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Workshop on Publishing Your Research October 19
WORKSHOP on Publishing Your Research by Ben Doyle, Global Head of Literature, Palgrave Macmillan Publishing your first article or book can seem like a daunting prospect and, for the uninitiated, the process can see somewhat arcane and unclear. Ben Doyle, Publisher and Global Head of Literature for Palgrave Macmillan’s Scholarly division, will be speaking about the publishing experience at…
Aaron Hamburger Leads DC Reads Discussion November 5
This year’s DC Reads selection is Dinaw Mengestu’s The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears. Join GW English’s Aaron Hamburger in a discussion of the book in relation to Washington, DC (particularly the Logan Circle neighborhood) on November 5 at 7 PM. The discussion — and samples of Ethiopian food! — will be at the Takoma…
Stacy Alaimo in Residence in October as Wang Distinguished Professor
From October 10-October 14, Professor Stacy Alaimo will be this year’s Wang Distinguished Professor in Residence. Professor Stacy Alaimo Wang Professor in Residence, October 2016 Stacy Alaimo is Professor of English and Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, where she established and directed a cross-disciplinary minor in environmental studies. Alaimo’s…
Opening Night of Open Space
The idea for Open Space came up after a department meeting earlier this semester when Professor David McAleavey noted that undergraduate poets had no public venue on GW to share their poems. Recent public poetry projects for National Poetry Month like “Rent-a-Poet” and the “Poem of the Day” series, which was organized by Professors Thea…
GW Alumna Kathy Rooney Reads @ GW
Live Nude Girl In The Devil’s Territory February 22nd, 2009, at 8pm in the Third Floor Ampitheater of the Marvin Center The George Washington Society of Arts and Letters is proud to present GWU alumna and author Kathleen Rooney with author Kyle Mino. Their book tour is entitled “Live Nude Girl In The Devil’s Territory.”…
