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Personal Demons Cover: Image of demon figure in tree branches

Professor Grace Lavery Publishes "Personal Demons: Possession Narratives of Late Liberalism"

Georgina Kleege with harbor and water in background

Professor Emerita Georgina Kleege Awarded 2026 Clark Prize for Excellence in Arts Writing

Image Credit: Fayen D'Evie

Sylvie Thode in Brown Jacket

Graduate Student Voices Spotlight: Sylvie Thode

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Anatomy of a Book: Featuring Erika Lindensmith, Head of Conservation Treatment at UC Berkeley Library

Still of Video by Mariana Zaragoza, UC Berkeley Library

Elisa Tamarkin headshot in brown top with books in background, image of "Done in a Day: Telex from the Fall of Saigon"

Graduate Student Voices Spotlight: Keven Sandoval on Research, Mentorship, and Teaching at UC Berkeley English

Cambridge History of Irish Poetry, Edited by Eric Falci, Book Cover with plants in background

"The Cambridge History of Irish Poetry," edited by Professor Eric Falci, Published

Berkeley English Hiring for Two Tenure-Track Assistant Professor Positions in Pre-1700 English Literature. Learn more here.

News

October 20, 2026

Oct 20
Professor Grace Lavery publishes "Personal Demons: Possession Narratives of Late Liberalism"

October 16, 2026

Oct 16
Professor Emerita Georgina Kleege Awarded 2026 Clark Prize for Excellence in Arts Writing

August 24, 2026

Aug 24
"The Cambridge History of Irish Poetry," edited by Professor Eric Falci, Published

May 28, 2026

May 28
“Literature demands something greater, a more capacious empathy, a more generous soul …” Viet Thanh Nguyen Addresses Berkeley English Class of 2026

May 25, 2026

May 25
Professor Beth Piatote's Debut Poetry Collection "distant water" Published

Profiles

  • "The Cambridge History of Irish Poetry," edited by Professor Eric Falci, Published
  • Professor Emerita Georgina Kleege Awarded 2026 Clark Prize for Excellence in Arts Writing
  • Graduate Student Voices Spotlight with Sylvie Thode
  • "Berkeley has never asked me to become a different kind of scholar. It has been more about giving me the freedom and mentorship to pursue the questions that genuinely interest me," Graduate Student Voices Spotlight with Keven Sandoval
  • Prof. Eric Falci to Give 2026 Charles Mills Gayley Lecture

New Edited Volume

Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own," Edited by Dora Zhang

New Book

Reckonings

New Edited Volume

Holocaust and Hope: Literature, Testimony, Media | Edited by Kevis Goodman and Brian McGrath
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