Welcome to the
Institute of English Studies
About Us
Founded as the Centre for English Studies in 1991, the Institute of English Studies is one of nine member institutes of the School of Advanced Study, University of London.
About UsResearch Fellowships
The Institute hosts research, visiting, and postdoctoral fellows who play an active role in the life of the Institute. Fellowship applications are accepted each spring.
Research FellowshipsEvents
The Institute runs an active programme of conferences, symposia, lectures, readings, and seminars, while collaborating with organisations in the UK and abroad.
Events History of the Book
Our MA/MRes programme teaches book history from c. 3000 BCE to 2000 CE. Many alumni establish careers in librarianship, curatorship, publishing, and the rare book trade.
History of the BookSummer Schools
The London Rare Books School, London International Palaeography Summer School, and T.S. Eliot Summer School offer short, intensive courses for summer study.
Summer SchoolsEvents
ISLE 5 - The 5th International Conference of the International Society for the Linguistics of English
Tuesday, 17 July
At and Above the Axis: Computational Approaches to Literary Reading and Marginalia
Monday, 23 July
Dr Steven Olsen-Smith (Professor of English, Boise State University; general editor of Melville’s Marginalia Online)
