Archive: Announcement

• Sarah McNamer's Meditations on the Life of Christ: The Short Italian Text Wins MLA's Scaglione Publication Award

  The Modern Language Association of America has announced that is awarding the Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Publication Award for a Manuscript in Italian Literary Studies to Sarah McNamer, for Meditation

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• Barbara Feinman Todd: The Value of Teaching Journalism

  The Hoya published Barbara Feinman Todd's piece The Value of Teaching Journalism on Monday in advance of her retirement. After twenty-five years of teaching at Georgetown University, Barbara not only

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• John Glavin Featured in The Washington Post

  The Washington Post released a piece on December 3rd which explores Glavin's rigorous but rewarding classes. Due to the success of former students, such as Jonathan Nolan and Mike Birbiglia, Glavin h

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• Rave Washington Post Review for 'The Blue Hour' Performance, Inspired by Carolyn Forché Poem

  This week The Washington Post published a rave review for the transcription of Carolyn Forché's poem "On Earth" into a 70-minute mesmerizing musical monologue. It featured members from the Boston-bas

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• Matthew Noble-Olson's Essay, "Reviving the Elephant; or, Cinema Plays Dead", published in Cultural Critique Journal

  Matthew Noble-Olson's essay, "Reviving the Elephant; or, Cinema Plays Dead”, was recently featured in University of Minnesota Press' journal Cultural Critique, which "provides a forum for creative and

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• Aminatta Forna Essay In Latest World Literature Today Issue

  The November 2017 Issue of World Literature Today included Aminatta Forna's essay, Selective Empathy: Stories and the Power of Narrative. Congratulations, Aminatta! 

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• Carolyn Forche Poem "On Earth" Performed by Luciana Souza

  This Saturday, November 4th at 8:00pm Washington Performing Arts Center will perform Carolyn Forché's poem "On Earth." "Brazilian superstar Souza joins forces with the 17 virtuoso strings of A Far

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• Jennifer Natalya Fink Interviewed by Lilith Magazine

  Lilith Magazine recently interviewed Jennifer Natalya Fink about her novel Bhopal Dance. The book concerns the 1984 explosion of a pesticide plant in Bhopal, India and its effect on three North Ameri

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• Aminatta Forna in Conversation with Elleke Boehmer

  The University of Oxford and Oxford Brookes University recently hosted Aminatta Forna, OBE in conversation with Elleke Boehmer. This event was the first of the Mellon-Sawyer Seminar Series 2017-18 ‘P

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• Aminatta Forna, OBE: Plenary Speaker at Macalster International Roundtable

  Macalster College, located in Saint Paul, Minnesota, hosted their 24th Annual International Roundtable discussion just over a week ago. This year's sessions were entitled Empathy and Its Discontents.

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