Fall Creative Writing Workshops

Applications are now open and due by 11:59 pm on September 4. Read More

Transferring into the English Concentration

We can't wait for you to join us. Find out how. Read More

Welcome to the Department of English

We hope to see you in one of our fall term classes! Read More

Child Memorial Library

Named for Francis James Child, Harvard’s first Professor of English, Child Memorial Library is the English Department research library.

Hiring Two Tenure-Track Professors

The Department of English seeks to appoint two tenure-track professors in Victorian Literature and Culture and in Poetry, at the rank of assistant professor.

2017-18 Prize Recipients

Congratulations to the 2017-18 English Prize Winners!

Luke Menand named Lee Simpkins Family Professor of Arts and Sciences

“These pioneering members of our faculty are outstanding leaders in their fields and contribute in inestimable ways to the truly unique learning environment in the FAS.”