Sunday “Treme” Event Cancelled

Renowned British novelist Howard Jacobson will be our third GW-British Council Writer in Residence during February 2010. Like Suhayl Saadi and Nadeem Aslam before him, Mr. Jacobson will read four works of his choosing with students and discuss them informally over four Tuesday nights. Upon completion of the course students will turn in 5 pages…

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,…

Check out the new blog by Sarah Werner, Wynken de Worde. The undergraduate program director at the Folger Shakespeare Library, Dr. Werner teaches our Folger Undergraduate Research Seminar. Her blog is well worth bookmarking or adding to your RSS feed. Share on FacebookTweet

Cathy Eisenhower, the Gelman Library subject specialist for English, has created two excelelnt research guides that will be of great use to many who read this blog: British Literature American Literature Thank you, Cathy! Share on FacebookTweet

Readers of this blog know my enthusiasm for the department that I chair. When I joined its faculty in 1994, I was struck by how collegial those who teach here are, and how deeply committed they are to their students. And as to the students themselves … what can I say, besides that they are…

To all current and prospective English majors: you too can live the glamorous life of the archival researcher at the Folger. Follow this link to learn a bit more about our GW-Folger Undergraduate Research Seminar, which will be accepting applications in spring 2009. Can you spot which of these dapper persons in the photo at…