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Nokuthula Mazibuko
The English Department and the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences are proud to announce that this year’s World Literature Residency is being held by South African writer Nokuthula Mazibuko. The World Literature Residency brings writers from across the globe to GW to lecture, read from their works, and visit undergraduate classes. Writers typically remain…
The 2017 GW Digital Humanities Institute Symposium: “Global Chaucer and Shakespeare in the Digital World”
“Chaucer and Shakespeare, the global literary icons, play a major role in the digital world. This cross-disciplinary symposium puts the legacies of Chaucer and Shakespeare in conversation with each other. Speakers will explore the intersections and connections between the afterlives of Chaucer and Shakespeare in world cultures.” The 2017 Digital Humanities Institute symposium, “Global…
Emancipation Day Lecture April 15: Robert S. Levine
Eventbrite RSVP. Please circulate. Please join the Africana Studies Program for The George Washington University’s Annual DC Emancipation Day Lecture “Frederick Douglass’s Tales of Abraham Lincoln” Robert S. Levine Professor of English, The University of Maryland General Editor, Norton Anthology of American Literature Drawing from his forthcoming book, The Lives of Frederick Douglass (Harvard, 2016), Levine will…
The South African Project
The South African Project, a benefit performance featuring youth performers from the Bokamoso Youth Center of Winterveldt, South Africa. The rural township of Winterveldt, South Africa is plagued with serious challenges, including a 50% unemployment rate and an HIV/AIDS infection rate that affects 25% of the population; teen pregnancy and family violence; and other social…
Government Transparency and Personal Privacy in the Digital Age
GW English PhD (’08) Myra Remigio-Leonard is among the DC librarians working to organize a series of events in January titled “Orwellian America.” “Orwellian America is a series of programs focused on government transparency and personal privacy in the digital age during the last two weeks of January. Events include a screening of “The Internet’s…