Amy Bloom Reads Thursday, September 18
Feed your mind and body. See the English Department in action. Meet famous novelists. Learn about the future of literature. Eat something sweet. Mingle with students, faculty, alumni. LITERATURE IN A GLOBAL AGE: PANEL DISCUSSION & RECEPTION Featuring the British Council Writer in Residence Suhayl Saadi “Literature in a Global Age” is about the past…
Looking for some serious English Department nerd action this weekend? Look no further — The National Book Festival is upon us. Check out the incredible line up of authors that includes Henry Louis Gates, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg, Barbara Kingsolver, Sigrid Nunez, and many dozens more. Find your favorite author, discover news ones, and generally…
Sunil Yapa will read from his debut novel, Your Heart is a Muscle the Size of a Fist The Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series Wednesday, February 8th, 7:30 PM Gelman 702 A novel set amid the heated conflict of Seattle’s 1999 World Trade Organization protests. On a rainy, cold day in November, young Victor—a boyish, scrappy world traveler…
The George Washington University is happy to be hosting the second Washington Conference on Trauma this fall. This multi-disciplinary conference will feature a broad range of presenters and formats, addressing the effects of severe psychological trauma on individuals and society. Listening to Trauma: Insights and Actions Thursday, October 20th– Saturday, October 22nd 2016 Location: The…
Still from Floating Skyscrapers (2013), Tomasz Wasilewski, dir. Professor Robert McRuer taught two courses in the interdisciplinary field of LGBT studies this fall, and students in both classes will be coming together on Saturday, December 9, to present their work-in-progress. Students from both “Transnational Queer Film Studies and LGBTQ Cultures” (English 3980W) and “Intro to LGBT Studies”…
The GWU English Department & The Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series invite you to a reading by Scott Simon. NPR’s Scott Simon The event will be held: Thursday, October 29th 7:30 PM Gelman Library Room 702 Scott Simon is known as a broadcast journalist. He is, after all, the award-winning host of NPR’s Weekend Edition…