Professor Alexa Alice Joubin: Race and the Epistemologies of Otherness
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A reminder — Nadeem Aslam, our first British Council Writer in Residence, will be reading from his work tonight at 7 PM in the Marvin Center Amphitheatre. Nadeem Aslam is the author of two prize-winning novels, SEASON OF THE RAINBIRDS and MAPS FOR LOST LOVERS. His third novel, THE WASTED VIGIL, will be published this…
The English Department is pleased to announce one of the very first events of the new academic year. On Friday, September 7, at 3:30 PM, former GW English professor and Director Emerita of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Gail Kern Paster, will deliver a lecture co-sponsored by the Dean’s Scholars in Shakespeare Program, directed by Alexa Alice…
“Chaucer and Shakespeare, the global literary icons, play a major role in the digital world. This cross-disciplinary symposium puts the legacies of Chaucer and Shakespeare in conversation with each other. Speakers will explore the intersections and connections between the afterlives of Chaucer and Shakespeare in world cultures.” The 2017 Digital Humanities Institute symposium, “Global…
The PEN/Faulkner at Hill Center Reading Series Presents: Melinda Moustakis Where: Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital 921 Pennsylvania Ave. SE Washington, DC 20003 When: Wednesday November 9th from 7:00pm to 9:00pm Cost: Free Register here Hill Center and PEN/Faulkner Foundation present an evening with author Melinda Moustakis moderated by Lisa Page, Director of Creative Writing at George Washington University….
Perfumed Letters: a roundtable discussion of perfume & literature Author Alyssa Harad Friday, February 21st 11-1 pm Marvin Center Rm. 301 The event will be host to: Emily Friedman, Associate Professor of 18th Century English Literature (Auburn University) Alyssa Harad, author of Coming to My Senses: a Story of Perfume, Pleasure & an Unlikely Bride Colleen…
Acclaimed British writer Courttia Newland will read from his work on Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 8:00 p.m. in Funger Hall, Room 220 (2201 G St. NW). The reading is free and open to the public. Here is a brief biography of Newland from the British Council website: Courttia Newland was born in 1973 in…