Our research and teaching interests reflect the two central disciplines studied in the department—literature and linguistics—in addition to a broad array of humanistic and interdisciplinary orientations.

Research areas in literature include feminist and cultural studies, postcolonial theory, the history of reading, psychoanalysis, cognitive poetics, and modern Jewish studies.

Research interests in linguistics span the areas of syntax, semantics, phonology, the lexicon, pragmatics, language acquisition, neurolinguistics, applied linguistics, and communication theory.

The department enjoys a well-earned reputation for being friendly, open, and supportive. Students come from diverse backgrounds, creating a pluralist academic community. All courses in the department are taught in English.

Why study Literature?

Why study Linguistics?

The BA degree programs provide a firm foundation in English literature and linguistics. We also offer programs in which literature and/or linguistics are combined with other disciplines, such as education, psychology, history, philosophy, etc. The BA program in Cognitive Science is a well-developed interdisciplinary area for undergraduate linguistics students.

Our interdisciplinary orientation is fully implemented in our MA program in literatures and MA in linguistics.

Doctoral research is carried out under the supervision of faculty members in a wide range of interdisciplinary areas within the fields of linguistics and literature. For application information, please contact the Kreitman School of Graduate Studies.

Chair: Dr. Ariel Cohen arikc@bgu.ac.il

M.A. Literature: Prof. Barbara Hochman bhochman@bgu.ac.il
M.A. Linguistics: Prof. Nomi Shir shir@bgu.ac.il

Administrator: Merav Saroosi-Perez meravsp@bgu.ac.il

Phone: +972-(0)8-6461128      Fax:  +972-(0)8-6472907

The department is located on the 5th floor of the new Diller building (74).