Alumna Blog: Taylor Kate Brown

We know that at this time of year many of our readers consider which organizations to support through their philanthropy. We hope that you will consider making an end of the year gift to the GW English Department … and we would like to think that the liveliness of this blog has made evident to…

GWU’s Jewish Literature Live course (taught by Prof. Faye Moskowitz) and GW’s collaboration with the British Council on its U.K. Writer-in-Residence Program converge for one afternoon only: Friday February 26, 2-4 p.m., Rome Hall 352. What do we mean today when we say “Jewish writing”? Do we mean writers who identify as Jews? Do we…

English Majors! There is still room in this great course for fall taught by Professor Katherine Keller.  It will, of course, fulfill a pre-1700 requirement … but it will also be one of the best courses you take with us. Renaissance Drama ENGL 3810.11 Tues/Thurs 11:10-12:25 Professor Katherine Keller Shakespeare’s preeminent role in the early…

Please stop by the English Department office on the seventh floor of Rome Hall and contribute to the endeavor we’ve christened the Sticky Words Project. Our goal: cover the entire loooong wall in front of our seminar room (Rome 771) in quotations inscribed upon Post-It Notes. Your part of the mission: stop by and jot…

Every president should commence a term in office with poetry. The arts are too often separated from government, and for no good reason. Only two presidents have invited poets to read from their work during inauguration: John. F. Kennedy (Robert Frost) and Bill Clinton (Maya Angelou, Miller Williams). Good news: Barack Obama has likewise named…

Please join us on Thursday April 24 for a talk by Kathleen Biddick: “The Political Theology of the Archive: Reflections on a Project” The author of The Shock of Medievalism (Duke 1998) and The Typological Imaginary: Circumcision, History, Technology (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2003), Kathleen Biddick is professor of history at Temple University. The talk…