Recent News
UAlbany Faculty, Staff Honored with SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence
University at Albany faculty and staff were recognized for their outstanding contributions in teaching, scholarship, faculty service, librarianship, and professional service at the SUNY Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence on Sept. 17.
Writers Institute Hosts Ninth Annual Albany Book Festival
The Albany Book Festival will return to the University at Albany on Saturday, bringing dozens of acclaimed authors, local writers, publishers and literary organizations to campus for a daylong celebration of books and reading.
Living in Languages Explores Translation Across Literature, Culture and Identity
The newest volume of Living in Languages, an open-access, peer-reviewed journal published through UAlbany’s Scholars Archive, invites readers to think more broadly about how translation can carry memory, identity, culture and meaning across languages.
Making Sense of America
On July 2, 2026, Dr. Erica Fretwell was the keynote lecturer at the University at Innsbruck in Austria for a symposium on "Making Sense of America".
UA English alum Kristen McCallum book signing
Kristen McCallum an alum of UA's English program for her BA and MA has a book signing for her YA novel Free Girls at The Bookhouse in Stuyvesant Plaza July 11.
Department of English, College of Arts and Sciences
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Office Hours
For the intersession, December 19- Jan 10 the department office will be virtually accessible and the advising office will also be virtually accessible. Email is the best initial contact: [email protected] for the main office and [email protected] for the advising office. We will return to typical business hours on Monday, January 13, 2025.
Main office open: Monday - Friday, 8 a.m. to 4 p.m.