“Modern-day Jane Austen” to read Thursday at 7 p.m.
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Dennis Kennedy, a distinguished scholar working on performance and cultural studies will be visiting GW. On Monday, November 12, from 1-2 pm, in Rome Hall 771, Dr. Kennedy will be presenting an illustrated lecture on “The Culture of the Spectator.” Currently Beckett Professor of Drama Emeritus in Trinity College Dublin, Kennedy will consider examples from sports,…
Despite my reputation as Mean Old Professor Cohen, my former student Ivan Kander recently friended me on Facebook. He must be over the trauma of my exams — and considering that he graduated only a year ago (2007), that is a remarkably swift recovery. Ivan writes: During my time at GW, I was a very…
Read this. Then tell me the counter-example isn’t English majors. Who could be less lemming-like? They are practically flamingoes. Or platypi. Share on FacebookTweet
The English Department had its gala Festivus event yesterday afternoon, and, no, we did not have peppermint martinis. In fact, the image above is there because I neglected to take any photos of the festivities. I was far too busy partaking of the delicious spread provided by my colleagues and laughing over the Department Trivia…
English 40W, “Literature of the Americas,” is a new course that reflects recent intellectual developments within the field of American literary studies. “Literature of the Americas” is just one term for a new approach to American literature. Others include “Black Atlantic literature,” “trans-hemispheric American literature,” and “circum-Atlantic literature,” and draw on the work of theorists…