Listen to GW English Ph.D. Dolen Perkins-Valdez in discussion with NPR’s Lynn Neary on a recent episode of the radio show “Tell Me More.” Dolen is promoting her new book Wench, which is set at an Ohio resort where white male slaveholders take their enslaved black mistresses. The book is based on an actual resort that existed in antebellum times. Dolen will be reading on campus later this semester.
Gelman Library Exhibit Opening: “A Kind of Map of Life”: The Fiction of Edward P. Jones Stop by Café G on the first floor of Gelman Library to see “A Kind of Map of Life”: The Fiction of Edward P. Jones, a new exhibit that explores the connections between Jones’ work and the history of…
Emily Cahn reports: The University’s first vice president for research says he hopes to raise the University’s research profile by starting new research centers in the fields of autism, computational biology, science policy, energy, sustainability and neglected diseases. Well, you don’t need to hear it from me again. But you will. Could the day please…
This spring the English department is happy to have ENGL 3810:12 Jewish Literature Live once again! The class is an innovative, hands-on experience where students read and then meet authors and ask them questions about their work. In the past, the class has hosted Erica Jong, author of the break-through novel Fear of Flying, as well as Nicole…
The University Seminar in 19th-Century Studies, convened by English Professors Tara Wallace and Maria Frawley (who also serve, respectively, as Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and Executive Director of the University Honors Program), fosters an intellectual community of faculty and students, at GW and at area institutions. The Seminar is hosting two more events before…
The English Department was sad to learn of the recent passing on August 25 of a beloved colleague, Edward R. Weismiller. We invite all who knew Prof. Weismiller, and those who want to find out about this remarkable man, to attend a celebration of his life on Thursday, Sept. 23 at 4 p.m. in Rome…
Many of this blog’s readers will have heard about the Browne Report recently released in the UK. The report by Lord Browne reviews Britain’s higher education system and proposes sweeping changes in the ways that students’ educations are financed. If adopted–and there is wide agreement that it will be–the Browne Report will make higher education…
