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T-Shirt Thursday April 2: DO NOT BE LEFT OUT
GW English, We are prose. Remember in High School when people gathered in groups that excluded you? Don’t let that happen again. The English Department is BOWING TO THE DEMANDS of its majors (specifically to an agitated group of upperclasspeople whom we very much like) and declaring that Thursday April 2 2009 will be our…
Professor McRuer’s Students to Hold Public Symposium
Inside the St. Vitius Cathedral near the Prague Castle Professor Robert McRuer’s annual fall class, “Transnational Queer Film Studies and LGBTQ Cultures,” was held again this fall. This was the fifth instantiation of the class, which is taught at GW every fall, but which is simultaneously taught in Prague to students from the Czech Republic…
Two Upcoming GW MEMSI Events
GW MEMSI, the Medieval and Early Modern Studies Institute, promotes and provides a venue for intellectual inquiry and debate for faculty and students. Headed by English Prof. Jeffrey Cohen, MEMSI sponsors a number of yearly events–including some geared toward the wider community of students and scholars. Here are two upcoming MEMSI events of particular interest:…
“Touching the Past” November 7
Please join us for the inaugural event of the GW Medieval and Early Modern Studies Institute (GW MEMSI), a symposium on Touching the Past. The symposium begins at 1:30 in the fourth floor conference room of Phillips Hall (Academic Center, 801 22nd St NW) and lasts until 5. We feature two panels: Session One (moderated…
Director of the Folger Shakespeare Library to Deliver Inaugural Digital Humanities Institute Lecture/2013 Dean’s Scholars in Shakespeare Lecture
We are very pleased to announce the launch of a new Digital Humanities Institute, co-founded and co-directed by Alexa Alice Joubin and Jonathan Hsy. The inaugural Digital Humanities Institute lecture will be delivered by Michael Witmore, director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, whose work on data-mining and literary analysis will provide an entry point into a discussion…
The Washington Area Romanticists Group Hosts Anne McCarthy
Saturday, April 16th, 10AM-Noon Rome Hall, 771 Professor Anne McCarthy’s presentation for the Washington Area Romanticists Group is entitled “How To Love What You Don’t Understand: Discontinuous Subjects in Godwin’s Memoirs and Wollstonecraft’s Short Residence.” Refreshments, as always, will be served. This event will be of particular interest to students interested in Women’s Studies, the…

