Summer Reading: Earth
Professor Jeffrey Cohen‘s new book Earth is featured as a GW Hatchet summer reading suggestion. Read all about it here, and find the book here or here.
Professor Jeffrey Cohen‘s new book Earth is featured as a GW Hatchet summer reading suggestion. Read all about it here, and find the book here or here.
Director of Graduate Studies Tara Wallace responds to (L to R) Farisa Khalid, Brian Dumm, Emily Lathrop On March 1st, 2019, the English Graduate Student Association (EGSA) hosted their annual symposium, where graduate students from GWU and other consortium schools gather to share their research with one another in a supportive and rigorous atmosphere. The…
COVID-19 has exacerbated anti-Asian racism—the demonization of a group of people based on their perceived social value—in the United States in the cultural and political life. Professor Alexa Alice Joubin recently published an article that analyzes the language of racism and misogyny. Her article also offers strategies for inclusion during and after the…
English major Jina Park published an essay in GW Hatchet in which she details how GW prepared her for the unexpected final semester of her college career due to the coronavirus situation. Jina is currently taking the Critical Theory seminar which explores many issues related to the current crisis. In her essay, Jina shared tips on how to manage…
Below are some reflections on the GW English Department given by our former colleague Gail Kern Paster at Commencement in 2004. Professor Paster was the recipient of an honorary degree. Professor Paster joined the department in 1974, rising from the rank of instructor to full professor. An internationally acclaimed Shakespeare scholar, Paster left GW in…
Scholars working on Willa Cather, such as our own Professor Ann Romines, are very pleased with the beautifully-edited new edition The Selected Letters of Willa Cather, which Professor Romines calls an “amazing and transformative book.” From the Chronicle: Willa Cather’s letters are being made public for the first time. The Selected Letters of Willa Cather, due out…
Following on the heels of GW President Steve Knapp and Folger Shakespeare Library director Michael Witmore who advocated for funding for the NEH at a congressional hearing, Alexa Alice Joubin recently testified in front of Congress on behalf of the humanities on May 16, 2013. The event on Capitol Hill was…