The Morris Gray Lecture
A Poetry Reading by Taha Muhammad Ali
Monday, April 7, 2008, 6 p.m.
Barker Center - Thompson Room
Free and Open to the Public

The Tanner Lectures
April 9-11, 2008.  Given by Tony Kushner. Please direct questions or inquiries to Kim Tseko at 495-7430 or at kimberly_tseko@harvard.edu.

FAS Calendar

Child Library: Visit the English Department's research library, offering an extensive collection of works from all areas and periods of English and American literature.

Oxford English Dictionary

Guidelines for requesting Letters of Recommendation

For Undergraduates

Junior essay drafts due to Tutors, Friday, April 4 at 4 p.m.

Applications for honors program due from sophomores, Tuesday, April 8 at 4 p.m. to the Undergraduate Program

Student Advisory Committee applications due from interested juniors and sophomores to mgerber@fas by Friday, April 11

Advising Fortnight for freshmen

English Fortnight schedule

2007-2008 Concentration Calendar

Advising Hours

The Secondary Field in English

Creative Writing

Undergraduate Newsletter

Considering the English Concentration? Have questions? Find answers on the
Pre-concentrator FAQ page.

Faculty News, Publications, and Congratulations

Christine Evans has been awarded the 2007 Jane Chambers Playwriting Award, sponsored by the Women and Theatre Program at ATHE (American Theatre in Higher Education). The award was in recognition for her work TROJAN BARBIE: A Car-Crash Encounter with Euripides' Trojan Women.

Katherine Vaz is the winner of the 2007 Prairie Schooner Book Prize in Fiction, which means her new collection, STORIES FROM THE PORTUGUESE, will be published in Fall, 2008.  Her award-winning book was selected out of 1200 national submissions.

Stephen Greenblatt takes students back to 17th century with 21st-century technology.

Congratulations to Bret Johnston, selected for the National Book Foundation's new “5 Under 35” program for his collection of stories, Corpus Christi (Random House). The progam was created to highlight the work of the next generation of gifted young fiction writers.

Congratulations to Daniel Shore, winner of the James Holly Hanford Award given by the Milton Society of America for the distinguished Milton essay of 2006.

Leah Price was awarded a Harvard College Professorship for her dedication to outstanding research, publication and excellence in teaching. "Every time I walk into a seminar," says Price, "I'm struck afresh by the same thing that excited me as a freshman: the luxury of having a group of curious, energetic, and intensely engaged people to argue with." (Harvard Gazette)

Philip Fisher was awarded a Harvard College Professorship for his dedication to outstanding research, publication and excellence in teaching. "It's hard to imagine a greater honor from the University," said Fisher. "I love teaching and have cared a lot about it. With this award the University acknowledges a side of our work that I myself consider most important." (Harvard Gazette)