School of English

Bringing together the study of English literature, language and linguistics, we form a community that is unique in the world in its breadth and depth of study of the English language.

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SIIBS and Sheffield Gothic to host Buffy and the Bible conference

6 June 2019 - Researchers from the School of English and SIIBS are part of the team hosting the world's first conference exploring Buffy the Vampire Slayer and its relationship to religion and the Bible.

Buffy and the Bible

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Lost Barry Hines play to receive first public performance

3 June 2019 - 'After the Strike', a lost play by celebrated author Barry Hines, is set to receive its world premiere thanks to researchers from the School of English.

First public performance of 'After the Strike'

Film series set to question our views on death penalty

12 March 2019 - A new Showroom Cinema film series based on the research of Dr Katherine Ebury examines how the death penalty affects us as individuals, activists and cinema audiences.

The death penalty represented on screen

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Jessop West
1 Upper Hanover Street
Sheffield
S3 7RA

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