Professor DeWispelare’s New Dean’s Seminar for Spring 2013
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Photo Credit: “Eleanora Reading” (1997). Fernando Scianna, Milan, Italy |
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Photo Credit: “Alphabetization Campaign” (1974). René Burri, Havana, Cuba |
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Photo Credit: “Eleanora Reading” (1997). Fernando Scianna, Milan, Italy |
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Photo Credit: “Alphabetization Campaign” (1974). René Burri, Havana, Cuba |
Jenny Moore Writer-in-Residence Tim Johnson relaxes in the new lounge. The renovations of the English Department lounge are almost complete. You’ve got to love a makeover–care of the wonderful Laura Van Biber and Elise Katzif Walker, MA students in Interior Design and members of Project George–that includes mod touches such as knitted “poofs” and Lucite…
Several faculty members in the English department also serve on the Judaic Studies Committee. We would like to bring this important conference to your attention. The Judaic Studies Program at the George Washington UniversityInvites You to a Conference The Future of Zionism: Looking at Israel in the 21st Century Keynote Lecture by Tom Segev“1967: Israel,…
Matt Fullerty, a graduate of our doctoral program, writes that he has won an unpublished novel competition. All the details are at the Bookhabit website, which includes a review of the novel by Geoff Cush and a link to an interview. The novel is called THE PRIDE AND THE SORROW and was sent to UK…
[beautiful picture of Margaret Soltan by Nick Gingold, Senior Staff Photographer for the GW Hatchet]From today’s Hatchet, an interview with Professor Margaret Soltan:First of all, I wanted to talk to you about American writer David Foster Wallace, what he meant and what his suicide means for the literary world. My sense of it is that,…
Calder posted some excellent links, and I want to add one more. I’m a big fan of Sixth & I, a historic synagogue at the heart of downtown DC that provides a home to all kinds of arts and literature events. Many of these events having nothing to do with Judaism: the building is as…
Studying with ShakespeareStudents use Renaissance books for research by Tess MaloneHatchet Reporter Senior Liz Bettinger never knew that a chance course she applied for after its deadline would turn into her thesis. This past semester, Bettinger and a handful of other girls woke up early and took the Metro to Capitol Hill every Friday morning…