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English at Stanford

“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.

English Fall Courses

We have exciting course offerings, both new and well-loved for our undergraduates this Fall Quarter.

Check them out here

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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Prospective student?

I feel remarkably supported at Stanford, through things like the time faculty members invest in my work and the advice of older graduate students. Everyone is trying to encourage my intellectual growth and support me in the ways they can. What will make my time here really beautiful is that I will maintain integrity in what I’ve always wanted to explore and the questions that have always gripped me, but I will have a much richer vocabulary for talking about it.

— Anna Mukamal, 2017 Ph.D. Cohort

Recent News

Oct 3 2018 | Farewell Prof. Herbert Lindenberger (1929-2018), a mentor of “animation and intensity”

Cynthia Haven’s Farewell to Herbert Lindenberger

Jul 17 2018

Shelley Fisher Fishkin featured on BBC Podcast about Mark Twain

Upcoming Events

Oct

17

Stegner Fellow Reading with Taneum Bambrick and Jamel Brinkley

Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities...

6:30pm

Oct

26

Author Book Talk: Michaela Bronstein in Conversation with Stephen Best and Paul-Saint Amour

Terrace Room , Margaret Jacks Hall (...

5:30pm

Nov

05

Gish Jen Reading, part of the Lane Lecture Series

Bechtel Conference Center, Encina Hall

8:00pm

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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.

Out of Context: The Uses of Modernist Fiction

In Search of the Lost History of Chinese Migrants and the Transcontinental Railroads

Scholarly Adventures in Digital Humanities

Milton in the Long Restoration