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Commencement Weekend Update

New Indigenous Writers Lecture Series Showcases Contemporary Native Voices

A newly launched Indigenous Writers Lecture Series at Stanford will host readings by Native novelists, playwrights, poets, and other writers from the...

Denise Gigante delivers Clarendon Lectures in English

Denise Gigante, Professor of English at Stanford University, was selected to give the Clarendon Lectures at Oxford in late January and early February. The...

Clarendon Lectures

Spring Course Pamphlet

Check out our Spring 2020 course offerings here

Prospective student?

My first impression on visiting Stanford was that the professors, students and supporting staff were genuinely friendly, supportive, compassionate, and that this was a non-competitive community which also happened to do some of the most cutting edge work in the discipline. This department cares about its students and their lives, and yet still demands the best work of them without spoon-feeding. And the sun shines! I wouldn't go anywhere else.

— Jodie Archer, PhD 2014, Apple Inc.

Upcoming Events

Apr

Rachel Kushner Reading, part of the Lane Lecture Series [POSTPONED]

TBD

8:00pm

Apr

Rachel Kushner Colloquium, part of the Lane Lecture Series [POSTPONED]

TBD

11:00am

Apr

Working Group on the Novel: Victoria Zurita, Comparative Literature Department, Dissertation Chapter

TBD

6:00pm

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Affiliated Programs

Creative Writing Program

Center for the Study of the Novel

Stanford Literary Lab

Hume Center for Writing and Speaking

Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in the Humanities

Department Bookshelf

English remains a top-ranked department nationally because of the strength and variety of our faculty publications, both in scholarly research and creative writing. Browse the Bookshelf to explore our many interests.