English at Otago
The Department of English at the University of Otago has a distinguished record of teaching and research. It offers both a major and a minor in English literature, a minor in Writing, and also hosts the Programme in Linguistics, and the Scottish and Irish Studies Programmes.
In addition to a three-year BA course and a four-year BA Honours programme, the Department offers the Postgraduate Diploma in English, the MA, and the PhD.
The Department was ranked top English Department in the country in the most recent national evaluation of
research activity.
Latest News & Events
Torch Passed...
The English Department warmly welcomes (back) Professor Evelyn Tribble as the new Head of Department. Lyn is a seasoned Early Modern, Renaissance, and Shakespeare scholar currently working in the area of distributed cognition and the literature of Early Modern England.
Hot off the Press...
Dr Jacob Edmond's essay "The Closures of the Open Text: Lyn Hejinian's 'Paradise Found'" has just appeared in the prestigious US journal Contemporary Literature.
Congratulations on the publication, Jacob.