Students as Lemmings?

Congratulations to Prof. Tara Wallace, whose book Imperial Characters: Home and Periphery in Eighteenth-Century Literature is now out in print from Bucknell University Press, in its Studies in Eighteenth-Century Literature and Culture series edited by Greg Clingham. During the long eighteenth century, Britain won and lost an empire in North America while consolidating its hegemony…

Rajiv Menon, a junior here at GW, was one of ten students enrolled in a one-credit reading course with our GW-British Council Writer in Residence, Nadeem Aslam. Students in the class were required to keep a reading journal and compose an essay about the experience. We thank Rajiv for sharing his reflections with the English…

We asked the class of 2007 to let us know what career paths they were following upon graduating from our program. Their responses illustrate well the flexibility a major in English gives when choosing a profession. We wish each one of our alumni good luck on their diverse endeavors. I will be reading screenplays and…

The English Department moved up eight places in the latest US News & World Report ranking of graduate programs in the discipline. We won’t be happy until we’re numero uno … but in the meantime, we will take this eight place jump over the last ranking, thank you very much. Share on FacebookTweet

Yes, I know: it’s summer, and most of us have turned our brains off (I am just back from a family vacation at Disney World, and if that doesn’t constitute adequate proof of cranial de-activation, I do not know what would). Here, though, is some exciting news, courtesy of Cathy Eisenhower at the Gelman Library:…

Prof. Thomas Mallon’s new book about Watergate appeals even to those born after Pres. Nixon’s 1974 resignation. “I don’t think that a leader can control, to any great extent, his destiny. Very seldom can he step in and change the situation if the forces of history are running in another direction.“-Richard Nixon“And Watergate? Well, I’d…