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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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!
Michel de Montaigne GW Students! Professor Ormond Seavey’s courses for spring afford some great opportunities for exposing yourself to a wide range of literature, from its early American beginnings to the classic Education of Henry Adams, published in 1907. English 3490 Early American Literature and Culture CRN: 43931, Tue/Thur 3:45-5 PM Beginning with a Shakespeare…
What you can do with your English major? Lots of jobs waiting for you. The GWU Department of English welcomes you to stop by our offices on the sixth floor of Phillips Hall on Wednesday Feb. 22 or Thursday Feb. 23 from 4-6 PM. We will have information about declaring the major or minor ……
The English Department has received a $487,000 grant from the Mellon Foundation to support “Story for All: Disability Justice Collaboratories.” Led by Professor of English and Department Chair Maria Frawley, the project aims to provide marginalized populations with the empowering capacities of storytelling. The Mellon Foundation—the nation’s largest funder of the arts, culture…
Literature of the Americas examines the history of developments in the representation of indigenous peoples and other minorities in South, Central and North America. We will begin with the Spanish invasion of Mexico (New Spain) and move to stories of encounters with Native Americans during the European colonization of New England. Literature of the Americas…
Hogarth, Beggar’s Opera GW Students: another class to consider for Spring 2015. This class now fulfills the GPAC Oral Requirement. The Eighteenth Century: The Theatre of Politics, Sex, and Sentiment Professor Tara G. Wallace CRN: 47695 Tuesday-Thursday 9:35-10:50 AM In 1660, after two decades of Puritan rule, England regained its monarchy and its theatres, and…
Note this NEW course being offered by Prof. Jonathan Hsy this fall! This course fulfills the pre-1700 requirement of the English major. Vikings, Mongols, Moors: A Global Middle Ages, Yesterday and Today ENGL 3830.10 (CRN 15259) Prof. Jonathan Hsy Tue/Thu 9:35-10:50 Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings, Merlin, Vikings, Harry Potter: in popular…