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SIX days and counting
6 days remain until the Edward P. Jones reading at the Jack Morton Auditorium (Thursday January 29 @ 5 PM). In his GW debut as a scholar of literature, GW President Steven Knapp will introduce Mr. Jones. Share on FacebookTweet
For current majors: pre-1800 courses for spring 2009
We’ve had many questions about whether Patrick Cook’s “Shakespeare on Film” (English 129) and Jonathan Hsy’s “Histories of the English Language” (179.11) count as pre-1800 courses for the major. The answer in both cases is YES, and both are terrific courses. Professor Cook’s class has long been offered and is a perennial student favorite. Professor…
Generous Contribution from Alumnus David Bruce Smith Funds New Course in Jewish American Literature
Read the official press release: GW ALUMNUS AND TRUSTEE DAVID BRUCE SMITH FUNDS NEW COURSE ON CONTEMPORARY JEWISH AMERICAN LITERATURE TO CREATE A “UNIQUELY GW EXPERIENCE” WASHINGTON – A new course on contemporary Jewish American works of literature has debuted at The George Washington University this spring thanks to a significant gift from David Bruce…
English Department Chair Resigns to Take Up Post at Knowlidge U
The Chair of the English Department resigned today to accept a job as provost of a newly formed online degree granting entity called Knowlidge U. “I will miss my colleagues, but not the ones who take too much chocolate from our department candy bowl, or the ones who make me look bad because they are…
Theorist Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick Has Died
Queer theorist extraordinaire Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick has died at the age of 59. I’ve been teaching her work since I came to GW in 1994. Though most of my graduate school friends were turned on to her work by Between Men and Epistemology of the Closet, my favorite of her early volumes was the second…
On Black History Month
The following is taken from Tayari Jones’s recent essay “Symbolism and Cynicism,” published in The Believer: The irony is that those who would opt out of Black History Month share the goals of its founder. Although many black people grumble that it is not their responsibility to educate white people about our worth, most would…