This morning I sent the following email to Helen Cannaday-Saulny, GW’s Assistant Vice President for Student Academic Support Services. I don’t understand why every college campus in the United States but ours (oh and possibly Bob Jones University) is fringed by funky noncorporate coffee houses where students and faculty hang out together, go to poetry…
Come hear the inimitable Jane Shore discuss her latest book of poetry A Yes-or-No Answer (Houghton Mifflin, 2008) Faculty Authors Book Signing Reception October 30, 2008 10:00 am – 12:00 noon The Gelman Library Room 207 Click on the image to enlarge. All are welcome.
The office of department chair yields much fodder for complaint: the hours can be long (yesterday I arrived on campus at 7:15 AM, and wasn’t home until 9:00 PM), the paperwork an endurance test, personnel issues can mount, deadlines come like piranha schools and nibble your soul to its skeleton, the tiny aggravations can accumulate…
Eric Alexander Brichto, a current student at GW, for his recent and generous donation. We’re truly grateful that someone who is still paying university tuition would think enough of us to support our mission. Thanks, Eric! Please stop by my office at your convenience and we can talk about that summa cum laude you asked…
The English Department welcomes our alumnus, Jason Filardi (’93) back to campus in Spring 2009. A successful writer and producer now residing in Los Angeles, Jason has agreed to teach a course called “Screenwriting” (English 182.10) that will admit fifteen lucky undergraduates. The application form is here and can also be picked up in the…
If you intend to attend the Touching the Past symposium (the inaugural event of the GW Medieval and Early Modern Studies Institute) on Friday November 7, would you let us know that you plan to come? You can email Lowell Duckert (lduckert@gwu.edu) or me (jjcohen@gwu.edu). We’d like to ensure that our room is large enough…
(and he will be introduced by Edward P. Jones, no less. Details to follow here)
We will have two very special versions of English 182 this coming spring. More information will follow here, but for the time being, here is the application. Applications may be submitted until the course roster has been completed, but we urge students to turn in their applications by Nov. 7 if at all possible. We…
Congratulations to Professor Kavita Daiya, who has recently published her book Violent Belongings: Partition, Gender, and Postcolonial Nationalism in India. Professor Daiya answered a few questions for me about her book, which should be of great interest to students of many disciplines, not just English. How did the research for Violent Belongings begin? Did the…
In the spring semester a number of seats will be reserved in our Introduction to Creative Writing classes and awarded via application. The form is below, and can also be picked up in the English Department main office.—————–Application for ENGL 81W Date: Name: School: Major (if any): Hours completed: E-mail: Phone: Choose one: [ ]…
