English Today

“In the long run, a people is known, not by its statements or its statistics, but by the stories it tells.” –Flannery O’Connor

Discover the power of English to expand your horizons.

Digital Humanities Minor

Coming Autumn 2015, the English Department will house a new minor for all undergraduate students to ride the digital wave in humanities research and study.

Explore the Digital Humanities Minor!

Current or prospective student in English?

The English department offers a Ph.D. in English, a B.A. in English, a minor in English, and a minor in Creative Writing.

Visit the Degree Programs page to learn about each program and get all of your questions answered.

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Prospective student?

I chose Stanford for the small size of its graduate program. Our graduate students get to know each other very well, very quickly, and there's a real warmth that I've always felt in the graduate community. We know each other's professional interests and personal quirks; it's a really supportive environment in which to spend this often-challenging time.

— Allen Frost, 2008 Ph.D. Cohort

Upcoming Events

Jan

Francisco Prado-Vilar (Harvard), “Silentium made Visible: The Poetics and Materiality of Silence in Medieval Art”

Humanities Center Board Room

4:00am

Jan

Larissa MacFarquhar Reading

Bechtel Conference Center, Encina Hall...

8:00pm

Feb

Claudia Rankine Reading

Cemex Auditorium, Zambrano Hall, Knight...

8:00pm

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Affiliated Programs

Creative Writing Program

Center for the Study of the Novel

Stanford Literary Lab

Hume Center for Writing and Speaking

Andrew W. Mellon Fellowship of Scholars in the Humanities

Department Bookshelf

English remains a top-ranked department nationally because of the strength and variety of our faculty publications, both in scholarly research and creative writing. Browse the Bookshelf to explore our many interests.