The Creative Freedom Tour at GW

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…

Please come to the English Department Colloquium featuring Professor José Buscaglia-Salgado “The Dissolution of Form: Metaphorical Subjectivity in Caribbean Mulataje and the Architecture of Coloniality” Friday, April 6th from noon until 2PM Duques Hall 251 Reception to follow, hosted by the English Department in Rome Hall 663 Professor Buscaglia-Salgado is the Director of the Program…

WORKSHOP on Publishing Your Research by Ben Doyle, Global Head of Literature, Palgrave Macmillan Publishing your first article or book can seem like a daunting prospect and, for the uninitiated, the process can see somewhat arcane and unclear.  Ben Doyle, Publisher and Global Head of Literature for Palgrave Macmillan’s Scholarly division, will be speaking about the publishing experience at…

Abraham Lincoln’s 1861 Inauguration Library of Congress – Civil War photos – Item 96511712 More than 150 scholars and students from a dozen countries assembled last month on the George Washington University campus for the Melville Society’s Ninth International Conference, focusing on the Civil War poetry of Walt Whitman and Herman Melville, two giants of…

Don’t miss a reading with award-winning writer and filmmaker  David Bezmozgis Marvin Center Amphitheater 7:30pm Tuesday March 19th http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/a68a2684-f1fe-11e1-bba3-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2Np6oFdJg Bezmozgis is the author of the critically acclaimed books  The Free World and Natasha and Other Stories, and is visiting GW as a guest of the Jewish Literature Live program.  Natasha and Other Stories won the Toronto…