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[Last update May 14, 2010] They….. …. stay at GW for the English Department’s BA/MA program (Laura Feigin) or to attend GW Law School (Amanda Heerwig) …. get a grant to make art in Paris (Anya Firestone) …. work as a legal assistant in a small energy firm in Dupont Circle as a prelude to…

Don’t forget to mark your calendars for the 2010 GW English Distinguished Lecture in Literary and Cultural Studies on Friday, Nov. 5 at 4 pm in 1957 E Street, room B12. This year’s lecture will be delivered by Prof. Sara Ahmed, Professor of Race and Cultural Studies at Goldsmith’s College, University of London. Here is…

GWU’s Jewish Literature Live course (taught by Prof. Faye Moskowitz) and GW’s collaboration with the British Council on its U.K. Writer-in-Residence Program converge for one afternoon only: Friday February 26, 2-4 p.m., Rome Hall 352. What do we mean today when we say “Jewish writing”? Do we mean writers who identify as Jews? Do we…

Congratulations! Earlier this month, it was announced that Tammy Greenwood-Stewart was chosen for the Individual Artist Award for her fiction. The fiction category is offered every other year, and it was Tammy’s second time applying for the grant and her first time receiving the award. Here is a description of the award from the MSAC…

On October 23 at 5 PM in the Marvin Center, we will hold our inaugural GW English Distinguished Lecture in Literary and Cultural Studies. Rosemarie Garland-Thomson will present. Complete information is here. I urge you to come. We are trying to build a better sense of intellectual community at GW, especially for those of us…

Dennis Kennedy, a distinguished scholar working on performance and cultural studies will be visiting GW. On Monday, November 12, from 1-2 pm, in Rome Hall 771, Dr. Kennedy will be presenting an illustrated lecture on “The Culture of the Spectator.” Currently Beckett Professor of Drama Emeritus in Trinity College Dublin, Kennedy will consider examples from sports,…