Department of English

News & Events

  1. Home
  2. News & Events

News

Course poster for ENG 4860, Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature, with Dr. Jennifer Wilson, marking the 300th anniversary of Gulliver's Travels, with an illustration of a young woman in a headscarf holding a tiny Gulliver in her hand.

ENG 4860: Restoration and Eighteenth-Century Literature with Dr. Jennifer Wilson

Oct 12, 2026

300th Anniversary of Gulliver’s TravelsThis year marks the 300th Anniversary of Jonathan Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels (1726), an instant sellout c...

Course poster for ENG 5640, Cultural Studies: American Humor Periodicals, 1950-2000, Spring 2027 with Professor Craig Fischer: a wide-eyed dog with a revolver held to its head, a famous National Lampoon cover image.

ENG 5640: Cultural Studies with Dr. Craig Fischer

Oct 12, 2026

“American Humor Periodicals, 1950-2000”MAD (1952- ), THE REALIST (1958-2001), ZAP (1968-2014), NATIONAL LAMPOON (1970-1998), SPY (1986-1998), and ...

Course poster for ENG 3150, Approaches to Film and Media Studies, Spring 2027 with Prof. Craig Fischer: a film still of a man and a woman in close profile, her head resting on his shoulder.

ENG 3150: Approaches to Film and Media Studies with Dr. Craig Fischer

Oct 12, 2026

This class will be useful in two ways. First: we’ll explore the important ideas and methods in the history of film theory—realism, formalism, aute...

Course poster for ENG 4172/4173, Advanced Studies in Film, Spring 2027 with Prof. Craig Fischer:

ENG 4172 and 4173: Advanced Studies in Film / Capstone Advanced Studies in Film with Dr. Craig Fischer

Oct 12, 2026

“The Wind Will Carry Us: Post-Revolution Iranian Cinema”This course is a deep dive into the remarkable Iranian cinema: its development before the ...

Course poster for ENG 3760, Studies in Drama, Spring 2027 with J. Ivory: two pale theatrical masks in dark light, with the quotation

ENG 3760: Studies in Drama with Dr. James Ivory

Oct 12, 2026

“From Antiquity to the Postmodern”ENG 3760 Studies in Drama. C’mon folks! Step right up. Get your ticket for the greatest show on Earth. Get the...

Course poster for ENG 4590, Topics in World Literature: Identity Theft, from antiquity to the modern age, with Dr. Alexander Brock: an engraving of a giant crouching in a cave over a man clinging to the underside of a ram.

ENG 4590: Topics in World Literature with Dr. Alexander Brock

Oct 5, 2026

“Identity Theft”In the ancient tales that relate the former lives of the Buddha, the king of the gods comes down to earth and steals the identity ...

Read more Subscribe

Upcoming Events