“Starting back toward life”: Post-countercultural Anarchism in Toni Cade Bambara’s The Salt Eaters
3 Apr 2025
English Department Lecture by Dr Jo Freer organized by Michael Miller | 03 April, 17:00—18:30, PCH 1.04
English
English at the University of Amsterdam combines literature and culture from the entire English-speaking world with English Linguistics - the language as it was spoken in the past and today.
Upcoming events
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Speculative Fictions and (Non) Modern Futures
16 Apr 2025Reading group organised by Elio Baldi, Verónica Copello-Duque and Irene Villaescusa Illán. To sign up and receive readings please email Irene Villaescusa Illán: i.villaescusaillan@uva.nl -
Speculative Fictions and (Non) Modern Futures
14 May 2025Reading group organised by Elio Baldi, Verónica Copello-Duque and Irene Villaescusa Illán. To sign up and receive readings please email Irene Villaescusa Illán: i.villaescusaillan@uva.nl -
Speculative Fictions and (Non) Modern Futures
18 Jun 2025Reading group organised by Elio Baldi, Verónica Copello-Duque and Irene Villaescusa Illán. To sign up and receive readings please email Irene Villaescusa Illán: i.villaescusaillan@uva.nl
News
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Spotlight on Nadine Gordimer – Korean Television Appearance for Graham Riach
Korea’s Han Kang won this year’s Nobel Prize for literature, making her the 18th woman to receive the award. In celebration of this, Arirang TV, Korea’s English-language national broadcaster, puts a spotlight on ... -
2024 ASCA Awards
The 2024 ASCA Award Committee--Anna Greszta, Divya Nadkarni, and Gaston Franssen—awarded publications by Nadica Denic, Slava Greenberg and Shahin Nasiri. -
Alicja Gescinska to deliver State of European Literature 2024
On 22 May, Polish-Belgian philosopher and writer Alicja Gescinska will deliver the fifth State of European Literature. In her lecture, Gescinska will reflect on the important, connecting role of translators. The ... -
New Book by Marc Farrant
In this book, Marc Farrant argues that J. M. Coetzee’s works constitute a form of late modernism that situates life at the heart of questions concerning the politics and ethics of literature.
Study programmes
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Bachelor's
English Language and Culture
Explore the literary, linguistic, and cultural richness of the vast English-speaking world, from its origins to its global expansion. -
Master's
English Literature and Culture (Literary Studies)
Explore the history and theory of literature in English, and study its relationship with other media, while engaging key issues of intellectual concern in society, politics and culture. -
Master's
Comparative Literature (Literary Studies)
Grounded in literary and cultural theory, you will be trained to analyse cultural objects (both Western and non-Western) within an interdisciplinary theoretical framework and a globalised context. -
Master's
Language, Literature and Education
Specialise in one of seven major European languages or language families and become a teacher in language and literature. -
Master's
Language and Society (Linguistics)
Analyse language from a (socio)linguistic and pragmatic perspective while gaining proficiency in one of seven European languages. -
Master's
Literature, Culture and Society (Literary Studies)
Focus on the ways in which contemporary literature, culture, and society are interlinked and inform and influence each other, while also specialising in one language of choice.
Dutch-taught programmes
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Degree in teaching
Engels (Educatie en communicatie)
Vergroot op een bijzondere manier je kennis van de Engelse taal, cultuur en literatuur door te kiezen voor de combinatie van educatie en taal. Je verwerft grote expertise op het gebied van vakdidactiek. -
Master's
Vertalen (Taalwetenschappen)
Leer alle belangrijke facetten van het vertalen en het vertalersvak, plus de theorieën over goed vertalen. -
Dual Master's
Redacteur/editor (Neerlandistiek)
Word academisch voorbereid op een beroep in de uitgeverswereld. Je krijgt een intensieve stage bij een uitgeverij, waarbij je alle opgedane kennis direct in de praktijk brengt.