Statement of Solidarity from the English Department Faculty
We acknowledge and condemn the series of recent incidences of racist violence against people of color, and black people especially. We are appalled by the long history of such episodes, which has horrifically yet again expressed itself this year in the killing of George Floyd on May 25, of Breonna Taylor on March 13, and of Ahmaud Arbery on February 23 at the hands of police or white vigilantism. Read more...
Our department fosters the open understanding of literatures and cultures in English. We promote original work on new questions of history, criticism, theory, and analysis. We invite practices of reading and writing that challenge the ongoing creation of knowledge in our fields. English is among the largest undergraduate concentrations at Brown, and graduates of our Ph.D. program are recognized for their scholarship across the globe. Our nonfiction writing program opens up the useful diversity of styles and modes of writing.
New Courses
There are a number of exciting new courses in Fall 2021:
Writing Black Popular Culture; African American Literacy; Editing as Revision; and Caribbean Literature. Forthcoming: The Global Middle Ages; Trans Cultural Production and Trans Studies; Bad Blood: Conflict and the Family in Literature and Cinema