The Creative Freedom Tour at GW

GW Professors Jennifer James and Jennifer C. Nash are part of a forum accessible online this month in Feminist Studies.  The forum is on “Teaching about Ferguson,” with six professors reflecting on the pedagogical challenges of teaching about state-sanctioned violence against people of color in the United States.  There is direct access to Feminist Studies…

Inside the St. Vitius Cathedral near the Prague Castle Professor Robert McRuer’s annual fall class, “Transnational Queer Film Studies and LGBTQ Cultures,” was held again this fall.  This was the fifth instantiation of the class, which is taught at GW every fall, but which is simultaneously taught in Prague to students from the Czech Republic…

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Join students in Contemporary LGBT Writing on March 10 at 7 PM for a roundtable discussion with Jim Hubbard and Sarah Schulman, producers of the documentary film United in Anger: A History of ACT UP (2012).  United in Anger tells the story of the early days of AIDS activism, from the perspective of those most…

Come hear Jonathan Lethem (author of Chronic City) and Stacey D’Erasmo (author of The Sky Below) participating in a PEN/Faulkner reading on September 25 at the Folger Shakespeare Library. The authors will be introduced by Professor Patricia Griffith. Come to the Folger again on October 26 where Professor Griffith will introduce Chimamanda Adichie (author of…

Professor Jim English On Wednesday March 5, 2014, the English Department’s British and Postcolonial Cluster hosted Professor Jim English (University of Pennsylvania) for an exciting lecture entitled, “Translated from the English: British Reality on the Global Screen.” This fantastic event was co-hosted by the University Honors Program and was made possible by a generous gift…