The English Department will host an informal reception for graduating seniors and their families Saturday, 17 May from 1:30 to 3 p.m. in Rome Hall 771.
We look forward to seeing you!
The English Department is a proud co-sponsor of the conference Accessing Alliances: Disability Studies Across the Curriculum, to be held at GW on Feb. 22 & 23. The keynote speaker is Rosemarie Garland-Thomson. The symposium begins with a film festival (free and open to the public). Among the GW faculty presenting will be Robert McRuer,…
Writer Jabari Asim will read from his book We Can’t Breathe: On Black Lives, White Lies, and the Art of Survival, March 7th, in Gelman 702 at 7:00 pm. Asim is the author of six books for adults and nine books for children. He was an editor and columnist for the Washington Post and editor in chief of The…
Don’t miss out on the EGSA‘s 4th Graduate Symposium Friday, February 7th, 2014! This year the topic is “Posting: A Symposium on What Comes Next” This year’s EGSA symposium focuses on scholarly work that explores the “post”: of race, space, nationality, humanism, and queerness. We will attempt to answer difficult questions such as, What are we trying…
Jordy Rosenberg Join students in Contemporary LGBT Literature April 22 at 7 PM for a reading with Jordy Rosenberg. This is the third in a series of “live” public events featuring authors students are reading this semester. Please register for this free event using EventBrite here and you will receive Zoom links both the day…
As our GW English blog gets rolling again for the semester, don’t forget that you can also keep an eye on the GW Medieval and Early Modern Studies Institute (GW MEMSI) at this link. Our calendar (to the right) will always be updated with MEMSI events, and all the events connected to GW English for…
You are cordially invited to the book launch event in celebration of “Race” (Routledge New Critical Idiom series). The book will be released on February 2, 2019. Pre-order here: https://www.amazon.com/Race-Critical-Idiom-Martin-Orkin-dp-1138904694/dp/1138904694/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid= A light dinner reception will be from 5:30 – 6:00 PM, with food available on a first come, first serve basis. This event is open to the…
