Framing Ferguson: A Panel and Audience Discussion

The Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series presents two nonfiction writers: David and Margaret Talbot, on October 14th at 6:30 pm. Their book is By the Light of Burning Dreams: The Triumphs and Tragedies of the Second American Revolution. They will be in conversation with Professor Virginia Hartman. Share on FacebookTweet

A reminder that this Monday evening the English Department will be sponsoring a panel discussion, FICTION AND SURVIVAL: IMAGINATION, MIGRATION, AND DIASPORA, featuring Nadeem Aslam, H. G. Carrillo, and Joanne Leedom-Ackerman. Nadeem Aslam is our inaugural British Council U.K. Writer in Residence; H. G. Carrillo teaches Creative Writing here at GW; Joanne Leedom-Ackerman is a…

The English Department is pleased to announce one of the very first events of the new academic year.  On Friday, September 5, at 3:00 PM, Professor Rebecca Bushnell will deliver the Dean’s Scholars’ in Shakespeare Annual Lecture.  The Dean’s Scholars in Shakespeare Program is directed by Professor Holly Dugan.  This lecture will take place in the…

Professor Jonathan Gil Harris will discuss Taming of the Shrew at the Shakespeare Theatre on Sunday as part of the Windows series. Information below. There is also a pay what you can performance that same day. —— part of the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Windows Discussion Series. Sunday, September 30, 2007, 5:00 P.M. at the Lansburgh…

This year’s DC Reads selection is Dinaw Mengestu’s The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears.  Join GW English’s Aaron Hamburger in a discussion of the book in relation to Washington, DC (particularly the Logan Circle neighborhood) on November 5 at 7 PM.  The discussion — and samples of Ethiopian food! — will be at the Takoma…

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