University of Kent - School of English

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29/07/2026

Congratulations to our amazing and inspirational English Literature and Creative Writing students who graduated today at Canterbury Cathedral! You all give us hope for the future and we know you will do amazing things. Thank you for the last 3 years, it has been our great pleasure to teach you 🎓🍾🎉 (please send us your grad pics so we can put together a grad video!) canterbury

25/06/2026

English Literature, Creative Writing, Classics and History students with the School of Humanities visit Victoria Palace Theatre to watch Hamilton with the POC Humanities Club!

14/05/2026

Join Dr Declan Kavanagh for a bespoke creative writing workshop: “Nostalgia and Place” on 19 June in the Templeman Library’s Special Collections & Archive. Spaces are limited, so email Dr Kavanagh at [email protected] today!

12/05/2026

Join us this Saturday for a day with top postcolonial scholars discussing Edward Said’s influence and legacy. Archive material from Said’s Kent lectures on display and academics from across the university will be present to consider one of the 20th century’s most influential thinkers.

06/05/2026

Thinking about an MA at Kent? Drop in Friday to see what our current Medieval & Early Modern Studies are working on this year!

30/04/2026

MA field trip with Dr Clare Wright, one of our medieval specialists in English at Kent. Dr Wright took PG students on the Medieval & Early Modern Studies MA to a Medieval Women exhibit where students engaged with a range of medieval texts and materials. Just one of the cool things you get to do on our MA programmes at Kent!

26/04/2026

Join us for this interdisciplinary event on Palestinian intellectual Edward Said, whose lectures at the University of Kent formed the basis for his famous book.

21/04/2026

English at Kent seminar for The Gothic module, stage 3 students in Special Collections & Archives in the Templeman Library learning about material culture and Victorian Gothic with a focus on asylums, bodies and documents. Thank you guys for an awesome week on The Woman in White!