Memorial Service and Donations for James A. Miller
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| The National City Christian Church is on the north side of Thomas Circle in NW Washington |
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| The National City Christian Church is on the north side of Thomas Circle in NW Washington |
A week from today Professor Margaret Soltan will be delivering the first in a series of three lectures at the Georgetown Public Library. Full information, including registration information for this event (free and open to the public), is below! Professor Margaret Soltan The lectures will be offered on three Saturdays:Lecture One: Winter kept us warm: Poetry…
As President of the Residence Hall Association, Mike Massaroli is not only a junior studying Political Science, but he is a legitimate GW Celebrity. AND, he cares about poetry. Kenny Hoffman recently interviewed Mike about his favorite poem, Ernest Lawrence Thayer’s “Casey at the Bat,” and how poems figure into the life of the RHA. THE…
What is the subject of your dissertation and how did you decide what your topic would be? My dissertation is about paratexts – all the stuff that’s not technically part of the “main” text but that serves to present it in some way. Titles are paratexts, as are introductions, footnotes, endnotes, appendices, etc. More specifically, I…
The English Department is thrilled to announce that Alexa Alice Joubin will be joining the English department this fall as Associate Professor. Alexa, who was educated in Taiwan and received her PhD from Stanford, is an internationally recognized expert on Shakespeare in Asia, Shakespeare and performance, and digital humanities. Her monograph, Chinese Shakespeares: Two Centuries…
… writes Chloe Rome, a recent GW English major who’s now working at CNN in Atlanta. “Most people are surprised when I say I was an English major. But my English degree gave me the shape and structure I needed to succeed in journalism. I learned how to read something and think critically about it,…
Professor Michael Bérubé From October 25-30, GW’s English Department is pleased to host Professor Michael Bérubé as this year’s Wang Distinguished Professor-in-Residence. Michael Bérubé is Edwin Erle Sparks Professor of Literature and Director of the Institute for the Arts and Humanities at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of seven books to date, including…