Tomorrow evening, in honor of Latino Heritage Celebration, a Latina based sorority on campus is hosting an event called Virgin Maria vs. Maria Maria. The event is at 6:30pm in the MSSC (2127 G Street NW). The purpose of the event is to put forward a discussion about the highly contrasting and problematic ways that Latinas are portrayed…
Instruction and Reference Librarian Tolonda Henderson has sent us the following entry about her upcoming workshop on Harry Potter, this Tuesday at 4 PM in Gelman: One of the most basic ways we organize books is by fiction and non-fiction. My detective novels and sci-fi fantasy books live across my apartment from my textbooks from…
Writer Amy Bloom is know for the complexity of her work. Her characters are complicated and full of surprises. Bloom got an early start in her craft. As a child growing up in New York, she remembers composing poems that she described in an interview with the fiction and poetry website Phoughshares as“Derivative, I fear—influenced…
On Saturday, September 27, GW English is convening an afternoon symposium with six of our illustrious alums to talk about the many career paths available to students majoring in English. Join us for a conversation and reception as we hear from a speechwriter, a journalist, a dancer and choreographer, a filmmaker, an educator, and a…
The Jane Austen Society of North America announces: Registration for our September 7 program ends Tuesday, September 2 [now extended to September 6]. Cost $20. Click here to pay with Paypal or download a reservation form. Professor Tara Wallace Austen’s Sea-Change: Re-Writing Sense and Sensibility with Tara Wallace, GWU Sunday, September 7 at 2:00 pm Classroom at Total Wine McLean Shopping…
Professor Faye Moskowitz LUNCHTIME LECTURE Patchwork Quilts and the Jewish Concept of the Kapore GW ALUMNI HOUSE, 1918 F STREET, NW Wednesday, September 17, 12 PM Faye Moskowitz, a professor in GW’s English Department, will discuss and read from her essay “And the Bridge is Love.” Moskowitz uses an antique patchwork quilt to illustrate the Jewish concept of…
On Saturday, September 13, DC Library Presents: Professor Margaret Soltan talking about poetry and Charles Wright, the new poet laureate of the United States. The event is at 1 PM at the Georgetown Neighborhood Library, 3260 R Street NW.
This coming Wednesday: an important panel and audience discussion sponsored by the Africana Studies Program and the Multicultural Student Services Center.
The English Department is pleased to announce one of the very first events of the new academic year. On Friday, September 5, at 3:00 PM, Professor Rebecca Bushnell will deliver the Dean’s Scholars’ in Shakespeare Annual Lecture. The Dean’s Scholars in Shakespeare Program is directed by Professor Holly Dugan. This lecture will take place in the…
Writer Azar Nafisi will read from her work on Tuesday, April 29th at 7:30 pm as part of the Jenny McKean Moore series. The talk is in the Marvin Center, Room 407. Ms. Nafisi is the author of Reading Lolita in Tehran and Things I’ve Been Silent About. Her talk will focus on her new…
