Featured Topics
UW English Major Alexis Brown Wins Rhodes Scholarship
This past fall, Senior Alexis Brown was awarded a 2012 Rhodes Scholarship, one of the most coveted honors for an undergraduate. Alexis talked with us about what made her years here memorable, meaningful, and challenging, and where she is headed from here.
Reaching Zydeco: DARE Publishes Final Volume
The Dictionary of American Regional English (DARE), started in 1965 by Frederic Cassidy, publishes its final volume this year.
Job Postings
Programs
- Literary Studies
- Composition & Rhetoric
- Creative Writing
- English as a Second Language
- English Language and Linguistics
Quick Links
- Calendar
- Visiting Scholars Application
- Annotations
- Writing Center
- Contemporary Literature
- The Madison Review
- Center for the Humanities
Giving Back
Through the generosity of our alumni and other donors to the department, we’ve been able to provide resources to our students to support their work inside and outside of the classroom, and to our faculty to support innovative teaching and cutting-edge research.
Events
-
Thursday, May 10, 2012
The Annual Creative Writing Awards Ceremony
Please join us for the annual awards ceremony for undergraduate and graduate creative writers at the UW-Madison, featuring readings by nationally acclaimed Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing fellows Mehdi Okasi and Jacques Rancourt.
-
Thursday, May 17, 2012
Bridge Poetry Series
Featuring Ron Wallace, Matt Guenette, Zaccaria Fulton, Kevin Gonzalez, Timothy Yu, Brenda Cárdenas, Lisa Cihlar, Cliff Dillhunt, Bruce Dethlefsen, Daniel Kunene, Eve Robillard, and Katrin Talbot.
See our full event calendar...
Check for upcoming Center for the Humanities events:
Department of English
7195 Helen C. White
600 N. Park St.
Madison, WI 53706
608-263-3760
fax: 608-263-3709