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As regular readers of the English blog know, the department’s big event this fall will be Whitman on Walls! – a multimedia performance that will […]

I suspect I’m not the only middle-aged English professor who first became a passionate reader through devouring book upon book of science fiction. While pre-teen […]

So last Friday I was talking to the First Lady of the United States about St. John’s English… OK, that’s a slight exaggeration. But I […]

Interested in a career in publishing? Career Services has two events this fall that aim to introduce SJU students to two of the largest global […]

It’s been a busy few opening weeks in the English department. There’s no better report on that busyness than this list of nine of our […]

We at the SJU English Blog are so excited in these early days of F24 to be profiling one of our distinguished alums who has […]

As we swing into the fall semester, I’m going to profile briefly two of our most important courses, the First-Year Seminar in English. We offer […]

Please come to our first Bookmarks event of Fall 2024! These events are opportunities for people in our community to gather to celebrate our achievements […]

Calling all St. John’s Poets! It’s time to start planning for our big fall poetry event, coming up on Sat Oct 26th. The event, Whitman […]

Welcome newcomers, and welcome back to everyone else who’s arriving in Queens this week to begin the Fall 2024 semester as part of the community […]

9:30AM – Check In & Refreshments (DAC 4th Floor) 10:00 AM – Welcome Address (DAC – 416B) Steve Mentz, Ph.D. (he/him) 2024 English Graduate Conference […]

The English Graduate Student Conference presents Reconstructing the World from Ruin. The conference is being held on April 20, 2024, 9:30 AM-3:30 PM. The event will occur […]

Congratulations to Seán Griffin, PhD student and Doctoral Fellow in English, on the publication of their poetry chapbook by Bottlecap Press! There are many patterns around us. […]

Congratulations to Dr. Patrick Zwosta!  Patrick finished his dissertation– Double Blind Nostalgia: The Intersection of Pop Culture and Politics in the 1980’s and Beyond—and successfully defended it […]

Congratulations to Dr. Stephanie Montalti!  Stephanie finished her dissertation​ — Illustrating the Fantastic: Cross-Writing Illustrations in British Children’s Literature of the Golden Age—​ ​ ​and successfully defended it on March […]

The English Department is proud to co-sponsor a symposium on “Cultivating Cultural Humility for Palestinian Rhetoric,” organized by the Communications Department and Palestine Solidarity Committee. […]

Come celebrate the Spring ’24 issue of Sequoya at a Publishing Party! In the Writing Center Back Lounge on Mon 4/22 during Common Hour (1:50 […]

Young Adult Literature and Disability Studies scholar Tolonda Henderson (MA, MLIS) will be giving an online presentation for Dr. Ahmad’s Young Adult Literature senior seminar […]

Solitary confinement is anything but quiet. Sammy scatters crumbs from his meals to bring out a mouse, who he named, to talk to. All to […]

Dr. Victoria Schanoes, Associate Professor of English at Queens College, and author of Burning Girls and Other Stories will be a guest lecturer in Dr. […]

The Laura Bassi Scholarship was established in 2018 with the aim of providing editorial assistance to postgraduates and junior academics whose research focuses on neglected […]