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News

  • Daily Beacon: “Vol of Duty: New video game, writing club provides unique ways to channel literature”April 17, 2025
  • Why UT Chancellor Donde Plowman Majored in EnglishApril 15, 2025
  • Ziona Kocher and Madeline Crozier Sutton to Assume New Jobs in Fall 2025April 14, 2025
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    Knoxville New Sentinel: Bess Cooley’s debut poetry collection grapples with the language and loss of dementiaApril 7, 2025
  • WBIR: UT students explore Big Ears Festival’s range of music and cultural impact in upper-level English courseMarch 28, 2025
  • Shocked there’s enough for a college course on Big Ears Festival? You have lots to learn!March 25, 2025
  • Assorted Douglass Day cards with photos of civil rights leaders
    Expanded Douglass Day Involves Community in HistoryFebruary 26, 2025
  • Knoxville News Sentinel- ‘We’re bringing ‘Bridgerton’ to Knoxville’: Era-based TV craze helps fund English scholarsFebruary 20, 2025
  • UT English to Hold Roundtable on Careers in BusinessFebruary 5, 2025
  • 19th century drawing of dance
    University of Tennessee English Department Hosts Regency Ball February 15th & 16th, 2025February 4, 2025
  • UT English Roundtable on Careers in EducationFebruary 4, 2025
  • Daily Beacon- New UT textbook initiative sparks challenges for professors, studentsJanuary 28, 2025
  • A woman standing in front of the McClung Museum
    Native American Art Tells Ongoing Story at MuseumJanuary 17, 2025
  • A photograph of Amy Elias
    A Holiday Treat: Amy Elias Discusses Lemony Snicket’s “The Lump of Coal”January 2, 2025
  • Book party participants discussion
    UT Faculty Authors Share Insight at Second Annual Book PartyNovember 19, 2024
  • Stock image showing paper on a desk as well as a revolver and a magnifying glass
    Sally C. Harris in ‘The Conversation’: This course uses crime novels to teach critical thinkingNovember 11, 2024
  • Awards group photo
    2024 Alumni and Philanthropy Awards Honor the Volunteer SpiritNovember 8, 2024
  • A male speaker strokes his chin during a talk behind a lectern
    Cormac McCarthy Scholars Convene in KnoxvilleNovember 1, 2024
  • Headshot photo
    Hendrix’s Poetry Book Featured in State SeriesNovember 1, 2024
  • Headshot photo of Thomas Haddox
    In Memoriam: Professor Thomas Fredrick Haddox, May 23, 1972 – October 13, 2024October 18, 2024
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    Applications Now Open for Summer 2025 English 491/591- Theatre Festivals in England and IrelandSeptember 24, 2024
  • A photo of Stan Garner
    Stan Garner Examines Vaccine Skepticism in TheatreSeptember 19, 2024
  • Outdoor headshot photo of Gichingiri Ndigirigi
    UT’s Ndigirigi Named President of African Literature AssociationSeptember 18, 2024
  • A woman holding and looking at a DSLR camera, surrounded by water and hills and greenery
    Viewing Domestic Violence Through PoetryAugust 20, 2024
  • Associate Professor Katy Chiles, third from right, joined colleagues to coordinate the UT English department’s Douglass Day Celebration and Transcribe-a-Thon in February 2024. From left: Emily Harrison, Eliza Alexander Wilcox, Paris Whalon, Anne Langendorfer, Chiles, Shaina Anderson, and Joshua Ortiz Baco. Photo by Harrison Ing, UT Daily Beacon
    President’s Award Recognizes Katy Chiles for Collaborations in DiversityAugust 13, 2024
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    2024–2025 Undergraduate Scholarship WinnersAugust 12, 2024
  • A woman speaks at a podium with UTK logos behind her
    A Flagship Writing ProgramJune 17, 2024
  • Photo of Maria Yudina
    Play Explores Power of Music in Troubled TimesJune 14, 2024
  • Misty Anderson
    News and Views May 2024May 31, 2024
  • a photo of Stephen Hay
    Interdisciplinary Interpretations — Stephen HayMay 9, 2024
  • A poster advertising event with photo of Ian Kelley
    Meet and Greet with Playwright and Actor Ian KellyApril 18, 2024
  • EAL Podcast episode graphic showing guests
    Autumn Hall Interviews Toni Morrison Scholars for Early American Literature PodcastApril 18, 2024
  • an image of John Downman's painting of Maria Edgeworth
    Maria Edgeworth Letters Enter the Digital AgeApril 15, 2024
  • A poster showing two medical professionals who participated in the English major roundtable
    UTK English Roundtable on Careers in MedicineApril 10, 2024
  • A photo of Misty Anderson with her award
    Anderson Receives Academic Outreach Award for TeachingMarch 27, 2024
  • Image of lords and ladies dancing at the Regency Ball
    Regency Ball Dances the Night AwayMarch 5, 2024
  • photo of Amanda Henneghan
    3 English Alumni Honored in 40 Under 40 Class of 2024February 23, 2024
  • A graphic showing three alumni who are being interviewed in the roundtable discussion.
