What does the phrase “Fluidity: Water’s Perpetual Shapelessness” evoke for you?

Georgetown Graduate Studies wrote about our MA in English students’ experiences at their annual English Graduate Student Association (EGSA) conference, and the department is proud to celebrate their achievements!

Grad students from the Department of English at Georgetown University explored this theme at the annual English Graduate Student Association (EGSA) conference this fall, with 16 presentations from Georgetown faculty and students and guests from partner universities including the University of Virginia, University of Rhode Island, Howard University, Yale University and University of Cambridge.

“We were aiming to explore the liminality of water and the fluidity of being,” said Kayla Yang (G’26), EGSA conference chair and M.A. in English candidate. “Water simultaneously enforces and connects boundaries, which provides a type of fluidity of experience I thought would be interesting to explore.”

Panelists presented literary analyses focused on broad themes of identity, environment, the Middle Passage, colonialism and the physical and metaphorical properties of water. Yang said the conference was a brilliant showcase of her favorite aspect of the Master of Arts in English program — the people.

“Georgetown’s M.A. program has provided me with the best scholarly community of friends, peers, and faculty that I could’ve asked for!” Yang said.