With the class of 2009 now safely out of GW’s hallowed (and under construction) halls, now is the perfect time to provide departing English majors with reassurance in the form of another Featured Alumnus blog post. Our subject this week is Mark Olshaker, a 1972 graduate of the GW English Department. As you’ll find, Mr….
Along with eight other students, Rajiv Menon was awarded a George Gamow Undergraduate Research Fellowship. From the press release: Rajiv Menon, a junior from Kingwood, Texas, is a double-major in international affairs and English. Working with Judith Plotz, professor of English, he will spend the summer of 2009 completing research for the project: “Imagined Dravidistans:…
Former GW-British Council Writer in Residence Suhayl Saadi has a new book, Joseph’s Box. Check out the website and add the book to your summer list.
We will soon announce a Big Lecture here at GW by Rosemarie Garland-Thomson, a founder of the discipline of disability studies. Her new book Staring: How We Look is just out from Oxford University Press.
It was my honor to serve as the Faculty Speaker at Saturday’s CCAS Celebration, the prelude to commencement. You may read the Hatchet account of the day here, and my more personal ruminations here.
We have washed and ironed our finery. We look forward to meeting your families, celebrating your achievements, and wishing you well at commencement. From the faculty of the English Department, best wishes to the class of 2009!
The English Department moved up eight places in the latest US News & World Report ranking of graduate programs in the discipline. We won’t be happy until we’re numero uno … but in the meantime, we will take this eight place jump over the last ranking, thank you very much.
Fall 2008 Engl. 172.10 Freud, Shakespeare, Dostoevsky Elective English 172.11 Medieval Drama pre-1800; or pre-1700 Engl. 172.12 American Coming of Age Literature 20th Century Spring 09 Engl. 172.10 Central European Modernism Elective Engl. 172.11 19th Century British Novel & Empire 19th Cent; or 1700-1900 Engl. 172.12 Disability & Literature Minority; or Theory/Cult. Studies. Engl. 172.80…
Read this. Then tell me the counter-example isn’t English majors. Who could be less lemming-like? They are practically flamingoes. Or platypi.
Professor Jane Shore discussed Elizabeth Bishop’s poem “One Art” on NPR’s show Marketplace. You can listen to the program and read a transcript here. The beautiful poem is below. “One Art” by Elizabeth Bishop The art of losing isn’t hard to master;so many things seem filled with the intentto be lost that their loss is…
