DePauw English Department

DePauw English Department Official page for DePauw University's English Department. English is a discipline that works to understand the world through language and with language.

English majors read; they interpret. As they read a text, they peel back the layers of time and language to uncover meaning. They critique and discuss, debate and analyze these meanings. They communicate and decode communication. They create and re-create; they attempt to understand the act of creation. They research, and present, and struggle, and learn. In our classrooms, this learning process b

ecomes real. Students come together with scholars and working writers in small, congenial classes where together they read closely, construct arguments, and hone their critical and creative skills. Our literature majors develop a keen understanding of literature’s ability to move, to enlighten, to liberate, to provide insight into the human condition. Our creative writing majors aim to take literature into the future, developing their own voices with an eye toward composing prose, poetry, and dramatic texts that could come from no one but themselves. Beyond the classroom, our faculty and students collaborate on scholarship and creative work, engaging both the campus and the wider community. In the end, we seek to provide students with something to say and how to say it, and with the motivation and means to be engaged members of society, regardless of the path they choose. After DePauw, these paths are virtually limitless. We claim alumni in the arts, business, education, law, media, and many other fields. We teach students how to think, speak, read, and write about meaningful issues, and how to communicate with precision and grace. We produce agile minds: the foundation of a liberal arts education in the twenty-first century.

04/20/2026

📚See You There!📚
"Pause for Poetry" with Prof. Joe Heithaus on Tues., April 21, at Noon in Hoover-Hamilton

04/06/2026

Join members of the DePauw community for a live reading of Plato’s Symposium in support of academic freedom. All are wel...
03/05/2026

Join members of the DePauw community for a live reading of Plato’s Symposium in support of academic freedom. All are welcome to read or simply listen.

This Wednesday!All Kelly Writers Series events are free, join us!
02/09/2026

This Wednesday!
All Kelly Writers Series events are free, join us!

The DePauw University English department is pleased to welcome Deesha Philyaw, author of the award-winning short story c...
12/16/2025

The DePauw University English department is pleased to welcome Deesha Philyaw, author of the award-winning short story collection THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES.

She will be reading and signing books afterward at 7:30 pm Feb. 11 at Thompson Recital Hall.

Please join us!

The English Department is happy to welcome the Deesha Philyaw, author of the breakthrough short story collection, THE SE...
12/16/2025

The English Department is happy to welcome the Deesha Philyaw, author of the breakthrough short story collection, THE SECRET LIVES OF CHURCH LADIES.

Please join us on Feb. 11 at 7:30 pm at Thompson Recital Hall and bring your friends! She'll be reading and signing books.

You think you're funny, eh?😂Show your talent or join us for laughs! Thursday. Be there!
11/17/2025

You think you're funny, eh?😂Show your talent or join us for laughs! Thursday. Be there!

This year's faculty reading is "A Celebration of Creative Writing," as we've officially moved from the English Writing m...
11/16/2025

This year's faculty reading is "A Celebration of Creative Writing," as we've officially moved from the English Writing major to the Creative Writing major.

Please join us at 7:30 pm on Wednesday at Peeler Auditorium.

Students will introduce their Creative Writing professors, who will share excerpts from poetry, fiction, nonfiction, and spoken word. We hope you'll celebrate with us for what will be our final public event for the semester!

Local! At Bridges! Tonight!
10/23/2025

Local! At Bridges! Tonight!

Come hang out!
10/23/2025

Come hang out!

We at were so honored to host the generous and dazzling poet Eduardo C. Corral who engaged students and faculty members...
09/11/2025

We at were so honored to host the generous and dazzling poet Eduardo C. Corral who engaged students and faculty members. Peeler Auditorium was packed, and students asked insightful questions. People stayed around 30 minutes for a book signing and personal conversations with the poet. Wonderful way to start the semester.

Thank you, Eduardo C. Corral!

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100 East Seminary Street, 333 Asbury Hall
Greencastle, IN
46135

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 5pm

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