Faculty of English building, 9 West Road, Cambridge

The Faculty of English is a constituent part of the University of Cambridge. Its research focus is wide ranging: from Old English literature through to contemporary, and also associated themes such as digital humanities and the history of the book.^[1] One of its sub-divisions is the Department of Anglo-Saxon, Norse and Celtic, the only department in the world dedicated to the Early Middle Ages.^[2]

Notable staff

The faculty's senior teaching posts include a number of named professorships:

• Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon (currently Rosalind Love)
• King Edward VII Professor of English Literature (currently Clair Wills)
• Professor of Medieval and Renaissance English (Cambridge) (currently Nicolette Zeeman)
• Grace 2 Professor of English (currently Steven Connor)

Other notable current academics:

• Priyamvada Gopal, Professor of Postcolonial Studies
• John Kerrigan, Professor of English
• Robert Macfarlane, Reader in Literature and the Geohumanities