Professor Alexa Alice Joubin: Race and the Epistemologies of Otherness
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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…
October and early November are chock-a-block with English department or English-affiliated programming. Mark your calendars now for these upcoming events. October 4: E. Patrick Johnson The Northwestern University Professor and performer E. Patrick Johnson visits GW during the run of his critically acclaimed one-man show “Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South” at Arlington’s…
The Jane Austen Society of North America announces: Registration for our September 7 program ends Tuesday, September 2 [now extended to September 6]. Cost $20. Click here to pay with Paypal or download a reservation form. Professor Tara Wallace Austen’s Sea-Change: Re-Writing Sense and Sensibility with Tara Wallace, GWU Sunday, September 7 at 2:00 pm Classroom at Total Wine McLean Shopping…
The George Washington University is happy to be hosting the second Washington Conference on Trauma this fall. This multi-disciplinary conference will feature a broad range of presenters and formats, addressing the effects of severe psychological trauma on individuals and society. Listening to Trauma: Insights and Actions Thursday, October 20th– Saturday, October 22nd 2016 Location: The…
Margaret Soltan was interviewed recently by Radio Poland, which asked her about her memories of Wojciech Fangor, Poland’s most important modern painter. You can access that interview via this link. Professor Soltan spoke with the New York Times confirming Fangor’s death; the obituary from October 25 can be accessed here. Soltan will also be giving…
Please join us for a two-day event on Cuba and its diaspora sponsored by the English Department with the assistance of American Studies and Africana Studies, under the auspices of the Wang Visiting Professor of Contemporary English. Cuba in the World: Literature, Politics, Performance A Public Reading and Symposium October 8 and 9, 2009 Marvin…