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.
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Andrew Lanham '10 will be working with the Pennsylvania Humanities Council
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Rosen-Long is one of six fellows selected for their commitment to social justice and community action. -
This seminar will explore the complex interchange between text and illustration, beginning with the glories of anonymous manuscript illuminators through late Medieval illustrations of Chaucer and early printings of the Bible.Learn more about the seminar.