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Professor McRuer’s Students to Hold Public Symposium
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…
October 15: Jose Dalisay Reading
To say Jose Dalisay has had a productive career is an understatement. The Philippines-born writer has published over 20 works in fiction and nonfiction since 1983 and also has an extensive background as a dramatist, columnist and film writer. Born in the Philippine island province Romblon in 1954, Dalisay spent his formative years in Manila,…
WoW Talk on Trans Studies and Why It Matters
GW English professor Alexa Alice Joubin is giving a WoW Talk today on Trans Studies and Why It Matters. Here is the Zoom link. All are welcome! The WoW Talks at George Washington University are 10-minute TED style presentations that offer snapshots of faculty’s latest research. In her talk, Professor Joubin…
Seeing Symphonic Structure: Reflections on the Howard Norman JMM Reading
On Thursday, October 28, a herd of anxious attendees–students, professors, the book-selling rep–heralded yet another successful reading in the fall JMM Reading Series. At 7:51 pm the doors remained locked; I (perhaps peevishly) took pleasure in each arriving individual, for they approached the shut doors and the unrelenting deadbolt with a fervor I found refreshing….
The Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series Presents: Amber Sparks
Join us for the next Jenny McKean Moore Readings Series Event, featuring fiction writer, Amber Sparks. This event has been rescheduled to take place on Tuesday, March 20th, at 7:30 in the Monroe Building, Room 110. Sparks’ most recent work, The Unfinished World: and Other Stories, is a collection of short fiction that, as Amazon…
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…