Department of English and Modern Languages

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Located in a city with an unparalled literary history and one that cherishes the power of the spoken word, the Department of English and Modern Languages is a place to be both inspired and inspiring.

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Scholarship opportunity for Humanities and Social Sciences postgraduate students
The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Oxford Brookes University is pleased to offer the de Rohan Scholarship to one full or part-time student studying the MA Creative Writing, MA English, MA History, or MA by Research in the History of Art for September 2019 entry.
Flash Fiction publishing success for MA Creative Writing student
Ken Elkes, a postgraduate student on the MA Creative Writing at Oxford Brookes University, has signed a book deal with publisher Ad Hoc Fiction.
Oxford Brookes MA Creative Writing graduates continue to flourish
Mandy Robotham has just signed a two book contract with Avon publishing, an imprint of the long-established Harper Collins Publishers.
MA Creative Writing graduate LP Fergusson’s debut novel to be published
LP Fergusson, who gained an MA in Creative Writing with Distinction from Oxford Brookes University in 2016, has signed a two-book deal with Canelo Publishing.
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20Mar
Europe Japan Research Centre (EJRC) Seminar Series
Monks, Monasteries, and Mental Institutions: On the Intriguing Connections Between Buddhism and the Care for Insane in Pre-Modern and Modern Japan with speaker James Robson, Harvard University.
25Mar
Cultural Diversity in Literature: a Discussion
Novelist, critic, and academic Elleke Boehmer discusses issues relating to cultural diversity in literature with novelist Karin Amatmoekrim and poet/producer Malik Ameer Crumpler.
27Mar
Europe Japan Research Centre (EJRC) Seminar Series
Kore-eda Hirokazu Mini-Symposium: The Abnormal Family in Koreeda’s Shoplifters with Alexander Jacoby, Oxford Brookes University & Three Ryōs: Abe Hiroshi and Contemporary Japanese Masculinity in the Cinema of Kore-eda Hirokazu with Duncan Breeze, University of East Anglia.
09Apr
English and Modern Languages Research Seminar
Liquid Authenticity: Being Real in an Unreal with speaker Professor Daniel Lea (Oxford Brookes University).

Department of English and Modern Languages

Welcome to the Department of English and Modern Languages

The Place to Study

Unlock your critical reading and creative writing with English Literature at Brookes »

Applied Languages

Learn French, Spanish, German, Japanese, Mandarin or English and match your language skills with a specialist subject pathway »

Drama

Combine theory with performance as you explore British and European, Renaissance and post-1850 theatre »

Courses

Learn a language for free

Research

Royal Literary Fellows

Poetry Centre

Publication Success

Performance

Work Placements

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