English Today

“In the long run, a people is known, not by its statements or its statistics, but by the stories it tells.” –Flannery O’Connor

Discover the power of English to expand your horizons.

New online course in English: Ten Premodern Poems by Women

Students will learn about how poets have fashioned life experience into verse, how to discuss poetry, and what poetry means for each of us today.

Learn more about this exciting new course and register now!

Spring Online Course: Digging Deeper

"Digging Deeper: The Form and Function of Manuscripts," a 6-week online course led by scholars from Stanford and Cambridge, introduces students to early text...

Current or prospective student in English?

The English department offers a Ph.D. in English, a B.A. in English, a minor in English, and a minor in Creative Writing.

Visit the Degree Programs page to learn about each program and get all of your questions answered.

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I chose Stanford for the small size of its graduate program. Our graduate students get to know each other very well, very quickly, and there's a real warmth that I've always felt in the graduate community. We know each other's professional interests and personal quirks; it's a really supportive environment in which to spend this often-challenging time.

— Allen Frost, 2008 Ph.D. Cohort

Upcoming Events

Mar

A Reading with David Roderick and Matthew Siegel

Terrace Room, Margaret Jacks Hall

6:00pm

Mar

Kim Haines-Eitzen (Cornell), "Acoustic Encounters in the Late Ancient Desert"

Humanities Center Board Room

4:00pm

Apr

A Reading with Skip Horack and Kirstin Valdez Quade

Terrace Room, Margaret Jacks Hall

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.