Game, Set, MATCH.
Graduate students in GW’s English Department have launched a brand new theory reading group.
Graduate students in GW’s English Department have launched a brand new theory reading group.
Are you hankering for some intellectual stimulation in between Sara Ahmed‘s fabulous GW English Distinguished Lecture in Literary and Cultural Studies and TemFest II on December 3? Eager for some literary light now that the days are shorter and the sunshine less abundant? Two events this week should prove just the thing for the mid-November…
Dear English majors: A number of you have inquired about the deadline for applications to the English Honors program. I just wanted to give you all a quick update about the program, which is currently undergoing a period of reconstruction. Because the deadline for applications in previous years was the October of juniors’ fall semester,…
From the latest issue of By George!: In January, James Arthur Miller, chair of GW’s Department of American Studies and professor of English and American studies, will leave for University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, where he will collaborate with a colleague on a course on black Atlantic literature. Dr. Miller explains the subject…
Although we are at GW to learn, we must admit that student discounts are a huge benefit of being a college student. If you were interested in hearing Orhan Pamuk speak at the Smithsonian, but slightly worried about the ticket price, you can now attend because tickets will only be $10 for students! With this…
Suhayl Saadi describes his talk on Monday, October 13, 2008; 8:15 p.m. (Media and Public Affairs Building. Room B07, 801 21st NW at H St NW, Washington, D.C. ) thus:¡Quejío!: Shout!’ A partial understanding of the interweaving ontologies of language, memory, time and place forms the basis of any creative literary endeavour. Mapping this process…
Calder posted some excellent links, and I want to add one more. I’m a big fan of Sixth & I, a historic synagogue at the heart of downtown DC that provides a home to all kinds of arts and literature events. Many of these events having nothing to do with Judaism: the building is as…