About

The School of English at the University of Leicester is among the best English departments in the country. Our undergraduates follow a challenging programme of modules covering literature and language from before the Norman Conquest to the present day. Our postgraduates study Modern Literature, Creative Writing, Victorian Studies, English Studies and English Language & Linguistics, or work on their own PhD projects. But what do the staff do with their time?

Current contributors are: Professor Julie Coleman – Head of School, Dr Philip Shaw – Lecturer in English Language and Old English, Dr Cathleen Waters –Lecturer in World Englishes, Dr Corrine Fowler – Director of the Centre for New Writing, Dr Victoria Stewart – Reader in Modern and Contemporary Literature, Dr Felicity James – Lecturer in Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Literature Professor Gordon Campbell, Professor of Renaissance Studies and Professor Martin Stannard -Professor of Modern English Literature.