Lars Engle, Ph.D.

About

Lars Engle, Ph. D., specializes in English Renaissance drama and more generally in early modern and medieval British literature. Now Chapman Chair 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 & Honors

• Outstanding Researcher Award, The University of Tulsa, 2025
• 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, University of Queensland, 2010
• James G. Watson Professor of English, The University of Tulsa, 2010
• Trustee, Shakespeare Association of America, 2006-09
• Who’s Who in America, Who’s Who in American Education, 2004
• Outstanding Teacher Award, The University of Tulsa, 2001
• Excellence in Teaching Award, Kendall College of Arts & Sciences, The University of Tulsa, 2000
• Henry Kendall Fellow, The University of Tulsa, 1996
• Visiting Professor, University of Cape Town, 1995
• Mellon Junior Scholar, University 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 University, 1980
• Q Prize, Cambridge University, 1976
• Magna Cum Laude, Harvard University, 1974
• Phi Beta Kappa (Senior 24), Harvard University, 1973