Why and How to Become an English Major: March 3!
This announcement went out via the Thurston Hall listerv, but anyone who is interested in declaring an English major or minor at GW is very welcome to attend!
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Writing in the Disciplines
This announcement went out via the Thurston Hall listerv, but anyone who is interested in declaring an English major or minor at GW is very welcome to attend!
Chuck Frank, GW English BA ’74 GW English Alum Charles “Chuck” Frank (BA, 1974) was recently featured on the GW Impact blog for his important philanthrophic work, particularly his establishment of The Charles and Deborah Frank Fund for Veterans Studying Sustainability. You can read the entire piece here. This excerpt provides a summary of Frank’s…
Professor Mitchell Reading Jacques Ranciere’s Mute Speech Fall 2015 Graduate Seminar: Crip/Queer Theory Crip/Queer Theory charts out key intersections between Disability, Queer, and Critical Race Studies. Our goal will be to mine the spaces between historically pathologized sexuality, ability, and racialized statuses. In particular we will focus on questions of “agential materialism” where one cannot…
“For lessons in literature,” GW Today reminds readers, “George Washington University students do not have to rely on just books—they can meet authors in person through the English Department’s campus lecture series and public readings this semester. Several writers will come to campus through the Jenny McKean Moore Reading Series, led by Lisa Page, acting…
Paul Cheney of MarketingExperiments The senior editor at MarketingExperiments, a Florida-based firm, recently wrote us to share why his company (and others) value English majors. Check out Paul Cheney’s guest blog below. Should You Major In English? 3 Highly Marketable Business Skills that English Majors Have in Spades I received my B.A. in English…
Disability Studies: Composing Disability, or Why Art Matters ENGL 3910.10 (CRN 14687) Prof. Jonathan Hsy Tue/Thu 12:45-2 This course offers a gateway into the interdisciplinary field of Disability Studies, a burgeoning field that examines the wide cultural meanings of disability across time and space. Our main objective will be to interrogate varied and capacious perceptions…
Registration for Fall 2020 has begun! Course descriptions are now available at the links below. Undergraduate course descriptions for Fall 2020: PDF or Word doc Graduate course descriptions for Fall 2020: PDF or Word doc. These Fall 2020 graduate course listings are also listed on the GW English website. Stay tuned for more information, and…