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Call for Papers: (re)collections: Tracing Power and Community in Cultural Memory English Graduate Student Association Symposium 2017 Date: Friday, February 24, 2017 Location: 219 Gelman Library (2130 H St NW, Washington, DC 20052) Keynote Speaker: Samantha Pinto, Georgetown University The English Graduate Student Association (EGSA) at George Washington University is excited to announce our 2017…

A Cause for Celebration: The Launch of José Muñoz’s Book
The room was packed. Latecomers were forced to stand in the back of the room next to the champagne and chocolate dipped strawberries. To many GW students Thursday is the start of the weekend, but the GW English Department was celebrating for a different reason, the launch of Wang Visiting Professor José Muñoz’s latest book,…

Things to Look Forward to This Week
Hey everybody, before I fill everyone in on all the great events going on this week, I want to welcome Kirk Larsen to the GW English blog! As an avid reader of The Colonialist, I know Kirk has a lot to bring to the blog. The biggest off-campus event this week is the National Book…

EGSA Symposium Friday, Oct. 15
English graduate students at GW are a busy and productive group. In addition to the usual–taking classes, studying for and taking graduate exams, writing master’s and PhD theses, teaching and TAing–they do a tremendous amount of work organizing social and academic activities. These include research discussion groups, dissertation reading groups, and the occasional EGSA night…

H. G. CARRILLO READING FROM HIS FICTION
H. G. Carrillo is the author of the novel Loosing My Espanish (Pantheon 2004), and is now in his first year as Assistant Professor in the GW English Department. He has earned an MFA from Cornell University, and has taught previously there and at Knox College in Illinois. 8 PM THURSDAY OCTOBER 11, 2007 MARVIN…

Nadeem Aslam reads TONIGHT
A reminder — Nadeem Aslam, our first British Council Writer in Residence, will be reading from his work tonight at 7 PM in the Marvin Center Amphitheatre. Nadeem Aslam is the author of two prize-winning novels, SEASON OF THE RAINBIRDS and MAPS FOR LOST LOVERS. His third novel, THE WASTED VIGIL, will be published this…