Dept of English and Related Literature at Uni of York
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Welcome to the Department of English and Related Literature at the University of York #UoY.
8th in UK University Guide
A world top 35 Department
Athena Swan Silver Award
8th in UK University Guide
A world top 35 Department
Athena Swan Silver Award
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Absolutely thrilled that English and Related Literature at York has been ranked 6th in the Complete University Guide for 2026. The ranking speaks to the strength and depth of our vibrant, diverse and inclusive curriculum, our research expertise and ambition and our wonderful community of students.
Today: "For Crying Out Loud: On Mark Thomas Ginson's 'Town Criers', Comics and Chronopolitics". Online only Modern School Research Seminar: Wednesday 7 October 2026, 2.30pm buff.ly/4Kc9eiA
For Crying Out Loud: On Mark Thomas Gibson's 'Town Criers', Comics, and Chronopolitics
Modern School Research Seminar with speaker Emmy Waldman (University of Miami).
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October 7, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Today: "For Crying Out Loud: On Mark Thomas Ginson's 'Town Criers', Comics and Chronopolitics". Online only Modern School Research Seminar: Wednesday 7 October 2026, 2.30pm buff.ly/4Kc9eiA
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Our latest case study is from @aliceflinta.bsky.social, Centre for Women's Studies & @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social
Making Waves of… Words: Promoting Transnational Literature Through Public Engagement describes how a participatory workshop led to conversations and reflections on feminism and migration 🗺️
Making Waves of… Words: Promoting Transnational Literature Through Public Engagement describes how a participatory workshop led to conversations and reflections on feminism and migration 🗺️
Alice Flinta - Centre for Women's Studies, University of York
Alice Flinta, PhD student
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October 6, 2026 at 9:05 AM
Our latest case study is from @aliceflinta.bsky.social, Centre for Women's Studies & @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social
Making Waves of… Words: Promoting Transnational Literature Through Public Engagement describes how a participatory workshop led to conversations and reflections on feminism and migration 🗺️
Making Waves of… Words: Promoting Transnational Literature Through Public Engagement describes how a participatory workshop led to conversations and reflections on feminism and migration 🗺️
Today: ‘The Fear You Had for Your Eyes’: The Terror of Sight Loss in Gulliver’s Travels (1726). A #CECS Research Seminar with Declan Kavanagh from the University of Kent. buff.ly/zqq9wsE
‘The Fear You Had for Your Eyes’: The Terror of Sight Loss in Gulliver’s Travels (1726)
CECS Research Seminar with Declan Kavanagh, University of Kent
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October 6, 2026 at 8:00 AM
Today: ‘The Fear You Had for Your Eyes’: The Terror of Sight Loss in Gulliver’s Travels (1726). A #CECS Research Seminar with Declan Kavanagh from the University of Kent. buff.ly/zqq9wsE
"Terror for Beginners": the first in a series of three lectures this year by Visiting Professor Adam Phillips, Writer and Psychoanalyst, one of the most influential essayists and thinkers writing today. Wednesday 11 November 2026, 5pm to 6.30pm. buff.ly/bi2kt9s
Terror for Beginners
The first in a series of three lectures in 2026/27 by Visiting Professor Adam Phillips, Writer and Psychoanalyst.
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October 5, 2026 at 10:00 AM
"Terror for Beginners": the first in a series of three lectures this year by Visiting Professor Adam Phillips, Writer and Psychoanalyst, one of the most influential essayists and thinkers writing today. Wednesday 11 November 2026, 5pm to 6.30pm. buff.ly/bi2kt9s
Date for your diary: "Reading the Icelandic Sagas alongside the Bible" Department of English and Related Literature Annual Riddy Lecture with speaker Prof Siân Grønlie (University of Oxford), Tuesday 17 November 2026, 6.15pm. buff.ly/cG8B8Uk
Reading the Icelandic Sagas alongside the Bible
Department of English and Related Literature Annual Riddy Lecture with speaker Prof Siân Grønlie (University of Oxford).
