The College welcomes new faculty for 2023-24
Our 34 new faculty will enrich the College of Arts & Sciences with creative ideas in a vast array of topics.
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A history of critical and methodological openness
Welcome to Literatures in English
Welcome! Literatures in English as a department teaches students how to read and write about literary cultures. Supported by excellent libraries and in connection with a number of interdisciplinary programs at Cornell, Literatures in English invites students and scholars to engage in conversations about global cultures as they develop skills for the future.
Upcoming Events
Sep
27
Wednesday
04:30 PM
Coffee & Chat with Profs: Chelsea Frazier
English Lounge
258 Goldwin Smith Hall
Sep
29
Friday
04:30 PM
Britt Rusert, "Mutual Aid and Community Defense: Blueprints and Lessons from the Long Nineteenth Century"
A.D. White House
Guerlac Room
Sep
30
Saturday
09:00 AM
Oct
03
Tuesday
05:00 PM
Trans Studies NOW! "The Work of Trans Affect"
A. D. White House
Oct
12
Thursday
05:00 PM
Holly A. Crocker, "Eleanor Cobham, Feminist Subjectivity, and the Problem of the Pre/Modern”
G64 Goldwin Smith Hall, Kaufmann Auditorium 232 Feeney Way, Ithaca, NY 14853
Oct
17
Tuesday
05:00 PM
Tung-Hui Hu, "The Grid vs. the Set: Early Attempts at Classifying Data"
AD White House
Guerlac Room
Recent Highlights from the Department
Winners of the 2023 Freund Prize for Creative Writing read on November 2
The Department of Literatures in English celebrates the winners of the 2023 Philip Freund Prize for Creative Writing in recognition of excellence in publication: Lanre Akinsiku, Jennifer Gilmore, Yvette Lisa Ndlovu, and Alexi Zentner.
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Uncovering historical mysteries at the A.D. White House
Aidan Goldberg '25 is spending his summer putting together a history of the A.D. White House.
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Student Spotlight: Chijioke Onah
Chijioke Onah is a doctoral student in English language and literature specializing in Black studies and environmental humanities from Iheakpu-Awka, in Enugu State, Nigeria.
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Recent Books by Department of Literatures in English Faculty
Department faculty continually publish important works of criticism, fiction, poetry, and essays. Visit Literatures in English Faculty: Recent Books to learn more.
Land Acknowledgment
Cornell University is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' (the Cayuga Nation). The Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' are members of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, an alliance of six sovereign Nations with a historic and contemporary presence on this land. The Confederacy precedes the establishment of Cornell University, New York state, and the United States of America. We acknowledge the painful history of Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' dispossession, and honor the ongoing connection of Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' people, past and present, to these lands and waters.
This land acknowledgment has been reviewed and approved by the traditional Gayogo̱hó꞉nǫ' leadership.
Statement from the Department of Literatures in English
We, the faculty and staff of the Cornell Literatures in English department, pledge to support and do our utmost to protect members of our community who are discriminated against, unjustly treated, or otherwise targeted because of race, religion, gender identification, sexuality, immigration status, ability, and other forms of difference.
Recognizing that words and symbols can be manipulated into violence, we renew our commitment to direct the force of language toward large and small acts of learning, alliance, imagination, and justice.