Jabari Asim in the Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series

Please join us for the inaugural event of the GW Medieval and Early Modern Studies Institute (GW MEMSI), a symposium on Touching the Past. The symposium begins at 1:30 in the fourth floor conference room of Phillips Hall (Academic Center, 801 22nd St NW) and lasts until 5. We feature two panels: Session One (moderated…

  We are happy to announce that the Composing Disability conference that was postponed last year will be returning virtually on Friday, April 9th, 2021. Please join us in celebrating the publication of A Cultural History of Disability.  This six-volume collection focus on Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Long Eighteenth Century, the Long Nineteenth Century,…

    Join us for “Passing in America,” the next installment of the Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series, on Friday, October 13th at 7:30 PM in Gelman Library, room 702. Moderated by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Clarence Page, this panel discussion will feature Gayle Wald, Brando Skyhorse, and Lisa Page, and aims to generate a discussion…

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…

September was a whirlwind of a month, complete with starting new classes and welcoming new members to the GW English community. The English department hosted and participated in a number of exciting events in September, including Brando Skyhorse’s first reading, Amy Bloom’s reading and the Dean’s Scholars in Shakespeare Annual lecture. It was great seeing…