The Department of English and Linguistics is dedicated to undergraduate research and creativity–and to a collaborative sharing of our students’ work. Our strongest venue for this is the annual Kemp Symposium, which is scheduled each Spring semester and which showcases critical, creative, original work by the department’s students and classes.
The Kemp Symposium is open to the public.
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Spring 2024
Nineteenth Annual William Kemp Symposium
April 25-26, 2024
In order to make sure that everybody can participate (i.e., present some of your work and/or attend presentations by your fellow majors), all upper-level daytime English and Linguistics classes will be cancelled on these two days.
The 2024 symposium will take place in-person on April 25-26, Thursday and Friday.
For more information about this year’s event, contact Dr. Shumona Dasgupta (sdasgupt at umw.edu).
Event Schedule Program:
For a detailed schedule with events, times, and presentation times, see the program:
Kemp Symposium 2024
Marc DiSipio presents at the 2015 Kemp Symposium in The Dickinson Hat
Sigma Tau Delta English Honor Society Induction
Friday, April 26, 4:00, Combs 237
Taddesse Adera Memorial Address: Why Literature Matters
Speaker: Dr. Antonio Barrenechea
Symposia of Yesteryear:
2023: Kemp Symposium Program 2023
2022: UMW Kemp Program, 2022
2021: UMW Kemp Program, 2021 FINAL
2020: UMW Virtual Creativity and Research Symposium Booklet and Department Presentations
2019:Kemp Program FINAL, 2019 and 2019 UMW Digital Showcase Program
2018: kemp-program-final-2018
2017: kemp-symposium-program-2017
2016: PROGRAM, Twelfth Annual William Kemp Symposium, April 21-22, 2016
2015: Kemp Symposium Schedule 2015
2014: The 10th Annual William Kemp Symposium for Majors in English
2013: Kemp Symposium Program 2013
2012: 2012 kemp symposium program
2011: http://kemp11.umwblogs.org/
2009: Kemp Symposium Program 2009
2008: 2008 Kemp Symposium Program