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Over the last few years the English Department at Royal Holloway has won a reputation as one of the most dynamic departments of English in the country.
In the most recent RAE (2008), 90% of the work submitted by the Department was judged to be of international standard with 30% assessed as world-leading (4*), 35% as internationally excellent (3*) and 25% as internationally recognised (2*). The Department’s performance, in terms of 4* and 3* results, was ranked 11 equal. Overall, the Department was ranked one of the top three English Departments in London.
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Ewan Fernie and Jo Shapcott, in conjunction with Simon Palfrey of Oxford University, have won an AHRC / ESRC grant for their project: The Faerie Queene Now: remaking religious poetry for today’s world.
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Professor Kiernan Ryan's latest book Shakespeare's Comedies (Palgrave Macmillan 2009) has been shortlisted for the European Society for the Study of English Book Awards 2010. Winners will be announced at the international ESSE conference in Turin in August.
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