English and Comparative Literary Studies

Undergraduate Study
We offer three main degrees: English Literature, English and Theatre Studies, and English and History. Across all our teaching, we’ll help you to view literature as a way of seeing the world with more clarity.

Postgraduate Study
We offer four distinct MA programmes, and with a thriving cohort of research students working across literary studies, our department is a great place to pursue your research ambitions.

Research
We are ranked in the top 10 UK universities for research environment (2021 Research Excellence Framework); and 91% of our research is rated 'world-leading' or 'internationally excellent' (see the Times Higher Education). We are one of the top 30 English departments in the world in the QS World Subject Rankings (2022).
News
Associate Fellow Dr Emrah Atasoy writes for The Conversation
Louisa Toxvaerd-Munch on RADICAL with Amol Rajan
Congratulations to Emrah Atasoy
Upcoming Events
Ecopoetics reading group
PLCRG event - "A Biography of Palestinian Cinema", featuring Saleem Albeik (novelist & critic)
Professionalization Event-Cover Letters I*
Ecopoetics Reading Group with Rachel Murray (Bristol)
PLCRG film screening - Farah Nabulsi's internationally multi-awarded The Teacher (2023)
PLCRG & STC seminar: "The Academy in the Age of Utmost Catastrophes & Conjunctural Crises"
Professionalization Event: Cover Letters II*
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