Fall 2017: Literature and the Environment

Staying home this summer?   Travel the globe with this Summer Online course:  Eng 1710W  CRN 91670                             Professor Kavita Daiya  Study modern global literature and cinema​ through the theme of travel and cross-cultural encounters.   ​Encounter fiction, film, travel writing, music videos,  ​and ​essays…

Spring 2012 is the first semester in which English will be offering ENGL 3965, a new topics course in Asian American Cultural Studies. Next semester, Prof. Patty Chu–known to many majors as our Director of Undergraduate Advising (she probably signed you up for the major!)–will be teaching the inaugural course under this new rubric.  As…

ENGL 3530 group examines a painting. The National Gallery of Art—one of the finest institutions of its kind on the globe—is a mile and a half away from the George Washington University Campus.  The gallery’s physical and financial accessibility (it’s free!), peacefulness, and gorgeous collection demand a visit, which is one of several reasons that…

The English Department at George Washington University includes one of the largest all-undergraduate creative writing programs in the U.S. Each semester between 400 and 500 students study the writing of plays, filmscripts, short fiction, poetry, and creative non-fiction in small, 15-person classes. About half of these courses are at the introductory level, and appeal to…

In response to popular demand, we’re pleased to announce the opening of the new Asian American Studies minor at GW.        This six-course interdisciplinary minor draws upon Columbian College courses from English, American Studies, Theater and Dance, History, East Asian cultural studies, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and women’s studies, with the option to do…