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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 Spring Courses

We have exciting course offerings, both new and well-loved for our undergraduates this Spring 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?

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.

Recent News

Apr 9 2019 | Stanford News

Stanford project gives voice to Chinese workers who helped build the Transcontinental Railroad

Nov 7 2018 | Stanford News

Stanford English students, researchers help unearth new insights about Virginia Woolf’s press, other early 20th-century authors

Upcoming Events

May

01

Diasporic Literature : Chang-rae Lee and Eavan Boland in Conversation

Levinthal Hall, Stanford Humanities...

7:00pm

May

03

Ian Watt Lecture: Rita Felski

Terrace Room, Margaret Jacks Hall

5:00pm

May

13

A Reading with Rebecca Solnit, the Stein Visiting Writer

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.

The Chinese and the Iron Road: Building The Transcontinental

Out of Context: The Uses of Modernist Fiction

Scholarly Adventures in Digital Humanities

Milton in the Long Restoration