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A note to current English majors
Dear English major, I hope that your semester is off to a good start. Many of you will have noticed that we have two terrific new faculty members this year: the medievalist Jonathan Hsy, and the renowned novelist Herman Carrillo. We’ve also introduced a new course, English 40W: Literature of the Americas. A second version…
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Stay Lit: (9/29 – 10/01) Weekend Happenings in DC for the English Major
I know. It’s the fifth week of the semester and you’re sitting in your dorm room freaking out about all the work that’s on your plate. You’re counting down the days until Fall Break (only 11 left), and wondering if you can make it until then. I know just what you need, therefore I am…
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Famous Authors at Folger this September and October
Come hear Jonathan Lethem (author of Chronic City) and Stacey D’Erasmo (author of The Sky Below) participating in a PEN/Faulkner reading on September 25 at the Folger Shakespeare Library. The authors will be introduced by Professor Patricia Griffith. Come to the Folger again on October 26 where Professor Griffith will introduce Chimamanda Adichie (author of…
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Gail Paster to Deliver Inaugural Dean’s Lecture on Shakespeare
The English Department is pleased to announce one of the very first events of the new academic year. On Friday, September 7, at 3:30 PM, former GW English professor and Director Emerita of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Gail Kern Paster, will deliver a lecture co-sponsored by the Dean’s Scholars in Shakespeare Program, directed by Alexa Alice…
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Composing Disability: A Cultural History of Disability is Back!
We are happy to announce that the Composing Disability conference that was postponed last year will be returning virtually on Friday, April 9th, 2021. Please join us in celebrating the publication of A Cultural History of Disability. This six-volume collection focus on Antiquity, the Middle Ages, the Renaissance, the Long Eighteenth Century, the Long Nineteenth Century,…
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Private Bodies/Public Encounters: Susan Nussbaum at GW October 6
PEN/Bellweather Prize Winner Susan Nussbaum Our first event in the Private Bodies/Public Encounters series will occur on Monday, October 6 from 7-9 PM in 309 Marvin Center. The event features novelist and playwright, Susan Nussbaum, from Chicago. Susan’s novel, “Good Kings Bad Kings”, details the lives and struggles of a multi-racial group of disabled youth institutionalized at the…