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The Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series Presents: Scott Simon: Unforgettable
The GWU English Department & The Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series invite you to a reading by Scott Simon. NPR’s Scott Simon The event will be held: Thursday, October 29th 7:30 PM Gelman Library Room 702 Scott Simon is known as a broadcast journalist. He is, after all, the award-winning host of NPR’s Weekend Edition…
Grady Chambers on September 19 as the Jenny McKean Moore Series begins
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The 2017 GW Digital Humanities Institute Symposium: “Global Chaucer and Shakespeare in the Digital World”
“Chaucer and Shakespeare, the global literary icons, play a major role in the digital world. This cross-disciplinary symposium puts the legacies of Chaucer and Shakespeare in conversation with each other. Speakers will explore the intersections and connections between the afterlives of Chaucer and Shakespeare in world cultures.” The 2017 Digital Humanities Institute symposium, “Global…
Save the Dates: Queer, Jewish, Disability, and Shakespeare Studies
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…
Disability and Queer Sexuality in Russia
Professor Alexander Kondakov A late addition to our calendar! Next Thursday, Professor Alexander Kondakov of the European University at St. Petersburg will be a special guest in David Mitchell’s Literature of the Americas class. This event is open to the public. Thursday, November 17, 12:45-2 PM in Phillips Hall B156. Disability and Queer-Sexuality in…
Simon Gikandi in Residence with GW English as Wang Distinguished Professor
Professor Simon Gikandi Simon Gikandi’s 2011 Slavery and the Culture of Taste From October 26-31, GW’s English Department is pleased to host Professor Simon Gikandi as this year’s Wang Distinguished Professor-in-Residence. Simon Gikandi is Robert Schirmer Professor of English at Princeton University and editor of PMLA, the official journal of the Modern Languages Association (MLA). He is…