Welcome to the Faculty of English
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Cake Stall
The Faculty will once again be hosting a cake stall to raise money for Children in Need! Weds - Fri, 12pm to 2pm!
The English Faculty was founded in 1919. It was the first Faculty in the country to encourage the study of English Literature up to the present day and the first to approach English literature from a 'literary' point of view, rather than as a manifestation of the history of the language. Founders of the method of practical criticism, including I.A. Richards and William Empson, were members of the Faculty in its early years and made a lasting impression on how literature is studied today. The Faculty continues to attach great importance to the ability to read literary texts closely and attentively. The undergraduate course (see undergraduate admissions) covers literature from 1300 to the present day 
(with optional courses on earlier periods), and provides opportunities to work on literature from a large number of contemporary perspectives. Students can write dissertations on topics of their own choice, and in their final year choose options from a wide range of courses including the History and Theory of Literary Criticism, Literature and Visual Culture, Shakespeare in Performance, American Literature, and Post-Colonial and Related Literatures. The Faculty also has a substantial community of post-graduate students working for an M.Phil. or Ph.D. (see graduate admissions), and a lively culture of graduate seminars, with opportunities for participation in events at CRASSH. There is a well-provided and hospitable Faculty Library with excellent support services.
News and Special Events
Resources: The Cambridge Authors website has now been launched! Cambridge Authors is a collection of resources relating to ten authors who studied at the University of Cambridge and has been designed especially with A-level students in mind. For more information, please see the press release.
Information: Reading Tennyson: The Faculty of English celebrated the bicentenary of the birth of Alfred Tennyson (1809-92), one of Cambridge's most celebrated poetic alumni, with readings of his poetry on Friday 23 October in the Judith E. Wilson Drama Studio. The live event is now finished, but we will soon make available podcasts of the readings. Watch this space!
Update: The Paradise Lost podcasts are now available on the Streaming Media Service web site.
British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowships: Find out more about applying.
Leverhulme Early Career Fellowships: A briefing for postdoctoral researchers in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities 1-1.50pm, Thursday 19 November CRASSH, 17 Mill Lane.