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Jewish American Literature Live @ GW
You may have heard that David Bruce Smith generously funded an undergraduate course taught by Faye Moskowitz. “Jewish Literature Live” brings the authors of books into the classroom to interact with GW students. What you may not know is that it’s not just the students in Professor Moskowitz’s course who benefit. Three of the authors…
On Pulitzer Prizes and Comic Books
Mention the Pulitzer Prize, and you’ll conjure images of a weathered novelist, scowling over the rim of his snifter. If the Pulitzer laureates at GW are any indication, however, a comic book sketch is a more accurate image. In the span of two weeks, the GW English Department has hosted Michael Chabon and Art Spiegelman,…
From The Hatchet: About our future
I know I talk and write about this issue a great deal: I am passionate about it, because it is so central to my department’s mission and future. The English Department has everything in place to be the envy of the Ivy League: excellent undergraduate majors, a world-class faculty whose research and creative work are…
SIX days and counting
6 days remain until the Edward P. Jones reading at the Jack Morton Auditorium (Thursday January 29 @ 5 PM). In his GW debut as a scholar of literature, GW President Steven Knapp will introduce Mr. Jones. Share on FacebookTweet
President Knapp Appointed Chair of English Department Student Complaint Committee
President Knapp graciously hosted the faculty of the English Department at his F St home yesterday. Although he holds a part-time job as president of a major urban university, Steven Knapp is most famous as a scholar of 18th- and 19th-century English literature and literary theory. He holds his tenure in the English Department at…
Funding for Student Travel
I received the following letter from an undergraduate English major, and share it with you because I do not have the funds in my budget to assist. I place the request on this blog in the hope that one of our readers might be interested in supporting these students. Please contact me directly (jjcohen[at]gwu.edu) if…
Jewish American Literature Live @ GW
You may have heard that David Bruce Smith generously funded an undergraduate course taught by Faye Moskowitz. “Jewish Literature Live” brings the authors of books into the classroom to interact with GW students. What you may not know is that it’s not just the students in Professor Moskowitz’s course who benefit. Three of the authors…
On Pulitzer Prizes and Comic Books
Mention the Pulitzer Prize, and you’ll conjure images of a weathered novelist, scowling over the rim of his snifter. If the Pulitzer laureates at GW are any indication, however, a comic book sketch is a more accurate image. In the span of two weeks, the GW English Department has hosted Michael Chabon and Art Spiegelman,…
From The Hatchet: About our future
I know I talk and write about this issue a great deal: I am passionate about it, because it is so central to my department’s mission and future. The English Department has everything in place to be the envy of the Ivy League: excellent undergraduate majors, a world-class faculty whose research and creative work are…
SIX days and counting
6 days remain until the Edward P. Jones reading at the Jack Morton Auditorium (Thursday January 29 @ 5 PM). In his GW debut as a scholar of literature, GW President Steven Knapp will introduce Mr. Jones. Share on FacebookTweet
President Knapp Appointed Chair of English Department Student Complaint Committee
President Knapp graciously hosted the faculty of the English Department at his F St home yesterday. Although he holds a part-time job as president of a major urban university, Steven Knapp is most famous as a scholar of 18th- and 19th-century English literature and literary theory. He holds his tenure in the English Department at…
Funding for Student Travel
I received the following letter from an undergraduate English major, and share it with you because I do not have the funds in my budget to assist. I place the request on this blog in the hope that one of our readers might be interested in supporting these students. Please contact me directly (jjcohen[at]gwu.edu) if…
Jewish American Literature Live @ GW
You may have heard that David Bruce Smith generously funded an undergraduate course taught by Faye Moskowitz. “Jewish Literature Live” brings the authors of books into the classroom to interact with GW students. What you may not know is that it’s not just the students in Professor Moskowitz’s course who benefit. Three of the authors…
On Pulitzer Prizes and Comic Books
Mention the Pulitzer Prize, and you’ll conjure images of a weathered novelist, scowling over the rim of his snifter. If the Pulitzer laureates at GW are any indication, however, a comic book sketch is a more accurate image. In the span of two weeks, the GW English Department has hosted Michael Chabon and Art Spiegelman,…
From The Hatchet: About our future
I know I talk and write about this issue a great deal: I am passionate about it, because it is so central to my department’s mission and future. The English Department has everything in place to be the envy of the Ivy League: excellent undergraduate majors, a world-class faculty whose research and creative work are…
SIX days and counting
6 days remain until the Edward P. Jones reading at the Jack Morton Auditorium (Thursday January 29 @ 5 PM). In his GW debut as a scholar of literature, GW President Steven Knapp will introduce Mr. Jones. Share on FacebookTweet
President Knapp Appointed Chair of English Department Student Complaint Committee
President Knapp graciously hosted the faculty of the English Department at his F St home yesterday. Although he holds a part-time job as president of a major urban university, Steven Knapp is most famous as a scholar of 18th- and 19th-century English literature and literary theory. He holds his tenure in the English Department at…
Funding for Student Travel
I received the following letter from an undergraduate English major, and share it with you because I do not have the funds in my budget to assist. I place the request on this blog in the hope that one of our readers might be interested in supporting these students. Please contact me directly (jjcohen[at]gwu.edu) if…