Vaddey Ratner Reading February 12th 7:30 PM Honors Townhouse (714 21st St NW) Author of the New York Times bestselling novel In the Shadow of the Banyan, Vaddey Ratner will be giving a reading at George Washington University TOMORROW! “Full of beauty, even joy. . . What is remarkable, and honorable, here is the absence of anger, and…
Professor Alexander Kondakov A late addition to our calendar! Next Thursday, Professor Alexander Kondakov of the European University at St. Petersburg will be a special guest in David Mitchell’s Literature of the Americas class. This event is open to the public. Thursday, November 17, 12:45-2 PM in Phillips Hall B156. Disability and Queer-Sexuality in…
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…
We are very pleased to announce the launch of a new Digital Humanities Institute, co-founded and co-directed by Alexa Alice Joubin and Jonathan Hsy. The inaugural Digital Humanities Institute lecture will be delivered by Michael Witmore, director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, whose work on data-mining and literary analysis will provide an entry point into a discussion…
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…
All events are free and open to the public; seating is limited. The Marvin Center is found at 800 21st St. NW, while Rome Hall and the Visitor Center are parts of the Academic Center complex, at 801 22nd St. NW. SEPT. 27 RYAN G. VAN CLEAVE 8 PM Marvin Center Amphitheatre Ryan G. Van…
