Please join us for a two-day event on Cuba and its diaspora sponsored by the English Department with the assistance of American Studies and Africana Studies, under the auspices of the Wang Visiting Professor of Contemporary English. Cuba in the World: Literature, Politics, Performance A Public Reading and Symposium October 8 and 9, 2009 Marvin…
Kali Fajardo Anstine is the author of the short story collection, Sabrina and Corina, a finalist for the National Book Award and winner of an American Book Award. Her work has appeared in Harper’s Bazaar, The American Scholar, Boston Review, the Oprah Magazine and elsewhere. Please join us for a virtual reading and Q&A on April…
We are very pleased to announce the launch of a new Digital Humanities Institute, co-founded and co-directed by Alexa Alice Joubin and Jonathan Hsy. The inaugural Digital Humanities Institute lecture will be delivered by Michael Witmore, director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, whose work on data-mining and literary analysis will provide an entry point into a discussion…
An interactive session on fighting anti-Asian racism through film, led by Alexa Alice Joubin, on Friday May 21 at 3 pm eastern time. The event is free and open to the public. Sign up here. Direct Zoom link. To mark the AAPI (Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders) Heritage Month, Fulbright Alumni Ambassador and GW English professor…
According to Professor Alexa Alice Joubin, meta-cognition and critical questioning skills are among the most important competency in the era of artificial intelligence. Prof. Joubin spoke at the QS Summit.
Feed your mind and body. See the English Department in action. Meet famous novelists. Learn about the future of literature. Eat something sweet. Mingle with students, faculty, alumni. LITERATURE IN A GLOBAL AGE: PANEL DISCUSSION & RECEPTION Featuring the British Council Writer in Residence Suhayl Saadi “Literature in a Global Age” is about the past…
