Julie Schumacher, author of Dear Committee Members and The Shakespeare Requirement, will give a lecture for the Dean Family Speaker Series on October 21, 2019, at 4:30 p.m. in the ZSR Library Auditorium. The talk, which will be followed by a brief reception and book signing, is […]
Categories: Dean Family Speaker Series, Department Events
The Spring 2019 edition of the newsletter is now online! You can view the PDF here or visit the Newsletters section of this website to view it along with past newsletters. This edition summarizes department news and […]
Categories: Alumni News, Department Events, Faculty News, Student News
The 2019 Reynolda Conference at Wake Forest University, Entanglements: A Conference on the Intersections of Poetry, Science, and Art, will bring together a diverse range of 10 leading poets, scientists, artists, and scholars from around the world whose work and/or teaching engages with transdisciplinary investigations into shared […]
Categories: Department Events
Majors, minors, and graduate students in the English department were recognized at the annual awards reception on April 24, 2019 in the Magnolia Room. ENGLISH DEPARTMENT AWARD RECIPIENTS 2018-2019 Robert N. Shorter Medieval Prize:Andrew Murphy Robert N. Shorter was the principal medievalist in the English department for […]
Categories: Department Events, Student News
George Saunders, author of Lincoln in the Bardo and recipient of the 2017 Man Booker Prize, will give a reading on Wake Forest University’s campus on April 10, 2019. His visit is made possible by a generous gift from the family of alumna Betty Jo […]
Categories: Department Events, Dillon Johnston Writers Reading Series
The English Department’s Dean Family Speaker Series and the Wake Forest University Press present an evening with poet Paul Muldoon at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 28, in the Porter Byrum Welcome Center on Wake Forest’s campus. This event is free and open to the […]
Categories: Dean Family Speaker Series, Department Events
Paul Stasi, Associate Professor of English at the University at Albany, SUNY, will give a talk for the English graduate program on James Joyce’s Ulysses on Wednesday, March 20, in DeTamble Auditorium. This talk is free and open to the public. Stasi is the author […]
Categories: Department Events
Professor Matthew Rubery of Queen Mary University of London will give a lecture titled “The Confessions of a Synesthetic Reader” for the campus community and the public on Monday, March 4. The talk will take place at 3:30 p.m. on Monday, March 4 in DeTamble […]
Categories: Department Events
Join us for a reading by Danielle Dutton at 6 p.m. on Thursday, February 21 in the ZSR Library Auditorium (Room 404). Danielle Dutton is the author of Attempts at a Life, SPRAWL (a finalist for the 2011 Believer Book Award), and Margaret the First, […]
Categories: Department Events
English literature professor Dean Franco will give a talk on his new book The Border and the Line: Race, Literature, and Los Angeles on Tuesday, February 12, 2019, in the ZSR Library Auditorium. The Border and the Line will be available from Stanford University […]
Categories: Department Events, Faculty News
