An Alyssa Hard Event: Perfumed Letters

(Thomas Mallon on tour last week in Cambridge, Massachusetts.  Photo credit:  Robert Birnbaum) Thomas Mallon, acclaimed novelist and former Director of Creative Writing at GWU, has just published his ninth novel, Finale, to wide critical acclaim. His account of the Reagan administration “blends his singular knowledge of political history with his limitless imagination to capture…

  Clockwise from Upper Left to Right: Sarah Schulman; Manuel Muñoz; Jordy Rosenberg; K. Tyler Christensen This spring, students in Professor Robert McRuer’s English 3840W, “Contemporary LGBT Writing,” will have four “live” visits from some of the authors they are reading, and after a class visit, the authors themselves will be virtually on campus for…

  English Department majors and minors: Has your course work or reading sparked a desire to pursue some research of your own? The Luther Rice Undergrad Fellowship program at GWU provides financial assistance and structured support. With a deadline in early December, now is the time to begin thinking through your ideas and preparing an…

We are proud to announce a panel for career paths for humanities PhDs on Thursday evening! This event features GW alumni, and we hope you will join us for what promises to be a great conversation. Succeeding Outside of the Academy: A Conversation About Career Paths For PhDs in the Humanities with Dr. Emily Dufton,…

Inside the St. Vitius Cathedral near the Prague Castle Professor Robert McRuer’s annual fall class, “Transnational Queer Film Studies and LGBTQ Cultures,” was held again this fall.  This was the fifth instantiation of the class, which is taught at GW every fall, but which is simultaneously taught in Prague to students from the Czech Republic…

Transnational Queer Film Studies students and Professor Karen Tongson of USC in Prague Photo by Robert McRuer Professor Robert McRuer’s annual fall class, “Transnational Queer Film Studies and LGBTQ Cultures,” was held again this fall.  This was the seventh instantiation of the class, which is taught at GW every fall, but which is simultaneously taught in Prague to…