About
Lars Engle, Ph. D., specializes in English Renaissance drama and more generally in Early Modern and medieval British literature. Now Chapman Professor of English, he has taught at UTulsa since 1988, serving at various points as Honors Program director and department chair. He’s the author of “Shakespearean Pragmatism,” the co-author of “Studying Shakespeare’s Contemporaries,” and an editor of “English Renaissance Drama: A Norton Anthology” and of “Shakespeare and Montaigne.” He has also taught regularly at the Bread Loaf School of English since 1999.
Awards and Honors
- Outstanding Researcher Award, UTulsa, 2025
- Ida M. Chapman Professor of English, UTulsa, 2018
- John M. Kirk Chair in Medieval Literature, Bread Loaf School of English, 2014
- Visiting Professor, “National Changua University of Education, Taiwan”, 2013
- Frank and Eleanor Griffiths Chair, Bread Loaf School of English, 2012
- Lloyd Davis Memorial Professor of Shakespeare Studies, U. of Queensland, 2010
- James G. Watson Professor of English, UTulsa, 2010
- Trustee, Shakespeare Association of America, 2006-09
- Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Education, 2004
- University Outstanding Teacher Award, UTulsa, 2001
- Excellence in Teaching Award, ” Henry Kendall College, UTulsa”, 2000
- Henry Kendall Fellow, UTulsa, 1996
- Visiting Professor, U. of Cape Town, 1995
- Mellon Junior Scholar, U. of Virginia Center for Advanced Studies, 1986-88
- Samuel Heyman Prize for Outstanding Work in the Humanities, Yale College, 1986
- Mary Cady Tew Prize, Yale, 1980
- Q Prize, Cambridge, 1976
- Magna Cum Laude, Harvard, 1974
- Phi Beta Kappa (Senior 24), Harvard, 1973
Education
- Ph.D., Yale University
- M.A., Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge
- B.A., Gonville and Caius College, University of Cambridge
- B.A., Harvard College
Research interests and areas of expertise
- Renaissance drama
- Chaucer
- Milton
- Philosophy and literature
- Lyric poetry
- South African literature
- Montaigne
- Shakespeare
