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English
The English degree at Oxford is the broadest in the country. You will have the chance to study all periods of English Literature, from 650 AD to the present day, and can choose from a wide range of writers and approaches in line with your own interests. In the main there are no set texts: you will be guided by your tutors and can to an extent create your own pathway through each part of the course.
The Pembroke teaching team is led by our Tutorial Fellows, Professor Lynda Mugglestone (an expert in the history of the spoken language, and metalexicography, and the cultural, social and linguistic history of dictionaries) and Professor Helen Small (whose research interests include the value of the Humanities, literature and philosophy, and the history of the book).
The Faculty of English website provides details of the joint school courses BA (Hons) English and Modern Languages and BA (Hons) History and English.
A Pembroke student talks about the reasons for applying to Pembroke and the interview process.
Professor Andy Orchard is the recipient of the 2015 Oxford University Student Union (OUSU) award for Most Acclaimed Lecturer in the Humanities
The English course presents a great deal of choice for students to explore periods of literature and topics of particular interest...
Pembroke English Alumni can be found throughout the world in a variety of careers. Read profiles provided by some of them...
Initiated and organised by our graduate students, Pembroke hosts an annual lecture on Fantasy Literature which is open to all students and is held in honour of former Fellow JRR Tolkien.
Pembroke Fellow Lynda Mugglestone is also Professor of the History of English and an expert on Samuel Johnson.
Professor Small's most recent publication, 'The Value of the Humanities', was acclaimed as a breakthrough interpretation of the "crisis in the humanities".
Professor Lynda Mugglestone, Pembroke Fellow in English, is researching the work of Andrew Clark, a volunteer lexicographer who kept records of the use of English words during the First World War. Find out more and follow her latest discoveries, on the project blog.
The publication of Samuel Johnson’s edition of Shakespeare on 10 October 1765 was an important event in his own life and in the history of the editing of Shakespeare. This conference, held at Johnson's college, Pembroke College, Oxford, will invite perspectives from Shakespearians and Johnsonians...
Our Open Days in June and September each year provide an opportunity for prospective applicants to talk to staff, tutors and students.
Dr Victoria van Hyning is the designer of two text-based crowdsourcing projects – AnnoTate and Shakespeare’s World – part of Zooniverse, the largest online platform for collaborative research.
