English

As an English major at Union, you will study how great authors, from Melville to Morrison, have used literature to confront and engage with timeless questions about love, justice, truth and evil.

English majors regularly present at the Steinmetz Symposium research day each spring. Topics have included “Melville, Romanticism and the Scientific Imagination,” “Poetry’s Broadening Sexual Definitions” and “Post-9/11 Politics in Superhero Comics, TV and Film.” Our students have held internships at Condé Nast, Martha Stewart Living, NBC, Y&R global marketing and Hearst, among other businesses in the communications and publishing world.

English majors contribute to the campus literary magazine, the Idol, and the student newspaper, Concordiensis, as well as poetry and fiction readings. They edit and publish in The Minerva Review, an undergraduate scholarly journal, and the Garnet yearbook. Students who live in Dickens House, one of our many theme houses, host events based on literary works and thought. Students also enjoy guest lectures and readings by prominent literary figures. Among those who have come to campus to talk with students and give readings and class lectures are Maya Angelou, Andrea Barrett ’72, Andre Dubus III, Anne Enright, Nikki Giovanni, Richard Russo and Colm Tóibín.

English news

Harry Marten, longtime English professor who inspired many through his teaching and writing, dies

Writes of summer: Two awarded scholarships to NYSSWI

Writing as a 'political act': Aram wins Canadian literary prize

Summer research a hot topic across disciplines at Union

Prize Day honors students for achievement in academics, leadership and community service

Steinmetz Symposium a day to celebrate scholarly and artistic endeavors

Bunkong Tuon's debut novel due out this summer

Steinmetz Symposium spotlights scholarship, research and the arts

For the Record - Week of Apr. 5, 2024

For the Record - Week of Mar. 8, 2024