… its recent benevolent, awesome, outstanding, pure of heart, righteous, sophisticated, godlike donors. Among those who have contributed to our department’s mission recently are: Courtney Wang (2007) Olga Tsyganova (2007) Jenny Anne Burkholder (1993) I find it especially heartening when our recent alumni donate — especially because I suspect they are still paying off their…

Horn tooting of the worst kind. Click on image to enlarge. Jeffrey J. Cohen Chair of the Department of English, Director of GW Medieval & Early Modern Studies Institute,Professor of English and Human Sciences Professor Cohen received his Ph.D. in English and American Literature and Language from Harvard University. He has an M.A. in English…

Check out the profile of English Prof. Kavita Daiya in the fall 2010 issue of The Asian Connection, the newsletter of the Sigur Center for Asian Studies, covering Spring and Summer 2010. Prof. Daiya’s research investigates questions of violence, displacement, and ethnic nationalism in South Asia. Her book Violent Belongings: Partition, Gender, and National Culture…

Several faculty members in the English department also serve on the Judaic Studies Committee. We would like to bring this important conference to your attention. The Judaic Studies Program at the George Washington UniversityInvites You to a Conference The Future of Zionism: Looking at Israel in the 21st Century Keynote Lecture by Tom Segev“1967: Israel,…

Alumnus Michael Fauver writes: Hey, You, Writer I spent almost a year applying to MFA programs in fiction writing, and I learned some things that might help you. Like, GW is awesome. Take advantage of the amazing opportunities available here. You’re lucky. Not many schools have undergraduate-only creative writing programs. Work hard. Develop relationships with…

We have made some important changes to the requirements for the major in English. They apply to you, however, only if you declared your major on July 1 2008 or later. You cannot, unfortunately, petition to have them apply to you. That means that if you are a current English major and are reading this,…