Welcome to English at Haverford
The English department offers courses in the literary traditions of the English-speaking world. The department aims to develop in its students the ability to respond to texts thoughtfully and critically, and to articulate those responses in clear and fluent English.
In our curriculum, we seek to maintain a working balance between a commitment to the traditional canon of British and American literature and an expanding horizon of fresh concerns, including courses in African-American literature, Asian-American literature, South Asian literature, South African literature, Irish literature, gender and sexuality studies, and courses inflected by particular theoretical foci, such as performance theory, queer theory, post-colonial theory, trauma theory, media studies, and visual studies. This discipline prepares interested students for postgraduate work in English and other subjects; for advanced work in professional and business schools; and for service in government and social work.
Inside English @ Haverford
Blogging from Belfast
Katie Montalbano '09 spent the summer of 2007 on an internship centralized around the social, religious, political, and cultural conflict in Northern Ireland which led to her thesis in contemporary Irish literature.
Décor and Debris
Professor Stephen Finley and Lewis Bauer '06 Explore the Historic Karakung Valley.
News
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Wed. November 11th 2009, 8:00 p.m. - Meditation Room, Woodside Cottage: All members of the Haverford Community are invited to join the Poetry Reading Group and the HHC for a lively evening of poetry, fiction, and far-flung works from across the literary canon! Hosted by Thomas Devaney, Visiting Assistant Professor in Creative Writing.Learn More > -
This November 13 symposium attempts to canvass as well as to expand upon the topics related to American lynching and its multiple representations, understandings of the body as a site for social ideology, and materiality as expressed through literature, visual culture, and performance.Learn more>
Events
Tuesday, November 10th, 2009
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4:15English Department Tea.English Department Tea. http://www.haverford.edu/calendar/details/115192 Woodside Cottage Meditation Room 2009-11-10T16:15:00 2009-11-10T18:15:00
Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
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8:00CANNONBALL!CANNONBALL! http://www.haverford.edu/calendar/details/115222 Woodside Cottage Meditation Room 2009-11-11T20:00:00 2009-11-11T21:30:00Reading works from the canon creatively.
Thursday, November 12th, 2009
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7:00Film screening for Rebecca Sheehan's class.Film screening for Rebecca Sheehan's class. http://www.haverford.edu/calendar/details/106962/1258070400 Woodside Cottage Meditation Room 2009-11-12T19:00:00 2009-11-12T21:00:00
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8:00Film showing for Carol Schilling's class.Film showing for Carol Schilling's class. http://www.haverford.edu/calendar/details/119392 KINSC L205 2009-11-12T20:00:00 2009-11-12T22:00:00
Thursday, November 19th, 2009
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7:00Film screening for Rebecca Sheehan's class.Film screening for Rebecca Sheehan's class. http://www.haverford.edu/calendar/details/106962/1258675200 Woodside Cottage Meditation Room 2009-11-19T19:00:00 2009-11-19T21:00:00