Friends of GW English know that our community is collegial; what you might not have known is that we also have lots of drama in Rome Hall. ACT I. Collaboration is a wonderful thing The Shakespearean International Yearbook Volume 11: Special issue: Placing Michael Neill. Issues of Place in Shakespeare and Early Modern Culture is now…
Flying High Like a Disco Jalebi: Gay Bombay and Beyond, a talk and reading Parmesh Shahani, TED and MIT Futures of Entertainment Fellow, and author of “Gay Bombay: Globalization, Love and (Be)Longing in Contemporary India” (2008) Tuesday, November 8, 2-3.30 pm Rome Hall 771 (801 22nd St. NW) Parmesh Shahani is not your usual academic….
To decorate our new lounge space, English has partnered with Project George’s Laura Van Biber and Elise Walker (both MFA candidates in Interior Design at GW). Here’s the plan they proposed. It includes seating for 7 people. Laura and Elise also helped us pick out durable, attractive, and inexpensive furniture that will add a bit…
Had you taken Prof. Carrillo’s class on “Evil,” you, too, could have written about Marilyn Manson. For this post, I’ll just quote at length from GW student Ali Peters, writing in Monday’s Hatchet: It began with Marilyn Manson. One of my first college assignments was to dissect the lyrics to “The Beautiful People.” For a kid…
Beacon Press, 1993 The Feminist Press, 2011 The English Department cordially invites you to join us for a celebration of Prof. Faye Moskowtiz’s literary gem And the Bridge Is Love, a book of essays originally published in 1993 by Beacon Press and recently reissued by The Feminist Press. Prof. Moskowitz will be reading from…
Although you wouldn’t know it from the mild manner of those of us who inhabit Rome 760, the English Department has been quite busy lately. This is not Prof. Tongson at GW last week, although the set up was remarkably similar and the photo is in the commons! Last week, in addition to seeing the…
Congratulations to Marissa Fretes, a freshman English major, for her op-ed piece in today’s Hatchet. In her editorial, Fretes argues that the University should not subordinate socioeconomic diversity to other diversity goals.
Our lounge space was painted yesterday, and today the new carpeting was put down. (This photo doesn’t do the carpet justice.) Now we just need some furniture and a smart design.
We’re getting there. Paining is being done today, and new carpets are being installed tomorrow. By next week we will have a new–if empty–lounge! Look for a new refrigerator and new seating soon!
