SIX days and counting
6 days remain until the Edward P. Jones reading at the Jack Morton Auditorium (Thursday January 29 @ 5 PM).
In his GW debut as a scholar of literature, GW President Steven Knapp will introduce Mr. Jones.
6 days remain until the Edward P. Jones reading at the Jack Morton Auditorium (Thursday January 29 @ 5 PM).
In his GW debut as a scholar of literature, GW President Steven Knapp will introduce Mr. Jones.
On Thursday April 24 Kathleen Biddick will be coming to GW as part of our Medieval and Early Modern Studies Seminar. She will be speaking on “THE POLITICAL THEOLOGY OF THE ARCHIVE: REFLECTIONS ON A PROJECT.” All are welcome. A professor of history at Temple University, Kathleen Biddick is the pathbreaking author of The Shock…
Flying High Like a Disco Jalebi: Gay Bombay and Beyond, a talk and reading Parmesh Shahani, TED and MIT Futures of Entertainment Fellow, and author of “Gay Bombay: Globalization, Love and (Be)Longing in Contemporary India” (2008) Tuesday, November 8, 2-3.30 pm Rome Hall 771 (801 22nd St. NW) Parmesh Shahani is not your usual academic….
I graduated GW University in May of 2007. During that period in which most of the seniors (including myself) were thinking, “What am I going to do now?” I began to look into going to Chile to teach English. I had studied in Santiago, Chile for a semester my junior year, and had friends there…
Alex Frank is a graduating senior who’s working on his thesis with Prof. Wald. Below is Alex’s description of his current work. [My] thesis is about the philosophy, art, and life of jazz musician Sun Ra through the lens of various contemporary critical theories. Sun Ra thought human beings would have to travel to another…
The English Department relies on the generous gifts of its friends, especially its alumni friends, to maintain the excellence of the programs we offer to undergraduates and graduate students. Donor contributions allow us to present lectures and readings, fund scholarly travel, and underwrite research at all levels, from undergraduate to full professor. We thank the…
Come to a discussion of Edward Jones’s The Known WorldIt’s the second session of THE BIG READ. Interested? Just show up! Thursday, March 26th at 4-5:30. FACULTY PANEL with presentations by Professors Catherine Allen (Anthropology), Herman Carrillo (Creative Writing), David DeGrazia (Philosophy), Melani McAllister (American Studies), and Andrew Smith (Classics). This session is designed especially…