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    Welcome to the Harvard English Department

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    Spring 2021 Course Posters

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    Creative Writing Workshops

    Workshop applications for Fall 2020 are due by 11:59pm EST on Wednesday, August 19. 

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Creative Writing

The English Department is proud to house Harvard’s creative writing program. The vital presence of creative writing in the department is reflected by our many distinguished authors who offer small, intensive workshops each term in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, screenwriting, playwriting, and television writing. Concentrators may also apply to work on a year-long creative senior thesis with our faculty.

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Upcoming Events

2021 Feb 26

Trailblazers in News Media with Cesar Conde '95, Jill Abramson '76, and Peter Lattman '92

11:30am

Join the Friends of Harvard Tennis and Harvard Varsity Club for a conversation on news media and breaking barriers in the industry. This event is open to all Harvard affiliates.

Panelist: Harvard men's tennis alum Cesar Conde '95 was promoted to Chairman of NBCUniversal News Group in May of 2020, becoming the first Latino to run a major English language network TV news division.

Panelist: Jill Abramson '76 served as the first female Executive Editor of The New York Times from 2011-14. She is currently a Senior Lecturer on Journalism in Harvard College's Department of...

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Arts and Humanities Division

Arts and Humanities Division

The Division seeks to optimize both the ability of its faculty to pursue knowledge through the study of the arts and humanities and the opportunity of its students to share in that pursuit. 

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Child Memorial Library

Child Memorial Library

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

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Faculty Bookshelf

Explore our faculty's publications and discover their many research interests and creative works.

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