Spring Break
The English Department wishes all of it majors a restful, enjoyable spring break. We hope that if you’ve taken off for Cancun or Fort Lauderdale, you’ve at least brought your Riverside Shakespeare along with you.
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In the past few days more than three hundred visitors to this blog have come seeking information about Jon Lucks, an alumnus of this department whose recent death has left those who knew him in shock and in mourning. I wish I could provide a personal memory, but it was never my privilege to have…
Chaucer and Writing in the Disciplines
A few years ago GW initiated a Writing in the Disciplines (WID) program to ensure that the attention to writing given in the first year of study continues thereafter. I’m naturally skeptical of all initiatives, especially when they come bearing acronyms, but I have to say that the WID program is very well thought out…
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I met last week with the staff of GW’s Advancement office to speak about projects with which they might assist the English Department in fundraising. I was surprised to learn that most of what we seek is so modest that donors probably would not be that interested: significant gifts are those above $25,000. As an…
English as if it were a Jewish Language: Dara Horn’s Visit to JLL
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The English Department Thanks its Recent Donors
Two faculty members and a student helped us to raise more than two thousand dollars in the last cycle. The money will help with a readings series and with undergraduate and graduate students research projects. We deeply appreciate the generosity of: Natalie Carter (student) David McAleavey (faculty) Tara Wallace (faculty) If you have not contributed…
Three Writers to Join Creative Writing Faculty this Semester
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