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October 2, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Date for your diary: "Reading the Icelandic Sagas alongside the Bible" Department of English and Related Literature Annual Riddy Lecture with speaker Prof Siân Grønlie (University of Oxford), Tuesday 17 November 2026, 6.15pm. buff.ly/cG8B8Uk
Come along to "Kalila wa Dimna and Female Patrons and Readers at the Courts of Castile and Württemberg-Urach in the Late Fifteenth Century" on Wednesday 7 October 2026, 5.30pm to 7pm buff.ly/iQEOV9s
Kalila wa Dimna and Female Patrons and Readers at the Courts of Castile and Württemberg-Urach in the Late Fifteenth Century
Medieval Literatures Research Seminar with Rachel Scott, Royal Holloway
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September 30, 2026 at 10:01 AM
Come along to "Kalila wa Dimna and Female Patrons and Readers at the Courts of Castile and Württemberg-Urach in the Late Fifteenth Century" on Wednesday 7 October 2026, 5.30pm to 7pm buff.ly/iQEOV9s
Huge congratulations to Dr Nicoletta Asciuto, whose book 'Brilliant Modernism' has been awarded the ESSE 2026 First Book Award at an award ceremony in Santiago de Compostela. buff.ly/yUoKtMn
Nicoletta Asciuto wins ESSE 2026 First Book Award!
Huge congratulations to Dr Nicoletta Asciuto, whose book 'Brilliant Modernism' has been awarded the ESSE 2026 First Book Award at an award ceremony in Santiago de Compostela.
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September 28, 2026 at 9:00 AM
Huge congratulations to Dr Nicoletta Asciuto, whose book 'Brilliant Modernism' has been awarded the ESSE 2026 First Book Award at an award ceremony in Santiago de Compostela. buff.ly/yUoKtMn
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Might be of interest to @crems-york.bsky.social @uoycaslc.bsky.social @yesiuoy.bsky.social @cecs-york.bsky.social @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social
Call for Papers: Materiality/Immateriality – Postgraduate Colloquium in Arts and Humanities. Open to research students in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the University of York. Deadline for abstract submissions is 9th October 9am docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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September 22, 2026 at 10:56 AM
Might be of interest to @crems-york.bsky.social @uoycaslc.bsky.social @yesiuoy.bsky.social @cecs-york.bsky.social @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social
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Apply now for the YESI Knowledge Exchange Fellows scheme!
We are funding University of York researchers to work directly with end users on environmental sustainability across our key themes: buff.ly/clkG0Kh
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We are funding University of York researchers to work directly with end users on environmental sustainability across our key themes: buff.ly/clkG0Kh
@uoyenglishrl.bsky.social @yorkpsychology.bsky.social @uoysbs.bsky.social
September 24, 2026 at 8:30 AM
Apply now for the YESI Knowledge Exchange Fellows scheme!
We are funding University of York researchers to work directly with end users on environmental sustainability across our key themes: buff.ly/clkG0Kh
@uoyenglishrl.bsky.social @yorkpsychology.bsky.social @uoysbs.bsky.social
We are funding University of York researchers to work directly with end users on environmental sustainability across our key themes: buff.ly/clkG0Kh
@uoyenglishrl.bsky.social @yorkpsychology.bsky.social @uoysbs.bsky.social
Huge congratulations to our very own Dr Nicoletta Asciuto, whose book Brilliant Modernism: Cultures of Light and Modernist Poetry has been awarded the ESSE 2026 Book Award for a first monograph. Nicoletta was awarded her prize last week at the University of Santiago de Compostela. #ESSE #UoY
September 4, 2026 at 2:59 PM
Max and Alex talk about the transition from BA to MA and their experience of Masters study at York; not only within the English Department but as part of the wider postgraduate community at York.
