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 |
GW English extends a hearty congratulations to Professor Renee Calarco, whose play, The Religion Thing, was nominated for a 2013 Helen Hayes Award! Professor Calarco is nominated in the category of Outstanding New Play or Musical. Since 1983, the Helen Hayes Awards have recognized professional theater in the Washington, D.C. region. They are named for…
Raising High & Waving Goodbye: After completing her undergraduate degree in English at GW, Kat Kirman will continue her studies as an MA student in American University’s Film Production program. Her love of cinema and writing has been profoundly enriched by GW’s English curriculum, and she hopes to continue this growth during her graduate career! Share…
Congratulations to Professor Kavita Daiya, who has recently published her book Violent Belongings: Partition, Gender, and Postcolonial Nationalism in India. Professor Daiya answered a few questions for me about her book, which should be of great interest to students of many disciplines, not just English. How did the research for Violent Belongings begin? Did the…
Congratulations to all members of the Class of 2014. This spring, GW English graduated 5 Ph.D. students, 5 M.A. students, and 84 B.A. students. We are proud of all of your hard work and your many accomplishments! Ph.D. students were “hooded” at a ceremony in the Smith Center on Thursday evening. The dark blue color…
GW English alumnae Jennifer Nelson recently published the anthology Deaf American Prose with Gallaudet colleague Kristen Harmon. The collection is the first in a series called the Gallaudet Deaf Literature Series and promises to be a rich perspective to explore. Professor Harmon is an English professor and on loan as the Center Manager of Impact on Education and Disseminations for VL2, a…
As this year’s Jenny McKean Moore Writer-in-Residence, acclaimed novelist and memoirist Brando Skyhorse has generously opened the Lenthall House, the campus home of our writers-in-residence, to the Open Space reading series, welcoming student writers from GW and the Corcoran to share his work. Although he writes fiction and non-fiction and has been an admired teacher…