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Kathleen Rooney, a 2002 graduate, brings us much pride as a GW alum. Through my email exchanges with Kathleen, I have been continually impressed with how accomplished and gracious she is. Her thorough and insightful answers prove what a talented writer she is, and I’m sure many others will agree that we can all learn…

Do not miss Art Spiegelman tonight at 7 PM in the Jack Morton Auditorium (SMPA). Tonight’s event concludes the series of writers making presentations at GW through the “Jewish Literature Live” program. The series was generously funded by David Bruce Smith. Share on FacebookTweet

Those of you who read University Diaries know that our own Margaret Soltan was recently interviewed by the BBC about Norman Maclean. You can listen to her interview here (scroll down a bit). Share on FacebookTweet

The GW English Department offers a five-year dual degree BA/MA program. Students complete their Bachelor of Arts at the end of four years of undergraduate study, and their Masters after one additional year. By undertaking graduate coursework during senior year, students complete the MA one year faster than they otherwise could. The first step to…

Acclaimed poet Thomas Sayers Ellis will be on campus Thursday reading from his newest poetry collection, Skin, Inc.: Identity Repair Poems. Skin, Inc. combines lyric sequences with Ellis’s own photographs to create an image for America. Ellis’s poetry has appeared in Callaloo, Best American Poetry, Grand Street, The Baffler, and other publications. He is the…

Several faculty members in the English department also serve on the Judaic Studies Committee. We would like to bring this important conference to your attention. The Judaic Studies Program at the George Washington UniversityInvites You to a Conference The Future of Zionism: Looking at Israel in the 21st Century Keynote Lecture by Tom Segev“1967: Israel,…