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The English Department is a proud co-sponsor of the conference Accessing Alliances: Disability Studies Across the Curriculum, to be held at GW on Feb. 22 & 23. The keynote speaker is Rosemarie Garland-Thomson. The symposium begins with a film festival (free and open to the public). Among the GW faculty presenting will be Robert McRuer,…
Poetry Out Loud Finals Coming to Lisner Auditorium
I expect GW to issue a press release about this at some point. Until then, here is advanced notice of a literary event coming to an auditorium near you. Poetry Out Loud is a project of the National Endowment for the Arts and Poetry Foundation. From the Lisner website: The 2009 Poetry Out Loud National…
Career Paths beyond the University
Thursday, 23 February, 2017, 4-5:00 pm Phillips 411 An excellent opportunity for graduate students, this seminar will help you plan and execute job search strategies, present opportunities for job seekers with a graduate degree, and help emphasize and showcase desirable traits and skills for employers. JENNIFER LINHART WOOD (PhD in English, George Washington University)…
Famous Authors at Folger this September and October
Come hear Jonathan Lethem (author of Chronic City) and Stacey D’Erasmo (author of The Sky Below) participating in a PEN/Faulkner reading on September 25 at the Folger Shakespeare Library. The authors will be introduced by Professor Patricia Griffith. Come to the Folger again on October 26 where Professor Griffith will introduce Chimamanda Adichie (author of…
Gail Paster to Deliver Inaugural Dean’s Lecture on Shakespeare
The English Department is pleased to announce one of the very first events of the new academic year. On Friday, September 7, at 3:30 PM, former GW English professor and Director Emerita of the Folger Shakespeare Library, Gail Kern Paster, will deliver a lecture co-sponsored by the Dean’s Scholars in Shakespeare Program, directed by Alexa Alice…
READING YOUR WORK ALOUD
The JMM Reading series and the GW English Department present: MASTER CLASS: READING YOUR WORK ALOUD with Lloyd Schwartz Lenthall House, 606 21st Street April 18th 7:00 pm Join us for a talk/workshop to discuss and practice what makes a good poetry or fiction reading! Lloyd Schwartz is Frederick S. Troy Professor of English and…