from the latest edition of the GW student publication le culte du moi American Girls by Jane Shore The first of the dolls she asked for was Addy, a Negro slave escaped from the Civil War. Addy arrived at Emma’s sixth birthday party wearing her historically accurate dress, drawers, stockings, cap-toed boots, and carrying a…
The faculty of the English Department extends its very best wishes to our undergraduate majors as they finish their term papers and prepare for final examinations. For those who are completing their stay at GW, we look forward to seeing you at the CCAS Celebration, at Commencement … and especially at our annual reception for…
Renowned British author Nadeem Aslam will be the GW English Department’s inaugural British Council Writer in Residence during the fall 2007 semester. Beginning in mid-October, he will spend a month in Washington through a new program sponsored by the department and the council. Mr. Aslam achieved international recognition with the publication of his brilliant novel…
English 40W, “Literature of the Americas,” is a new course that reflects recent intellectual developments within the field of American literary studies. “Literature of the Americas” is just one term for a new approach to American literature. Others include “Black Atlantic literature,” “trans-hemispheric American literature,” and “circum-Atlantic literature,” and draw on the work of theorists…
Check out the blog for this GW student group … and if you are in DC, watch the rumble between these fearsome contenders.
… on the birth of Zachary Adam yesterday morning. GW class of 2029!
Several faculty members in the English department also serve on the Judaic Studies Committee. We would like to bring this important conference to your attention. The Judaic Studies Program at the George Washington UniversityInvites You to a Conference The Future of Zionism: Looking at Israel in the 21st Century Keynote Lecture by Tom Segev“1967: Israel,…
We scholars publish much that can be described charitably as dry. It’s a pleasure to post here some scholarship that is not only moist, it is also sweet and beautiful. Below you will find a recipe that Professor of English Ann Romines created from references in Eudora Welty’s Delta Wedding. Professor Romines also provides a…
The Dean of Columbian College of Arts and Sciences at GW, then William Frawley, started the World Literature Residency in 2004, working with the Creative Writing program in the English Department. The program has continued under the leadership of Interim Dean Diana Lipscomb. 2004 Our first World Literature Residency Fellow was Githa Hariharan, a novelist…
Please come to the English Department Colloquium featuring Professor José Buscaglia-Salgado “The Dissolution of Form: Metaphorical Subjectivity in Caribbean Mulataje and the Architecture of Coloniality” Friday, April 6th from noon until 2PM Duques Hall 251 Reception to follow, hosted by the English Department in Rome Hall 663 Professor Buscaglia-Salgado is the Director of the Program…
