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The month long residency of South African writer Nokuthula Mazibuko has come to an end. The Embassy of South Africa hosted a valedictory reception Tuesday evening at the residence of the ambassador, Her Excellence Barbara Masekela. Nokuthula returns to South Africa today. We wish her the best, especially as she looks forward to the birth…
Today is the Critical Methods Symposium and Party! Come and see students (many of them English majors) present their work integrating cultural studies, critical theory, and literary analysis. This event was organized by Prof. Daniel DeWispelare, who (among other professors in the department) has taught our course on Critical Methods. We hope this will be…
Sunaura Taylor, Arctic Wheelchair, 2013 UWatercolor and Ink on Paper, 7″ x 10″ UPDATED DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS! October 31, 2015 George Washington University’s biennial Composing Disability Conference returns in Spring 2016 with the theme of “Crip Ecologies.” The event will be held April 7-8, 2016; featured speakers include Sunaura Taylor and Riva Lehrer, with others to…
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…
The Department of English is very happy to announce one of our first events for the Fall 2013 Semester. On September 12, 2013, from 4-6 PM, please join us in Marvin Center 301 for “No Longer Secret: Willa Cather’s Letters. A Conversation with Andrew Jewell and Marilee Lindemann.” This event will be moderated by our…
The Freer and Sackler Museums of Asian Art are finally reopening, and it’s likely to be an exciting celebration. There will be food, music, and of course interactive and informational presentations. One such activity is The Art of Illuminations where you can learn about the tradition of decorating the pages of Islamic books. Artists Lubna Zahid and Sughra Hussainy…