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WoW Talk on Trans Studies and Why It Matters
GW English professor Alexa Alice Joubin is giving a WoW Talk today on Trans Studies and Why It Matters. Here is the Zoom link. All are welcome! The WoW Talks at George Washington University are 10-minute TED style presentations that offer snapshots of faculty’s latest research. In her talk, Professor Joubin…
Eli Clare, “Notes on Cure,” October 3
Eli Clare, portrait by Riva Lehrer The University Writing Program, English Department, and Disability Support Services welcome Eli Clare to GWU on Wednesday October 3rd, when Clare will speak on “Notes on Cure, Disability, and Natural Worlds” at 7 pm in Gelman 702 (The International Brotherhood of Teamsters Room). Through storytelling and critical analysis, Eli Clare explores the…
David Bezmozgis Reading: Tuesday, March 19th
Don’t miss a reading with award-winning writer and filmmaker David Bezmozgis Marvin Center Amphitheater 7:30pm Tuesday March 19th http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a68a2684-f1fe-11e1-bba3-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2Np6oFdJg Bezmozgis is the author of the critically acclaimed books The Free World and Natasha and Other Stories, and is visiting GW as a guest of the Jewish Literature Live program. Natasha and Other Stories won the Toronto…
Margaret Soltan: An Interview, and a Lecture Series
Margaret Soltan was interviewed recently by Radio Poland, which asked her about her memories of Wojciech Fangor, Poland’s most important modern painter. You can access that interview via this link. Professor Soltan spoke with the New York Times confirming Fangor’s death; the obituary from October 25 can be accessed here. Soltan will also be giving…
Private Bodies/Public Encounters: Susan Nussbaum at GW October 6
PEN/Bellweather Prize Winner Susan Nussbaum Our first event in the Private Bodies/Public Encounters series will occur on Monday, October 6 from 7-9 PM in 309 Marvin Center. The event features novelist and playwright, Susan Nussbaum, from Chicago. Susan’s novel, “Good Kings Bad Kings”, details the lives and struggles of a multi-racial group of disabled youth institutionalized at the…
Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library to Deliver Inaugural Digital Humanities Institute Lecture/2013 Dean’s Scholars in Shakespeare Lecture
We are very pleased to announce the launch of a new Digital Humanities Institute, co-founded and co-directed by Alexa Alice Joubin and Jonathan Hsy. The inaugural Digital Humanities Institute lecture will be delivered by Michael Witmore, director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, whose work on data-mining and literary analysis will provide an entry point into a discussion…
