Tom Mallon @ Politics and Prose

You may have heard that David Bruce Smith generously funded an undergraduate course taught by Faye Moskowitz. “Jewish Literature Live” brings the authors of books into the classroom to interact with GW students. What you may not know is that it’s not just the students in Professor Moskowitz’s course who benefit. Three of the authors…

I believe I was born to blog (is this a good thing or should I have higher life aspirations?), but as much as I love this job I must acknowledge that there were many amazing English bloggers before me. Rajiv Menon was one of them, and if his post-blog future is any indicator, I should…

Many of this blog’s readers will have heard about the Browne Report recently released in the UK. The report by Lord Browne reviews Britain’s higher education system and proposes sweeping changes in the ways that students’ educations are financed. If adopted–and there is wide agreement that it will be–the Browne Report will make higher education…

KNOWING “THE KNOWN WORLD” Conversation and Reception with Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author Edward P. Jones Wednesday, February 18 | 6:30 – 8:30 p.m. Alumni House @ 1918 F Street, NW Washington, D.C. Please join Edward P. Jones, Pulitzer Prize-winning author and spring 2009 Wang Visiting Professor in Contemporary English Literature, and four renowned GW professors, for…

Although you wouldn’t know it from the mild manner of those of us who inhabit Rome 760, the English Department has been quite busy lately. This is not Prof. Tongson at GW last week, although the set up was remarkably similar and the photo is in the commons! Last week, in addition to seeing the…

If you are an alumnus of the English Department and will be attending the Alumni Reunion Weekend, please stop by the English Department on Friday September 26 from 3-5 PM for our open house. We look forward to welcoming you back! Share on FacebookTweet