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Memorials in Harry Potter: A Scholarly Conversation

ByGWEnglish April 1, 2017October 5, 2021

In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, JK Rowling describes a statue of the Potter family in Godric’s Hollow’s village square and a memorial sign in front of the house where James and Lily died but never explains where they came from. Listen to a theory about when these memorials were likely to have been erected and learn how you can write your own academic paper about The Boy Who Lived!

Tolonda Henderson is an Instruction and Reference Librarian and resident Harry Potter scholar at the GW Libraries. Her recent paper, “The Statue and the Sign: The Origins and Significance of the Memorials to the Potter Family,” won Best Graduate Paper in Science Fiction and Fantasy at the 2017 meeting of the Southwest Popular and American Culture Association (SWPACA).

Event Date and Time: Monday, April 3, 2017 – 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Event Location: Gelman Library, Room 702
Please come!

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Alexa Alice Joubin to give a TED talk

ByGWEnglish October 25, 2019October 4, 2021

Global Change through Shakespeare A TED-style plenary presentation by Alexa Alice Joubin Join us for a short, TED-style plenary on “Global Change through Shakespeare” during the Fulbright Association’s 42nd Annual Conference and Advocacy Day at 9:15 am, Saturday October 26, in Salon 4, Renaissance Arlington Capital View (Crystal City, Virginia). RSVP for a free ticket at…

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AI is in Your Classroom – Even if You Didn’t Know It!

ByGWEnglish January 3, 2023January 31, 2023

Happy new year! Join us for our first even of the year to learn about the latest AI. From AI that write original papers, essays, and poems, to those that create art or write computer code, these technologies are quickly impacting on many aspects of higher education.

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Thomas Mallon Tours New Novel, Finale: A Novel of the Reagan Years

ByGWEnglish September 25, 2015December 6, 2021

(Thomas Mallon on tour last week in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Photo credit: Robert Birnbaum) Thomas Mallon, acclaimed novelist and former Director of Creative Writing at GWU, has just published his ninth novel, Finale, to wide critical acclaim. His account of the Reagan administration “blends his singular knowledge of political history with his limitless imagination to capture…

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New seminar: Medieval and Early Modern Studies

ByGWEnglish June 21, 2007October 7, 2021

The English Department is happy to announce that a new university seminar we proposed has been funded. The Medieval and Early Modern Seminar (MEMS) proposal is one fruit of an effort the department is making to foster the study of early Britain within a transnational frame in our department. With resources like the Folger Shakespeare…

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Reassessing the Theater of the Absurd

ByGWEnglish March 25, 2012October 6, 2021

What are you waiting for? Come to Michael Bennett’s talk! Prof. Michael Bennett (BA ’02) will be returning to GW this week to speak about his book Reassessing the Theatre of the Absurd. His talk, on Tuesday, March 27 at 10:30 a.m. in Rome Hall 663, is open to all. Bennett is Assistant Professor of English…

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RSVP Today: Simon Gikandi’s Oct. 30 Undergraduate Seminar

ByGWEnglish October 13, 2014December 9, 2021

For the first time since the creation of the English Department’s mini-residency, the Wang Distinguished Professor will give a seminar just for undergraduates! Simon Gikandi, 2014-15 Wang Distinguished Professor This year’s Wang Distinguished Professor, Simon Gikandi will be leading this special event on October 30 at 2:15 PM in Rome Hall 771. A specialist in the…

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