Le Culte Du Moi is Seeking Submissions

Follow this link to GW’s press release (which quotes no one from the department that actually received the gift). Follow this link to the GW Hatchet story (which was written by one of our own majors, contains one small typo, and gives departmental context for the gift). Share on FacebookTweet

The Religion Thing, a world premiere comedy by GW playwriting professor Renee Calarco, kicks off Theater J’s “Locally Grown: Community Supported Art/From Our Own Garden” Initiative. In it, according to Theater J, Mo and Brian are a picture-perfect DC couple: they’re smart, they’re witty, and they have a beautifully remodeled kitchen. But when Mo’s best…

Congratulations to our 2010 graduates! I had the pleasure of marching with students at Saturday’s CCAS Celebration, which went amazingly smoothly, given the challenging logistics. (In the photos posted here, we’re in Funger Hall, eagerly awaiting the call to march into the Smith Center.) Most people’s names were pronounced correctly, and there were photo ops…

In 1894 literary scholar George Saintsbury coined the term “Janeite” as a devotée of Jane Austen. Professor Maria Frawley (pictured with her cat Zeke) is a self-proclaimed Janeite, although she would like to emphasize that Janeites are scholars as well as devotées. You cannot deny this fact when meeting with the witty and warm Frawley…

Prof. Faye Moskowitz has just announced the roster of acclaimed Jewish writers set to visit GW as part of next spring’s Jewish Literature Live (listed as ENGL 3970; old ENGL 188: Jewish American Literature). As of this writing, there are still a few spaces left, but sign up soon! Jewish Literature Live is a unique…

The course descriptions are online. Registration begins this week. Faculty will be holding extra office hours to lift holds and for advising. Share on FacebookTweet