People
Department of English and Related Literature
Discover a world of literature at York.
Research
Our research ranges across periods and around the globe.
We nurture an environment for collaboration, critical and creative thinking, interdisciplinary work and thought-provoking discussion.
Texts and narrative shape and change the world. Our commitment to understanding how literature reflects and makes the past, present and future is embedded within curiosity-driven modules and flexible degrees that are delivered by expert teachers, researchers and writers.
Professor Jennie Batchelor, Head of Department
News
News
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).
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York is ranked 6th in the UK for English in the latest release of the Complete University Guide league tables (2027).
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We are thrilled to announce that Megan Woodward has been awarded GTA of the Year in the University of York Students' Union Excellence Awards 2026.
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Discoveries is the writer development programme of the Women's Prize, and is awarded annually from an entrant pool of thousands.
Events
Join us for this all-out, three-day festival of printing and printmaking.
Department of English and Related Literature Annual Riddy Lecture
Join us for this Writers at York event.
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