Crip/Queer Studies in the GW English Graduate Program

Going home for Thanksgiving is always great, but somewhere in between passing the cranberry sauce and dessert, things can get a bit… difficult. Here are five questions English majors are tired of being asked. 1. Wow it must be nice to have such an easy course load. Oh yeah, preparing a presentation on Pericles, writing a…

 An Exciting Fall 2017 English Course Offering: This exciting course links authors Toni Morrison and William Faulkner through the ways in which their fictional and discursive practices reflect on each other.  Specifically, we will examine how the texts of both authors reenact and resist racism and patriarchal structures; how they explore the ways in which memory…

“For lessons in literature,” GW Today reminds readers, “George Washington University students do not have to rely on just books—they can meet authors in person through the English Department’s campus lecture series and public readings this semester. Several writers will come to campus through the Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series, led by Lisa Page, acting…

Professor Holly Dugan reports on Shakespearean London, a short-term study abroad course that GW English will run again in the coming semester! Last March, my students and I travelled to London and Stratford as part of English 3446: Shakespearean London. We had the opportunity to study Shakespeare in some of the locations that defined his…

GW Students: Another great course for Spring 2015! Study Toni Morrison and William Faulkner with Professor Evelyn Schreiber (president of the Toni Morrison Society). English 3820W.10, CRN 42671, “William Faulkner and Toni Morrison:  Race, Memory, and Aesthetics” Major Authors: Toni Morrison and William Faulkner: “Race, Memory, and Aesthetics” : This course links authors Toni Morrison and…