    UT English to Hold Roundtable on Careers in JournalismFebruary 13, 2024
  • A poster showing two medical professionals who participated in the English major roundtable
    UT English to Hold Roundtable on Careers in MedicineFebruary 13, 2024
  • Frederick Douglass Day 2024January 27, 2024
  • A poster showing two attorneys who participated in the English major roundtable
    UTK English Roundtable on Careers in Law, Video Now AvailableJanuary 26, 2024
  • 19th century drawing of dance
    University of Tennessee English Department Hosts Regency Ball February 17th, 2024January 23, 2024
  • Cover of the last issue of the Torchbearer
    A Scruffy Star on the Literary Map — Cormac McCarthy’s KnoxvilleDecember 19, 2023
  • Native Americans depicted at the first Thanksgiving feast, in a 1960 film about the Pilgrims’ first year in America. AP Photo
    Thanksgiving stories gloss over the history of US settlement on Native landsDecember 8, 2023
  • UTK English Hiring Two New Professors for 2024October 17, 2023
  • Sign up now for English 492: Spring Break ’24 in New York City TheatersOctober 13, 2023
  • a photo of Stratford-upon-Avon
    Summer Theater Festivals in Ireland and England, English 491/591October 12, 2023
  • Image of a priest blessing animals
    Blessed are the Pets? Mary Dzon Discusses Francis of Assisi and the History of Saints and Pet BlessingsOctober 3, 2023
  • An MFA student giving a reading
    You Will Be Forever Changed by the Writers You MeetOctober 3, 2023
  • Laura Snyder at the podium
    Taylor Swift Literary Club Shimmers at 1st MeetingOctober 2, 2023
  • photo of Erin Elizabeth Smith
    Academy of American Poets names Erin Elizabeth Smith Poet Laureate FellowAugust 27, 2023
  • A collage of images of scholarship recipients
    2023-2024 Undergraduate Scholarship WinnersAugust 25, 2023
  • photo of Cormac McCarthy as a young man
    UTK English Department Remembers Cormac McCarthyJune 20, 2023
  • A medical field image showing Da Vinci's Vitruvian Man
    How might an English degree lead to a career in Health?May 12, 2023
  • Lisa King in front of McClung Museum
    English Department helps McClung Museum Repatriate Indigenous ArtifactsMay 9, 2023
  • Graduating English Major Sends a Love Letter to UT English DepartmentMay 3, 2023
  • A graphic of a typewriter with text overlaying that reads "John C. Hodges Graduate Writing Award Winners"
    Celebrate Graduate Creative Writing Award Winners at May 1st ReadingApril 26, 2023
  • A photo of Pilar Garcia and Dniel Dassow
    Two Torchbearers: English Majors Leading the WayMarch 29, 2023
  • photo of Kelly Sauskojus
    Sauskojus wins Humanities Without Walls and UTHC FellowshipsMarch 21, 2023
  • Monica Brashears
    Monica Brashears: From English Major to NovelistMarch 19, 2023
  • photo of David Hambright
    New Hambright Fellowship Honors Great TeachingMarch 9, 2023
  • a photo of Carolyn Thompson
    From English to MD: Carolyn ThompsonMarch 1, 2023
  • Students participate in the Young Writer's Institute
    English’s Conley Young Writers’ Institute February 25th a success.February 27, 2023
  • Remembering Joseph B. Trahern Jr.January 30, 2023
  • an image of a typewriter
    News and Views December 2022January 21, 2023
  • Ivy Kiernan presenting
    Senior Ivy Kiernan Presents at Discovery DaySeptember 13, 2022
  • A photo of Dean's book Leaving Orbit overlaying Artemis launch pad at Kennedy Space Center
    UT Professor Goes to Cape Canaveral for Artemis LaunchAugust 29, 2022
  • A photo of Joy Harjo
    U.S. Poet Laureate, Former Professor Joy Harjo Receives Honorary DoctorateJune 1, 2022
  • A photo of Hilary Havens
    Hilary Havens Wins Major NEH GrantApril 14, 2022
  • photo of Jessi Greiser
    Grieser Publishes Book Examining African American Language in DCMarch 1, 2022
  • Photo of Sally Coran Harris
    Sally Harris – FYC SpotlightDecember 1, 2021
  • A photo of Bree Lillie
    Bre Lillie – FYC SpotlightSeptember 1, 2021
  • a photo of Will White
    English Major Will White Reflects on Global Undergraduate AwardsDecember 11, 2018

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