Why and How to Become an English Major: March 3!
This announcement went out via the Thurston Hall listerv, but anyone who is interested in declaring an English major or minor at GW is very welcome to attend!
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Writing in the Disciplines
This announcement went out via the Thurston Hall listerv, but anyone who is interested in declaring an English major or minor at GW is very welcome to attend!
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…
We are pleased to share that English Ph.D. candidate Farisa Khalid was awarded the competitive CCAS Dean’s Graduate Instructorship Award 2020, an award given by GWU’s College of Arts & Sciences to “exceptional Ph.D. candidates the unique experience of designing and teaching their own undergraduate courses while obtaining financial support for their dissertation research.” Up…
English 3980W Fall 2018 GW Students: English 3980W returns this fall and is now open for registration! This course meets at GW all semester as a regular class but includes a short-term study abroad element: one week in Prague, Czech Republic, where we will meet with Czech students taking the same class in Prague and…
Prof. Holly Dugan. Naishi Jhaveri | Hatchet Staff Photographer You may enjoy reading three recent pieces from The GW Hatchet on recent undertakings by the GWU English Department. First, a fine piece on our outreach to students and alumni. As the article notes, we are trying our best to connect with current majors, prospective majors,…
Still from Chuecatown (2007), dir. Juan Flahn For the past ten years, GW English has offered a unique interdisciplinary in lgbtq studies and film studies; on Saturday, December 8, students from the class will come together to present their work-in-progress. Students from Professor Robert McRuer’s “Transnational Queer Film Studies and LGBTQ cultures” (English 3980) will…
GW English has just added a popular course taught by Professor Margaret Soltan to this fall’s schedule. Details below. ENGLISH 3661 Fall 2016 SOLTAN (CRN 17486) Twentieth Century Irish Literature II: THE MODERN IRISH LITERARY TRIUMPH Tuesday/Thursday 12:45 PM-2:00 PM This course will attempt to account for the staggering achievement – out of all proportion…