Some of the students in English 3980 on a rainy day in Prague Students in Professor Robert McRuer’s English 3980, “Transnational Film Studies and LGBTQ Cultures,” had the opportunity this semester to participate in one of the department’s most unique offerings. The course was taught all semester here at GW while another version of it…
Don’t miss the next event in our Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series: Kiese Laymon who will present this Thursday, at 7:30 PM, in the Marvin Center Amphitheater. Laymon is the author of the novel, Long Division, and a collection of essays entitled, How to Slowly Kill Yourself and Others in America. He is Associate Professor of…
Former GW English Creative Writing Professor Jody Bolz has a new book of poetry out and will be reading at Politics & Prose on Sunday, January 12th, at 1:00. Shadow Play will be published by Turning Point Books in mid-December: Shadow Play, a novella in verse by Jody Bolz Hypnotic and provocative by turns, Shadow Play retraces a journey across Asia in…
The East Asian Humanities Lecture Series Hosts Andy Chih-Ming Wang November 15th at 12:30 in the Lindner Family Commons (1957 E St NW, Rm 602) Author Andy Chih-Ming Wang Wang is the author of the groundbreaking work Transpacific Articulations: Student Migration and the Remaking of Asian America. In his first book,Wang explores the impact of study abroad for Chinese…
Join GW English and Creative Writing next Thursday at 7:30 PM for a reading by Assistant Professor Jennifer Chang. Professor Chang joined our faculty this year and teaches poetry in the Creative Writing Program. Check out our interview with her from last May here. And see you at the Honors Townhouse next week!
The Hyman S. and Freda Bernstein Jewish Literary Festival begins this Sunday and GW English is pleased to note that our alum David Bruce Smith (BA, 1979) is on the “Local Author Fair” roster for his new book American Hero: John Marshall, Chief Justice of the United States. John Marshall was the fourth Chief Justice…
Publishing Gone APE: What Can Publishers Learn from Self Publishing hosted by Washington Book Publishers Wednesday, September 25th at 6pm The best part of this event? It’s right on campus! The event will be held in Funger Hall room 108 http://socialmediacommunications.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/post-Ape.jpg Co-author Shawn Welch http://files.guykawasaki.com/images/headshots /full/shawn-welch.png Shawn Welch, co-author of APE: Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur- How to…
MK Asante Don’t miss our Acting Director of Creative Writing, Professor Lisa Page, in conversation with MK Asante this month (September 17 at 7 PM) at the Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital, 921 Pennsylvania Avenue SE. This conversation is part of PEN/Faulkner’s Fall 2013 Literary Reading Series. Professor Page is former President of…
We are very pleased to announce the launch of a new Digital Humanities Institute, co-founded and co-directed by Alexa Alice Joubin and Jonathan Hsy. The inaugural Digital Humanities Institute lecture will be delivered by Michael Witmore, director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, whose work on data-mining and literary analysis will provide an entry point into a discussion…
In addition to the September 12 discussion with Marilee Lindemann and Ann Romines (4-6 PM, Marvin Center 301), Andrew Jewell will engage students and faculty in conversation about Digital Scholarship and Careers in the Humanities: Rome Hall 771, September 12, 2-3 PM. Sponsored by the new GW Digital Humanities Institute and GW English; mark your…
