Students as Lemmings?
Read this. Then tell me the counter-example isn’t English majors. Who could be less lemming-like? They are practically flamingoes. Or platypi.
Read this. Then tell me the counter-example isn’t English majors. Who could be less lemming-like? They are practically flamingoes. Or platypi.
In the discussion that unfolded at this post about the humanities at GW, Calder Stembel kindly linked to a letter he composed to The Hatchet about arts and politics at this institution. The letter in its entirety is worth your time, but I want to excerpt some parts that speaks to the crux of the…
Mr. Aslam was worth the wait! Despite last fall’s disappointment that Mr. Aslam could not arrive as planned, we welcome him now to GW. Tuesday night marked the beginning of the month-long seminar that Mr. Aslam will be conducting for ten undergraduates. The one credit course includes reading three novels by contemporary British authors and…
Congratulations to our 2010 graduates! I had the pleasure of marching with students at Saturday’s CCAS Celebration, which went amazingly smoothly, given the challenging logistics. (In the photos posted here, we’re in Funger Hall, eagerly awaiting the call to march into the Smith Center.) Most people’s names were pronounced correctly, and there were photo ops…
José Muñoz is off to Berlin this week. But do not worry, our already much-loved Wang Visiting Professor in Contemporary Literature this semester is enjoying his time at GW, its just that his work has just been translated into German hence the trip. It is really no surprise that Muñoz is always traveling. He is…
Through its alliance with the Folger Shakespeare Library, the best archive of Shakespeare and Renaissance materials in the US, and one of the best in the world, GW is uniquely positioned to train researchers in early modern and medieval studies. Even Ivy League schools do not have these resources. Here is what we have already:…
Joe Fisher’s student-run blog, entitled “You Made Me Theorize,” is up and running. The blog is a class project of English 120, “Critical Methods.” The course examines the history and diversity of interpretive modes for literature and culture. Professor Fisher invites all readers to follow–and comment on–what will surely be spirited debates about Russian formalism,…