Department of Studies and Research in English, School of Languages, Literature & Fine Arts, Kuvempu University is affiliated to Kuvempu University. The department has evolved a distinctive academic profile through innovative updating of the syllabus, materials design, audio-visual participatory teaching methods and its ambience of openness to new ideas and to social issues. It now offers very updated courses in cultural studies, film theory, gender-studies, post-colonial theories and the new literatures in English. It has made a significant departure from the conventional English literature courses to inter disciplinary courses of contemporary relevance. The department is also actively involved in contemporary socio-political debates.