H. G. Carrillo, “Andalucía”

The GW English Department would like to thank the following benefactors for their generous support this year: Jenny Anne Burkholder (class of 1993) Ross A. Cherry and Catherine L. Omerod (class of 1980) Christine A. Coleman (class of 1991) Dr. Richard M. Flynn (class of 1987) Michal Fromer Mufson (class of 2003) Mr and Mrs…

See this stack of books? English Honors students read them all … two at a time. Well, not really. But it’s a nice thought. I had a professor in college who had a photographic memory (really). In one class, he began reading Moby Dick and then closed the book and continued to “read.” For about…

Readers of this blog have known about GW MEMSI for quite some time, but the university just issued the official press release: NEW GW INSTITUTE FOR MEDIEVAL AND EARLY MODERN STUDIES TO EXPLORE HISTORY, LITERATURE, AND THEATRE THROUGH NEW RESEARCH AND IDEA EXCHANGE Multi-Disciplinary Institute Focuses on Early Europe’s Global Context WASHINGTON – The George…

Would you like to learn more about the early modern period and to do research in one of the world’s best collections of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century books? The Folger-GW Undergraduate Seminar on “Books and Early Modern Culture” is a rare opportunity to study at the Folger Shakespeare Library with experts in the field of book…

Jason Hipp writes: I currently work in the Development Department at the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission, a fairly small, 15-staff person non-governmental organization (NGO) with headquarters in New York and regional offices in Buenos Aires and Johannesburg. Basically, I help to make sure that the organization can still operate financially, through any…

“What Does Asian American literature have to say about the issues raised by the recent discussion of Amy Chua’s book?” — This blog post is the third in a series by Prof. Patricia Chu. Read the first post here. Part Three:  Who’s afraid of the Wall Street Journal?  or, “I am the very Model of…