Student Blogs
Here are two blogs by current GW students: one, two. Here is one from a former GW English major.
Are there more? What else do GW English Blog readers read, and write?
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Tony Kushner Events Begin This Weekend
You have likely been hearing a great deal about playwright Tony Kushner lately, as he is the screenwriter for Steven Spielberg’s new film Lincoln, starring Daniel Day Lewis. Kushner rose to prominence two decades ago, when his play Angels in America: A Gay Fantasia on National Themes, won the 1993 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Angels…
Inaugural GW English Distinguished Lecture in Literary and Cultural Studies: Friday October 23
Friday October 23 5 PM Marvin Center Continental Ballroom800 21st Street, NWWashington, DC 20052 Rosemarie Garland-Thomson delivers the inaugural GW English Distinguished Lecture in Literary and Cultural Studies “The Gas Chamber and the Metro: Space, Mobility and Disability” Introduction by José Muñoz, Wang Visiting Professor of Contemporary English Literature University welcome by President Steven Knapp…
Department Annual Report 2008-09
Every year the English Department reports on its progress and achievements to the university. I thought readers of this blog might enjoy the glimpse it yields of the year that was. ————— CCAS Department Annual Report 2008-09ENGLISH IA Undergraduate studies * Majors, minors, double majorsMajors: 191 in English, 10 in English and Creative Writing; minors…
For Current Majors: English 172 and the English Major Requirements, 2008-9
Fall 2008 Engl. 172.10 Freud, Shakespeare, Dostoevsky Elective English 172.11 Medieval Drama pre-1800; or pre-1700 Engl. 172.12 American Coming of Age Literature 20th Century Spring 09 Engl. 172.10 Central European Modernism Elective Engl. 172.11 19th Century British Novel & Empire 19th Cent; or 1700-1900 Engl. 172.12 Disability & Literature Minority; or Theory/Cult. Studies. Engl. 172.80…
Tickets to an Intimate Dinner with Toni Morrison on Sept. 21
By special arrangement with the folks organizing Toni Morrison’s upcoming campus visit (thank you, Prof. Evelyn Schreiber!), the English department has obtained several seats for undergraduates to attend a dinner with Prof. Morrison before her talk at Lisner Auditorium on Monday 9/21 at 8 p.m. This dinner is by invitation only and is for fewer…
A Personal Promotion for the GW-Folger Seminar
Last fall, I had the privilege of attending the GW-Folger Seminar, and it was a truly amazing opportunity. In order to encourage other students to take advantage of this unique course, I’d like to share my experiences. The early modern book history course is an interdisciplinary study incorporating history and literature, and it will enhance…