The Department of English and Comparative Literature is welcoming a cohort of twelve new PhD candidates!

Prof. Lithgow leads a humanities intensive for incoming student veterans.

A digital timeline of the department’s 225-year history is now live.

By Rose Steptoe Meet one of ECL’s newest faculty members, Stephanie DeGooyer. Professor DeGooyer specializes in intersections of law and literature with interests in immigration, and health and medical humanities. Her forthcoming book Acts of Naturalization is slated for publication … Continued

Celebrate the 225th anniversary of the Department of English and Comparative Literature with us!

ECL PhD student Elizabeth Shand delivered virtual lecture series called “The History of the Book” for residents at Galloway Ridge, a senior living community in Pittsboro, NC.

Congratulations to the students who completed honors theses during Spring 2021!

Prof. Gabriel Bump’s award-winning novel is being adapted for the screen.

Congratulations to Prof. Jane Thrailkill on her fellowship from the National Humanities Center!

Congratulations to ECL PhD candidate Anne Fertig! Fertig was recently awarded the American Dissertation Fellowship from the American Association of University Women