The 2017 GW Digital Humanities Institute Symposium: “Global Chaucer and Shakespeare in the Digital World”
(Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)
The Medieval and Early Modern Studies Seminar was launched last month with a terrific paper by Professor Gil Harris, “The Writing on the Wall: Old Jewry and John Stow’s Urban Palimpsest.” During its initial semester the seminar will focus upon faculty work in progress, with papers circulating two weeks in advance of each meeting. The…
You are cordially invited to the book launch event in celebration of “Race” (Routledge New Critical Idiom series). The book will be released on February 2, 2019. Pre-order here: https://www.amazon.com/Race-Critical-Idiom-Martin-Orkin-dp-1138904694/dp/1138904694/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid= A light dinner reception will be from 5:30 – 6:00 PM, with food available on a first come, first serve basis. This event is open to the…
Dear English Majors, The Department of English is looking to hire a student research assistant who will work 5-10 hours per week (60 hours total per semester) with Prof. Alexa Alice Joubin on her new book on Shakespeare on film which is supported by the GW Humanities Center. This is an entry level position, and all training…
For the first time since the creation of the English Department’s mini-residency, the Wang Distinguished Professor will give a seminar just for undergraduates! Simon Gikandi, 2014-15 Wang Distinguished Professor This year’s Wang Distinguished Professor, Simon Gikandi will be leading this special event on October 30 at 2:15 PM in Rome Hall 771. A specialist in the…
There is the Superbowl for football fans, dozens of music festivals for anyone who owns an ipod, and there is even Comic Con for all of those scifi/fantasy/comic book geeks out there. So what is there for bookworms? Maybe there are not hundreds of festivals in honor of books (although there should be!), but there…
MICHAEL CHABON MONDAY MARCH 23 7 PM JACK MORTON AUDITORIUM Michael Chabon’s first novel The Mysteries of Pittsburgh (1988) was a New York Times bestseller. His second Wonder Boys (1995), was made into a critically-acclaimed film featuring Michael Douglas and Tobey Maguire. His young adult novel, Summerland, won the 2003 Mythopoeic Fantasy Award for Children’s…