What is the subject of your dissertation and how did you decide what your topic would be? My dissertation is about paratexts – all the stuff that’s not technically part of the “main” text but that serves to present it in some way. Titles are paratexts, as are introductions, footnotes, endnotes, appendices, etc. More specifically, I…
Kali Fajardo Anstine is the author of the short story collection, Sabrina and Corina, a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of an American Book Award. Her work has appeared in Harper’s Bazaar, The American Scholar, Boston Review, the Oprah Magazine and elsewhere. Please join us for a virtual reading and Q&A on April…
COVID-19 has exacerbated anti-Asian racism—the demonization of a group of people based on their perceived social value—in the United States in the cultural and political life. Professor Alexa Alice Joubin recently published an article that analyzes the language of racism and misogyny. Her article also offers strategies for inclusion during and after the…
Manuel Muñoz Join students in Contemporary LGBT Literature March 31 at 7 PM for a reading with Manuel Muñoz. This is the second in a series of “live” public events featuring authors students are reading this semester. Please register for this free event using EventBrite here and you will receive Zoom links both the day…
Take a course this summer, learn to analyze films, and fulfill the Writing-in-the-Disciplines (WID) requirements! Professor Alexa Alice Joubin is offering ENGLISH 3440W Shakespeare on Film in the first summer session (May 17 – June 23, 2021). See the course catalogue. SPECIAL FEATURES Films by people of color, women, and disability / LGTBTQ-identified actors Relevance…
🌩️ Submit your T-shirt logo designs for a chance to win $100! Next semester, the GW English Department is hosting Thunder & Lightning, an event for Creative Writing AND English students/alumni to share their writing amongst fellow writers. All forms are accepted, whether they be short fiction, poetry, essays — if you wrote it, we want to hear…
In Professor Alexa Alice Joubin‘s recent op-ed, she championed the value of the humanities in a globalized world. The world needs good question askers as much as it needs good problem solvers. Before solving problems, we need to first identify the problems. Great stories are often strangers at home. The best of them defamiliarize banal…
Please join us virtually this Friday, March 5th, 2021 for the annual symposium hosted by the English Graduate Student Association! Our theme this year is Decay and Regeneration and features a full day of events including panels, a featured speaker, a keynote by Anna Mollow, and a virtual happy hour and performance. The full schedule…
Our next Jenny McKean Moore reading is Thursday, March 4th at 6:30 pm. It will be a special evening, featuring the daughter of Jenny McKean Moore, Honor Moore, reading, from her memoir, about her mother. Virginia Hartman will be introducing and moderating the evening. Join Our Event: https://gwu-edu.zoom.us/j/97827956788?pwd=Vis1a3lwREl0a0dEWFNYb28wTExMdz09 Meeting ID: 978 2795 6788 Passcode:…
We are happy to announce that the Composing Disability conference that was postponed last year will be returning virtually on Friday, April 9th, 2021. Please join us in celebrating the publication of A Cultural History of Disability. This six-volume collection focus on Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Long Eighteenth Century, the Long Nineteenth Century,…