From BA to MA: the Student Experience
Max (MA in Modern and Contemporary
Literature and Culture ) and Alex (MA in Medieval Studies) talk about the transition from BA to MA and their experience of Masters study at York; not only within…
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July 28, 2026 at 3:20 PM
Max and Alex talk about the transition from BA to MA and their experience of Masters study at York; not only within the English Department but as part of the wider postgraduate community at York.
Elizabeth Tyler, Professor of Medieval Literature in the Department of English and Related Literature and former Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies, has been elected Fellow of the British Academy. Fellows are nominated on the basis of outstanding academic distinction.
Elizabeth Tyler elected Fellow of the British Academy
Elizabeth Tyler, Professor of Medieval Literature in the Department of English and Related Literature and former Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies, has been elected Fellow of the British…
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July 28, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Elizabeth Tyler, Professor of Medieval Literature in the Department of English and Related Literature and former Director of the Centre for Medieval Studies, has been elected Fellow of the British Academy. Fellows are nominated on the basis of outstanding academic distinction.
What if I don't understand something? The University of York has several support systems for you including personal supervisors and student-run online chat groups. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuLe...
What if I don't understand something?
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July 28, 2026 at 7:21 AM
What if I don't understand something? The University of York has several support systems for you including personal supervisors and student-run online chat groups. www.youtube.com/watch?v=fuLe...
Nicoletta Asciuto’s book, 'Brilliant Modernism: Cultures of Light and Modernist Poetry', has been shortlisted for one of the prestigious book awards offered by the European Society for the Study of English (ESSE). www.york.ac.uk/english/abou...
Nicoletta Asciuto's book shortlisted for ESS Book Award 2026!
Nicoletta Asciuto’s book, 'Brilliant Modernism: Cultures of Light and Modernist Poetry', has been shortlisted for one of the prestigious book awards offered by the European Society for the Study of En...
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July 27, 2026 at 3:34 PM
Nicoletta Asciuto’s book, 'Brilliant Modernism: Cultures of Light and Modernist Poetry', has been shortlisted for one of the prestigious book awards offered by the European Society for the Study of English (ESSE). www.york.ac.uk/english/abou...
Congratulations, Dr Ellen Gallimore!
Last week I graduated from my PhD programme @uoyenglishrl.bsky.social. Thank you to everyone who helped make this long-time dream a reality, particularly the wonderful communities of @yorkmedieval.bsky.social and @cecs-york.bsky.social, my supervisors Emma Major and Matt Townend, and my husband.❤️
July 23, 2026 at 7:15 PM
Congratulations, Dr Ellen Gallimore!
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Lost in Joyce? Postgraduate researcher Chris Wogan of the University of York reveals how you can use trees as your map, including for his most difficult texts, Ulysses and Finnegans Wake.
Now on YouTube - James Joyce's Trees
https://youtu.be/TXMz23ZIzsY
Now on YouTube - James Joyce's Trees
https://youtu.be/TXMz23ZIzsY
July 20, 2026 at 1:00 PM
Lost in Joyce? Postgraduate researcher Chris Wogan of the University of York reveals how you can use trees as your map, including for his most difficult texts, Ulysses and Finnegans Wake.
Now on YouTube - James Joyce's Trees
https://youtu.be/TXMz23ZIzsY
Now on YouTube - James Joyce's Trees
https://youtu.be/TXMz23ZIzsY
In this short film Dr Trev Broughton talks about writing on official records, like minutes and wills or private papers such as letters, diaries and manuscript autobiographies.
Writing about Archives
In this short film Dr Trev Broughton talks about writing on official records, like minutes and wills or private papers such as letters, diaries and manuscript autobiographies.
This film is one of…
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July 21, 2026 at 10:02 AM
In this short film Dr Trev Broughton talks about writing on official records, like minutes and wills or private papers such as letters, diaries and manuscript autobiographies.
