Why English is the Best Major

José Muñoz is off to Berlin this week. But do not worry, our already much-loved Wang Visiting Professor in Contemporary Literature this semester is enjoying his time at GW, its just that his work has just been translated into German hence the trip. It is really no surprise that Muñoz is always traveling. He is…

From a student-run blog that I enjoy reading: The University announced today that GW will be receiving a 10 million dollar donation by the Smith family and the Kogod family to renovate the Smith Center. This is the largest donation ever made to the University. And it’s for basketball. While I have nothing against basketball,…

1. Go to this film, and thereby support GW English alumnus Jason Filardi. 2. Enjoy with some popcorn. 3. Tell your professor on Monday that the reason you didn’t get all your reading done is that the department chair commanded you to see an enjoyable film with popcorn on the side, and can you please…

Our new departmental website is being rolled out as I write. At the moment, it’s a work in progress, so please be patient with us as the kinks get worked out and various aspects of the website become operational. But we’re thrilled to be the first humanities department in Columbian College to have our website…

Come experience the work of an award-winning writer who grew up in a traditional community in Jerusalem. Pearl Abraham grew up in Jerusalem during the 1960s; her family later moved between Hasidic communities in Jerusalem and New York. Her first novel, The Romance Reader, won praise from the New York Times, Washington Post, Publishers Weekly,…

Three students from this year’s Folger-GW seminar will be giving presentations on their research. The event is open to everyone, including folks who are not readers at the Library. Please pass the invitation on to others! Sarah. Please come to a presentation by students from the Folger-GW Undergraduate Research Seminar Philip Getz on Maimonides’s Canones…