Join us on October 15th from 3-5pm to hear about two path-breaking graphic narratives on ethnic American experiences from WWII to the present. This Fall panel brings together scholars and practitioners who are innovatively representing race, citizenship, and immigration through the medium of comics. Professors Kavita Daiya and Patricia Chu will be moderating this event that…
The English Department is excited to host a reading and Q&A with disability novelist Susan Nussbaum. Susan is the author of the acclaimed book, “Good Kings Bad Kings”. The zoom session will be held in accordance with the advanced undergraduate class on Disability Studies currently being taught by professor David Mitchell today from 5-7pm. This…
In response to popular demand, we’re pleased to announce the opening of the new Asian American Studies minor at GW. This six-course interdisciplinary minor draws upon Columbian College courses from English, American Studies, Theater and Dance, History, East Asian cultural studies, anthropology, sociology, psychology, and women’s studies, with the option to do…
Join the GW English Department for a screening of the Globe Theatre’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream at 2 pm, Saturday, September 25, 2021. This event takes place online and is live streamed from the Globe Theatre. The running time is approximately 2 hours and 20 minutes with no interval. Stay tuned afterwards for a talk back with…
Dear English Majors, The Department of English is looking to hire a student research assistant who will work 5-10 hours per week (60 hours total per semester) with Prof. Alexa Alice Joubin on her new book on Shakespeare on film which is supported by the GW Humanities Center. This is an entry level position, and all training…
Dear English Department students, Welcome back, and a special welcome to first-year and newly declared English majors just joining us for the first time! It feels exciting (and a bit intimidating) to contemplate gathering again in our classrooms for the first time since the pandemic erupted. As we’ve prepared to re-open our suite on the…
Location Online via Zoom Event Description Join CCAS for the next installment in the series Five Questions with GW Alumni, featuring GW English Major Jason Filardi, CCAS BA’93. Jason Filardi will share insights on being a Hollywood screenwriter, as well as reflect on how his GW experiences influenced his career. Filardi will be interviewed…
“Raising High & Saying Goodbye: Rebecca Radillo is a graduating senior majoring in English. She currently has an internship with TheDailyFandom.org where she writes on pop culture with an academic lens–she already has an article published analyzing Doctor Strange through an Orientalist and disability lens. She will be attending Boston College in the fall for…
Raising High & Waving Goodbye: Izzy Cassandra-Newsam graduates with a degree in Creative Writing & English, after completing her fiction thesis under the guidance of Professor Annie Liontas. After this summer, she will return to her native Los Angeles to pursue a career in television. Thank you, Izzy, for everything you’ve provided the department, and…
Raising High & Waving Goodbye: Maryam Gilanshah is a Creative Writing/English graduate, specializing in fiction. Her work has been published in Paper Shell Review, Catfish Creek, & Zeniada. This semester, she produced “Fine Girl,” a collection of short stories centered around isolation, identity, & daughterhood for her thesis. Following her graduation, Maryam will study fiction at…
