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Meet My New “Mentor”: David Sedaris
I had been in line for over ninety minutes. In this time I could have gone to a movie, but I needed to meet the man who made me laugh harder in just two hours than I have in an entire month. There’s no doubt about it, if you thought David Sedaris was hilarious in…
Kate Flint Visual Culture Events: April 16 and 17
Kate Flint presents a cultural history of flash photography and race (April 16) Interested in the relationship between words and images? Artsy or literary? Think of yourself as both? Thanks to a generous gift by Sharyn Rosenblum to the English Department, as well as to the generosity of the Department of Fine Arts & Art…
Professor McRuer’s Students to Hold Public Symposium
Inside the St. Vitius Cathedral near the Prague Castle Professor Robert McRuer’s annual fall class, “Transnational Queer Film Studies and LGBTQ Cultures,” was held again this fall. This was the fifth instantiation of the class, which is taught at GW every fall, but which is simultaneously taught in Prague to students from the Czech Republic…
Forecast for the Fall Semester: TemFest Celebrates The Tempest, Dec. 3
The syllabi are in, and there’s definitely something stormy and Shakespearean coming our way! That’s right, it is not in error that William Shakespeare’s The Tempest appears on the syllabus of so many classes this semester. On the contrary, it’s a conscious, calculated effort on the part of Profs. Jeffrey Cohen and Jennifer James to…
Nadeem Aslam Reading and Dessert Reception
Register Now, and Mark Your Calendar for Thursday February 7 at 7 PM Fiction Reading and Reception with Author Nadeem Aslam 2008 British Council USA/Jenny McKean Moore Writer in Residence at GW You are cordially invited to attend a fiction reading by renowned author Nadeem Aslam, 2008 British Council USA/Jenny McKean Moore Writer in Residence…