Monstrous Knowledge in Medieval and Early Modern Europe
Join GW English and GW MEMSI next week for the Monstrous Knowledge Symposium! More details available on GW MEMSI’s blog here.
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Hey everybody, before I fill everyone in on all the great events going on this week, I want to welcome Kirk Larsen to the GW English blog! As an avid reader of The Colonialist, I know Kirk has a lot to bring to the blog. The biggest off-campus event this week is the National Book…
English 3980 Students to Hold Public Symposium Saturday
Transnational Queer Film Studies students and Professor Karen Tongson of USC in Prague Photo by Robert McRuer Professor Robert McRuer’s annual fall class, “Transnational Queer Film Studies and LGBTQ Cultures,” was held again this fall. This was the seventh instantiation of the class, which is taught at GW every fall, but which is simultaneously taught in Prague to…
Scenes from the GW English Celebration of Ann Romines’s Career
On October 2, GW English hosted “American Literature, Women’s Writing, Willa Cather Studies: The Work of Ann Romines. Full details of the event can be read here. Below are some photos from the successful event. Thanks to all who attended! Professor Ann Romines (pictured here with GW English PhD Charmion Gustke) retired this year after…
Manuel Muñoz Reading March 31
Manuel Muñoz Join students in Contemporary LGBT Literature March 31 at 7 PM for a reading with Manuel Muñoz. This is the second in a series of “live” public events featuring authors students are reading this semester. Please register for this free event using EventBrite here and you will receive Zoom links both the day…
Composing Disability: Crip Ecologies, April 7-8, 2016
Sunaura Taylor, Arctic Wheelchair, 2013 UWatercolor and Ink on Paper, 7″ x 10″ UPDATED DEADLINE FOR ABSTRACTS! October 31, 2015 George Washington University’s biennial Composing Disability Conference returns in Spring 2016 with the theme of “Crip Ecologies.” The event will be held April 7-8, 2016; featured speakers include Sunaura Taylor and Riva Lehrer, with others to…