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Writer Ariel Sabar Speaks Tuesday, April 13
The English Department welcomes Ariel Sabar, author of the prize-winning My Father’s Paradise: A Son’s Search for His Family’s Past, for a reading Tuesday night, April 13, at 7 p.m. in the Marvin Center Grand Ballroom. A Washingtonian, Sabar is a seasoned journalist. He covered the 2008 presidential campaigns for The Christian Science Monitor, and…
FREE BOOK: Get Your Copy of Kalooki Nights NOW!
During the month of February, renowned British novelist Howard Jacobson will be teaching, reading, and inspiring students at GW. Following Nadeem Aslam and Suhayl Saadi, Jacobson is the third and culminating GW-British Council Writer in Residence. His most famous book is the wonderfully funny, perverse, and sad Kalooki Nights. We have 200 copies of the…
Department Annual Report 2008-09
Every year the English Department reports on its progress and achievements to the university. I thought readers of this blog might enjoy the glimpse it yields of the year that was. ————— CCAS Department Annual Report 2008-09ENGLISH IA Undergraduate studies * Majors, minors, double majorsMajors: 191 in English, 10 in English and Creative Writing; minors…
To All Current English Majors
The faculty of the department of English wish you the best of luck as you work on your final papers and examinations. Share on FacebookTweet
Jeffrey J. Cohen at Hamilton College
Professor and chair of the English department Jeffrey J. Cohen just presented from his book in progress at Hamilton College in Clinton, New York. His public lecture was called “Through a Monster’s Eyes: The Landscape of Postcolonial England.” An analysis of the strange case of two green children discovered in Woolpit (England) in the twelfth…
Mark Your Calendar!
ATTENTION GRADUATING SENIORS,My name is Rachael Baird, and I have been serving as the Communications Liaison this semester. As one of my farewell tasks, I am organizing an informal gathering on Monday, May 12 to celebrate our graduation. Hopefully by then everyone will have finished their exams, papers, thesis… college! Though we’ll be graduating soon,…