Reading Distance: Port Louis, Cairo, Beijing A Public Lecture by Michael Gibbs Hill Friday, February 24, 2017 from 4-5 pm National Churchill Library & Center, Gelman Library, 1st floor This lecture explores a startling coincidence in world literature: the overlapping careers of Lin Shu 林紓 (1852–1924) and Muṣṭafā Luṭfī al-Manfalūṭī (1876–1924). Both men—who died in the…
Vikram Chandra, formerly a professor of English in our department, will be reading from his latest work on Thursday April 5 at 8PM (Marvin Center, Third Floor Amphitheatre). Chandra is the author of Red Earth and Pouring Rain which was awarded the Commonwealth Writers Prize for Best First Book. He is also the author of…
Join us for a roundtable and Q&A with three GW alums on how to use your Liberal Arts education in the professional World. It takes place on Friday, April 6th, at 2pm in Gelman 702. Paula Mejia (English and Creative Writing B.A., 2013; English M.A., 2014): A writer and also an Associate Editor at Atlas…
Professor Faye Moskowitz LUNCHTIME LECTURE Patchwork Quilts and the Jewish Concept of the Kapore GW ALUMNI HOUSE, 1918 F STREET, NW Wednesday, September 17, 12 PM Faye Moskowitz, a professor in GW’s English Department, will discuss and read from her essay “And the Bridge is Love.” Moskowitz uses an antique patchwork quilt to illustrate the Jewish concept of…
The pandemic has ushered in verbal and physical violence against Asian Americans. On April 15, GW hosted a virtual town hall webinar to address the crisis. Alexa Alice Joubin, one of the speakers, showed how the language of disease has historically been connected to racism. Read the coverage in GW Today. From GW Today, April 20:…
Friday January 23rd // 07:30 PM // $7 students; $10 public // GWU Lisner Auditorium PostSecret Founder Frank Warren at Lisner Auditorium Tickets are selling out for January’s PostSecret event, featuring website creator Frank Warren! Warren will be speaking at Lisner Auditorium on January 23rd, 2009 at 7:30pm. Tickets are $7 for students, $10 for…
