In the discussion that unfolded at this post about the humanities at GW, Calder Stembel kindly linked to a letter he composed to The Hatchet about arts and politics at this institution. The letter in its entirety is worth your time, but I want to excerpt some parts that speaks to the crux of the…
ATTENTION GRADUATING SENIORS,My name is Rachael Baird, and I have been serving as the Communications Liaison this semester. As one of my farewell tasks, I am organizing an informal gathering on Monday, May 12 to celebrate our graduation. Hopefully by then everyone will have finished their exams, papers, thesis… college! Though we’ll be graduating soon,…
This just in from Prof. Tina Daub, who teaches ENGL 81, Introduction to Creative Writing. On Tuesday, April 27 at 11 a.m. in Phillips B-120, the acclaimed pianist known as ELEW is coming to her class to perform, and his concert is open to the public. This is the same ELEW who performed at the…
Temporal Slippages and Spatial Slidings: A Symposium on Failed Fixities In his book Provincializing Europe, Dipesh Chakrabarty suggests that “[w]e need to consider why we find anachronism productive.” And in this symposium on slippages and slidings of time, place, space, and identity, we hope to explore just that. Despite our discipline’s best efforts to encode…
The following was sent by faculty member Pati Griiffith, who is helping to edit the plays. Highlights of Kennedy Center “From Prison to the Stage” Show 2009 On September 5, 2009 the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC will explode with the finest plays and music written by prisoners across America. This year’s edition of “From…
Well we know what the entire English Department was doing yesterday. Due to the 13 comments I got on the Facebook post yesterday asking for famous literary quotes about snow/despair I found myself googling like mad today to appease you all. So without further ado, here is what this week’s madness reminds you of: Joseph…
