Welcome to the online home of English Literature at the University of Amsterdam. We are part of the Faculty of Humanities' School of Language and Literature, an intellectually diverse community of scholars with a long tradition of excellence and innovation dating back over 100 years.

Our scholarship and teaching covers the full range of Anglophone literary and cultural studies, including British and American literature, critical theory, cultural history, and the interrelations between literature and other forms of cultural expression, such as film, music, performance, and new media. Our profile is distinguished by a broad humanities approach that emphasizes interdisciplinary and comparative practice.