News & Events
News
Meet the 2023-24 DOECL PhD Cohort

Please join us in welcoming the twelve new PhD students joining the Department of English and Comparative Literature this fall!
2023 Thomas Wolfe Prize and Lecture with Allison Hedge Coke

Join us to hear Allison Hedge Coke, 2023 Thomas Wolfe Prize recipient, read on Tuesday, October 3 at 7:30pm in Moeser Auditorium in Hill Hall. Free and open to the public.
2022-2023 Graduate Job Placement Spotlight

In the 2022-2023 school year, the ECL congratulated a great number of our doctoral and masters students on the completion of their degree. Today we’re excited to spotlight a few of our recent masters and doctoral graduates who have recently received exciting job and academic placements!
Student Spotlight: Luke Morton

Meet Luke Morton, an English and Comparative Literature and Classics double major who published an article in the latest edition of UNC’s Journal of Undergraduate Research (JOURney) and recently presented for the Johns Hopkins Richard Macksey Undergraduate Humanities Research Symposium.
Student Spotlight: Elena Carabeau

Meet junior Elena Carabeau, an ECL major and Spanish and Studio Arts double minor who recently began interning with the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
2022-2023 Graduate Degree Recipients

Congratulations to all the doctoral and masters students who earned their degrees in the 2022-2023 academic year. Their research, teaching, and community were invaluable to the department and UNC.
DOECL Undergrad Spotlight by UNC Discover

Check out the spotlight on recent DOECL grad Sonny Griffith!
DOECL Grads Organize for Improved Mental Health Support

Read about the efforts of DOECL graduate students to address the stressors of graduate school.
SOUL Featured in The Daily Tar Heel

SOUL, the Student Organization for Undergraduate Literature, was recently featured in The Daily Tar Heel.
DOECL Graduate Achievement Ceremony 2022-2023

Congratulations to all of our accomplished graduate students on another academic year! Read about this year’s graduate awardees in the department.
Events
Reading and Book Signing by Tim Z Hernandez, “They Call You Back”
February 12 @ 4:30 pm - 5:30 pm Donovan Lounge, Greenlaw 223Armfield Poetry Reading with Dana Levin
February 27 @ 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm Epilogue BooksCSS Lecture: Rethinking Points of Symmetry: Early American and Appalachian Studies
March 3 @ 2:00 pm - 3:30 pm Donovan Lounge, Greenlaw 223A Reading with Alexander Chee: Hanes Writer in Residence
March 18 @ 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm Hill Hall, Moeser AuditoriumA Reading with Jared Lemus: Kenan Visiting Writer
April 3 @ 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm Donovan Lounge, Greenlaw 223Premodern Literature and Culture Colloquium: Dr. Markus Cruse
February 13 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm Donovan Lounge, Greenlaw 223