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For current majors: pre-1800 courses for spring 2009
We’ve had many questions about whether Patrick Cook’s “Shakespeare on Film” (English 129) and Jonathan Hsy’s “Histories of the English Language” (179.11) count as pre-1800 courses for the major. The answer in both cases is YES, and both are terrific courses. Professor Cook’s class has long been offered and is a perennial student favorite. Professor…
The Dalai Lama and Rosemarie Garland-Thomson
What do the two people in our blog post title have in common, besides serenity and good looks? Funny you should ask. Both the Dalai Lama and Rosemarie Garland-Thomson were just named in the Utne Reader list of “Fifty Visionaries Who Are Changing Your World.” Rosemarie Garland-Thomson is, of course, our inaugural GW English Distinguished…
Join Professor Chu’s Asian American Literature course!
English 3960-10 (36721) Asian American Literature MW 12:45-2 p.m. Course Description: This course complicates received ideas of “America” as a nation of blacks and whites by examining the writing of Americans of Asian descent. Our readings will examine what Asian American and Asian global writers have to say about growing up in Chinatown in…
Two Faculty Books and a BBC Documentary
January brings a new year, a new semester, and new faculty accomplishments. This time I have the pleasure of highlighting two books and a BBC documentary. (Re)Making Love: A Sex After Sixty Story is a new memoir by GWU Creative Writing faculty member Mary Tabor, author of the prize-winning short story collection The Woman Who…
English Honors and Prize Winners
The faculty of the English department wish to congratulate the following seniors, who have completed the degree in our major with honors: Taylor Brown Bethany Flom Lisa Francavilla Alexander Frank Roxanna Maisel Catlan McCurdy Christopher Pugh Sarah Whittemore Elizabeth Wozobski Thanks to the generous endowments in the names of former students and faculty, the English…