It is with great sadness that we announce that Hache (H.G.) Carrillo, a former professor of creative writing at GW English and Board Member of the PEN/Faulkner Foundation, passed away last week. Author of Loosing My Espanish (2005), and numerous works of short fiction, Carrillo’s oeuvre explores Afro-Cuban American immigrant experience and the complexities of…
The pandemic has ushered in verbal and physical violence against Asian Americans. On April 15, GW hosted a virtual town hall webinar to address the crisis. Alexa Alice Joubin, one of the speakers, showed how the language of disease has historically been connected to racism. Read the coverage in GW Today. From GW Today, April 20:…
English major Jina Park published an essay in GW Hatchet in which she details how GW prepared her for the unexpected final semester of her college career due to the coronavirus situation. Jina is currently taking the Critical Theory seminar which explores many issues related to the current crisis. In her essay, Jina shared tips on how to manage…
The GW English Department & The Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series Present Elliot Ackerman. Elliot Ackerman is a National Book Award Finalist. His novels include Red Dress in Black & White and Waiting for Eden. His memoir is Places and Names: On War, Revolution, and Returning. He is a former White House Fellow and Marine…
We are pleased to share that English Ph.D. candidate Farisa Khalid was awarded the competitive CCAS Dean’s Graduate Instructorship Award 2020, an award given by GWU’s College of Arts & Sciences to “exceptional Ph.D. candidates the unique experience of designing and teaching their own undergraduate courses while obtaining financial support for their dissertation research.” Up…
[UPDATE: This event has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. More information will be forthcoming!] Composing Disability returns to George Washington University this semester with a celebration of the publication of A Cultural History of Disability. The six volumes focus on Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Long Eighteenth Century, the Long Nineteenth…
LOVE BITES: Valentine’s Day Lunch Break With English Faculty Come and celebrate love (or not) with English profs at our Valentine’s Day themed lunch break. Meet English profs who will recite some of their favorite love (or anti-love) poems. Valentine’s Day themed treats and donuts too! Thursday, February 13 12-1:30 pm in Phillips 624G (Suite section…
When the feature film Crazy Rich Asians (dir. Jon Chu, Warner Bros, 2018), a romantic comedy set in Singapore, was released, it was said to have made history for Asian-American representation in the United States. On January 23, English faculty Patty Chu (deputy chair) and Alexa Alice Joubin were featured in a talk-back after a screening…
still from Marguerite (Marianne Farley, 2017) Students in English 3980W and 3910 invite you to attend a public symposium where they will combine and present their work-in-progress Four sessions will be held Saturday, December 7, in Phillips Hall 412 (the Dean’s Conference Room), from 10:30 AM-5 PM. The schedule is below. Come out and support this…
