Graduate Program in English: Rising Prestige
We won’t be happy until we’re numero uno … but in the meantime, we will take this eight place jump over the last ranking, thank you very much.
We won’t be happy until we’re numero uno … but in the meantime, we will take this eight place jump over the last ranking, thank you very much.
Here are two blogs by current GW students: one, two. Here is one from a former GW English major. Are there more? What else do GW English Blog readers read, and write? Share on FacebookTweet
Here’s a suggestion. Here’s another. And another. And then you can have these books signed by MICHAEL CHABON himself on Monday, March 23 at 7 PM in the Jack Morton Auditorium. Chabon will be introduced by Edward P. Jones, will read from his work, and will be interviewed live by Faye Moskowitz. Book signing follows….
Undergraduates who declare their English major on July 1 2008 or later will progress towards the degree under the following requirements. The previous requirements remain in effect for anyone who declared the major before July 1. No changes have been made to the major’s prerequisites or to the total number of courses required for the…
Jim Miller, the chair of American Studies and a very popular professor of English (he is widely regarded as the sanest member of the department, but that might not be saying all that much) will spend the spring semester at the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, where he will lecture on and research black Atlantic…
from Gil Harris, Director of Graduate Studies:This year’s English Graduate Student Orientation is scheduled for Wednesday, August 26, from 9:00 till 11:00 am in Rome 771. All new graduate students — including first-year BA/MA students, entering MA students, and entering PhD students — are expected to attend, but everyone else is welcome too, especially faculty…
Medieval Drama in Early England(ENG 172.60)The course examines early English drama through the lens of cultural adaptation and will culminate with a trip to York, England to watch a modern production of medieval mystery plays. Most of us have had some encounter with early English drama through the works of Shakespeare. Medieval drama, in comparison,…