Most readers of this blog know that the GW English Department has been off to a great start this semester, with a range of successful events. If you follow us on Facebook (and if you don’t, you should!–check out how easy it is with the button on the right side of this page), you also…
The English Department is proud to announce that two of our students, Julie Dreyfuss and Jimi Patalano, have received Luther Rice Undergraduate Fellowships for the 2012-2013 school year. The Luther Rice Collaborative Fellowship grants $5,000 to each student to conduct undergraduate research in a special area of interest under the guidance of a faculty member…
The English Department is happy to announce that English Major Samantha Yakas has joined us as the new Communications Liaison for the 2012-2013 school year. The Communications Liaison helps us with all of our social media, including this blog (watch for Samantha’s posts), our Facebook page, and Twitter. Like us on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/English-Dept-GWU/31472949461Follow us on Twitter…
Photo by Assaf Evron From September 28-October 4, GW’s English Department is pleased to host Professor J. Jack Halberstam as this year’s Wang Distinguised Professor-in-Residence. Halberstam is Professor of American Studies and Ethnicity, Gender Studies, and Comparative Literature at the University of Southern California. He is the author of five books, including In a Queer…
English 3960-10 (36721) Asian American Literature MW 12:45-2 p.m. Course Description: This course complicates received ideas of “America” as a nation of blacks and whites by examining the writing of Americans of Asian descent. Our readings will examine what Asian American and Asian global writers have to say about growing up in Chinatown in…
Lori Brister, who is completing her PhD in GW’s English Department under the direction of Professor Jennifer Green-Lewis, was chosen to deliver the graduate student opening remarks at this year’s official Graduate Student Welcome Ceremony. Lori was introduced by Provost Lerman, and then gave a speech to about 500 new graduate students in the Dorothy…
Graduate students in GW’s English Department have launched a brand new theory reading group. With the start of classes, they are pleased to announce the first meeting of M.A.T.C.H. (Mobilizing an Active Theory Community in the Humanities), which will be from 5pm to 6pm on Thursday, September 13th. The meeting will commence in the Rome…
George Washington University Columbian College of Arts and Sciences and the Department of English are pleased to announce the Dean’s Scholars in Shakespeare, a signature program for undergraduate students directed by Alexa Alice Joubin. The program offers a select group of students a unique opportunity to explore the works of William Shakespeare in…
GW English professor Alexa Alice Joubin‘s new book on world literature and intercultural theater draws on theories of aesthetic humanism to explain the force of literature in globalization. The book is entitled Weltliteratur und Welttheater: Ästhetischer Humanismus in der kulturellen Globalisierung. The aestheticization of politics in the twentieth century has structured political life as an…
With major reviews in the New York Times, the Washington Post, and elsewhere, it would be an understatement to say that Professor Thomas Mallon‘s latest novel, Watergate, is getting lots of attention. On Wednesday, September 12, from 6-8 PM, a special event will be held for GW Alumni and others interested in hearing Professor Mallon read…
