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Professor Simon Gikandi, Princeton, will give the Clarendon Lectures at 5:30 pm on the 28 October, 30 October, 4 November and 6 November on the topic of 'English from Below: The Rise and Fall of a Discipline'. All are welcome; no booking is required.

In this free webinar, Professor Emma Smith will be discussing the new edition of King Henry VIII from Oxford World's Classics with Dr Laura Jayne Wright (Newcastle). Followed by a Q&A. ALL WELCOME!

The Schwarzman Centre will bring together Oxford University's Humanities faculties for the first time, alongside a new Bodleian Humanities Library & state-of-the-art teaching & performance facilities. 

We're delighted to see Oxford University take the top spot for English in the Guardian University Guide 2026.

Congratulations to Professor Ros Ballaster who has been elected a Fellow of the British Academy.
 

In this free webinar series, Shakespeare expert Professor Emma Smith will be discussing a different Oxford World's Classics Shakespeare title each month. 

Professor Devyani Sharma has been appointed to the Professorship of Language and Communication at the University of Oxford, a post endowed by News UK. She will take up this post on 1 October 2025. 

We asked our English undergrads some very important quickfire questions, including what their favourite book is, which author they'd like to have dinner with, and their best (and worst!) book to film adaptations. Find out how they answered!