how political divisions influenced its cuisine’s development.

Simon Joyce is the inaugural Sara & Jess Cloud Professor of English at William & Mary (2018-23) and GSWS affiliate faculty. Joyce’s new book, LGBT Victorians: Sexuality and Gender in 19th Century Archives. 

Calling All Alumni, Current Students, Families, Friends, Faculty & Staff of English: Join us to celebrate Homecoming 2022! We will have a light morning snack and coffee set up in the Tucker lobby.

Please join us on October 10 at 7:00 PM in Blow Memorial Hall, 201, for a reading with Lauren Alleyne. Lauren is the author of Difficult Fruit and Honeyfish. She is also newly named the director of Furious Flower Poetry Center at James Madison University.

Fall Break

Spring advising period begins. It ends November 4th

Please join us October 26th at 6:00 PM in Tucker Theater with Paul Hendrickson, a former staff writer for the Post, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for his 2003 Sons of Mississippi, Recipient of Guggenheim and NEA grants and teaches at UPenn.

Withdrawal period ends

Last day to elect pass/fail for social class juniors and seniors

At the Writing Resources Center, trained peer consultants offer individual assistance with writing, presentation, and other communication assignments across disciplines and at any stage, from generating ideas to polishing a final product.