British Council website for Nadeem Aslam residency
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Creative Writing Events Spring 2008
NADEEM ASLAM Feb. 1-29: British Council USA/Jenny McKean Moore Writer in Residence at GW: U.K. novelist, Nadeem Aslam (author of MAPS FOR LOST LOVERS and SEASON OF THE RAINBIRDS). In addition to visiting classes, leading a 700-series 1-credit one-month reading course, etc., Nadeem will participate in three public appearances at GW: Feb. 7 — 7…
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Nadeem Aslam Reading and Dessert Reception
Register Now, and Mark Your Calendar for Thursday February 7 at 7 PM Fiction Reading and Reception with Author Nadeem Aslam 2008 British Council USA/Jenny McKean Moore Writer in Residence at GW You are cordially invited to attend a fiction reading by renowned author Nadeem Aslam, 2008 British Council USA/Jenny McKean Moore Writer in Residence…
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Nadeem Aslam in Residence from Feb 1-29, 2008
We are pleased to announce that Nadeem Aslam’s visa has been granted, and that the GW-British Council Writer in Residence has been rescheduled for Feb. 1-29. Mark your calendar now for the evening of Feb. 7, when Aslam will read from his work at the Marvin Center. Details will follow, along with a complete list…
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Attention wealthy alumni
Recently I was invited to give the Holloway Lecture at McDaniel College. Held once a year on a literary topic of wide interest, this lecture is a big event on campus. Students in a communications class have a competition to design the poster. English majors read work published by the speaker, and acquaint themselves with…
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Jehangir Malegam @ MEMSeminar
The last Medieval and Early Modern Seminar of the semester will be held on Friday, November 30th from 9-11 AM in Rome 771. Jehangir Malegam (GW History) will be presenting his paper entitled: No Peace for the Wicked: Conflicting Visions of Peacemaking in an Eleventh-Century Monastic Narrative As usual, please RSVP to me to receive…
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The Humanities at GW
Dear English majors, The plenary lecture given by Stephen Greenblatt this Wednesday at 10 AM in the Marvin Center is an important moment for all of us who work in and value the humanities. It is, to my mind, a major public acknowledgment that the humanities matter at the George Washington University. PLEASE register for…
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T-shirt contest winner
Congratulations to Matt Munkacsy, winner of our T-Shirt contest! (This is NOT Matt in the picture above). To buy your own T-shirt, follow the link. Wear your shirt with pride. Make international affairs majors feel subliterate. Catalyze envy among chemistry majors. Give pre-med students a heart attack caused by agitation and desire. Let philosophy majors…
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Stephen Greenblatt is coming to GW
Although all of the Inauguration Festivities are likely in their own way to be worth attending, allow me to call your attention to two that you will not want to miss, both of them on Wednesday November 14. 1. “Cultural Mobility: The Travels of Shakespeare’s Cardenio” by Stephen Greenblatt, Professor of English, Harvard University. In…