We offer a rich range of resources for literature students on campus and around the city, as well as specialist research facilities and archives. buff.ly/Wda9blI
July 20, 2026 at 10:02 AM
We offer a rich range of resources for literature students on campus and around the city, as well as specialist research facilities and archives. buff.ly/Wda9blI
Huge congratulations to Elizabeth Tyler (Professor of Medieval Literature) is one of 92 distinguished scholars have been elected to the The British Academy's Fellowship this year in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences. www.york.ac.uk/english/peop...
Elizabeth M. Tyler - Department of English and Related Literature, University of York
Elizabeth Tyler, Elizabeth M. Tyler
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July 20, 2026 at 9:21 AM
Huge congratulations to Elizabeth Tyler (Professor of Medieval Literature) is one of 92 distinguished scholars have been elected to the The British Academy's Fellowship this year in recognition of their outstanding contributions to the humanities and social sciences. www.york.ac.uk/english/peop...
What is a typical day like for an English student at #York? www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWwV...
Typical Day / Advice for Prospective Students
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July 20, 2026 at 7:25 AM
What is a typical day like for an English student at #York? www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWwV...
We offer an extraordinarily wide range of taught MA programmes, which reflects the Department's research culture as well as the diversity of our staff, postgraduate community and research interests.
Masters degrees in English - Department of English and Related Literature, University of York
We offer an extraordinarily wide range of taught MA programmes, which reflects the Department's research culture as well as the diversity of our staff, postgraduate community and research interests.
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July 16, 2026 at 10:02 AM
We offer an extraordinarily wide range of taught MA programmes, which reflects the Department's research culture as well as the diversity of our staff, postgraduate community and research interests.
Our #postgraduate module "Romantic Texts and Contexts" explores the literary debates of this age of Romantic revolution and enables students to interrogate terms such as ‘Romantic’, and offers an intellectually diverse encounter with a range of writers across many genres.
Romantic Texts & Contexts (ENG00033M) 2026-27 - Module Catalogue, Student home, University of York
Changing lives for the better through academic excellence and bold, creative thinking.
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July 15, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Our #postgraduate module "Romantic Texts and Contexts" explores the literary debates of this age of Romantic revolution and enables students to interrogate terms such as ‘Romantic’, and offers an intellectually diverse encounter with a range of writers across many genres.
#DidYouKnow our undergraduate module "Post-War Italian Cinema" explores how Italian cinema after the Second World War entered a golden age, and how directors such as Fellini, Pasolini, Visconti, and Antonioni pioneered new forms of cinema that swept the world with innovative power.
Post-War Italian Cinema (ENG00163I) 2026-27 - Module Catalogue, Student home, University of York
Changing lives for the better through academic excellence and bold, creative thinking.
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July 14, 2026 at 10:02 AM
#DidYouKnow our undergraduate module "Post-War Italian Cinema" explores how Italian cinema after the Second World War entered a golden age, and how directors such as Fellini, Pasolini, Visconti, and Antonioni pioneered new forms of cinema that swept the world with innovative power.
Watch again the event from 20 May 2026, where Adam Phillips talks to Hugh Haughton about his book, 'The Life You Want', in which Adam uses psychoanalytic and literary approaches to show we are obsessed by the idea of our lives being ones we want and enjoy www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rYO...
Adam Phillips In Conversation
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July 13, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Watch again the event from 20 May 2026, where Adam Phillips talks to Hugh Haughton about his book, 'The Life You Want', in which Adam uses psychoanalytic and literary approaches to show we are obsessed by the idea of our lives being ones we want and enjoy www.youtube.com/watch?v=8rYO...
Our researchers have a unique approach to what literature is, what it does, how we read it, and how we write about it. We cover the whole spectrum of English literary studies, and our research expertise extends to other languages – from ancient Greece to modern Pakistan.
Research - Department of English and Related Literature, University of York
Our researchers have a unique approach to what literature is, what it does, how we read it, and how we write about it.
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July 10, 2026 at 10:02 AM
Our researchers have a unique approach to what literature is, what it does, how we read it, and how we write about it. We cover the whole spectrum of English literary studies, and our research expertise extends to other languages – from ancient Greece to modern Pakistan.