Martin Roper @ GW 4/16

The new semester is almost upon us: alarmingly (at least to me) GW classes begin BEFORE Labor Day this year. I am certain that some cosmic injunction has been broken, and am hard at work trying to stop it … but without much success so far. This summer we have been renovating Rome Hall 771,…

As I write this, most courses for the Fall 2010 semester will already have met once. It’s hard to believe that summer is over and that the new school year has officially begun. But there is candy (see above) to sweeten the transition. The bowl in the photo–taken just minutes ago! it’s still full!–features various…

Don’t forget to mark your calendars for the 2010 GW English Distinguished Lecture in Literary and Cultural Studies on Friday, Nov. 5 at 4 pm in 1957 E Street, room B12. This year’s lecture will be delivered by Prof. Sara Ahmed, Professor of Race and Cultural Studies at Goldsmith’s College, University of London. Here is…

T Shirt Day is back this Wednesday, April 28, and you won’t want to be the only one in Critical Methods or lurking around the departmental candy bowl not proudly sporting a “We are Prose” shirt. There will be special treats in the English Department office (Rome 760) all day Wednesday for everyone wearing a…

You may have heard that David Bruce Smith generously funded an undergraduate course taught by Faye Moskowitz. “Jewish Literature Live” brings the authors of books into the classroom to interact with GW students. What you may not know is that it’s not just the students in Professor Moskowitz’s course who benefit. Three of the authors…

The parade of Pulitzers passing through the Jack Morton Auditorium has been great: Edward P. Jones at his inaugural reading, Michael Chabon, Art Spiegelman. We love that 300 people could fill the seats of that vast space and attend these talks. That these were standing room only made us all the more pleased that we…