Archive: Announcement
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Caetlin Benson-Allott's Killer Tapes and Shattered Screens Gets Alamo Drafthouse Treatment
Caetlin Benson-Allott’s book Killer Tapes and Shattered Screens: Video Spectatorship From VHS to File Sharing is a celebration and conversation about our (and…
December 14, 2017
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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…
December 8, 2017
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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…
December 6, 2017
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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…
December 4, 2017
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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…
November 9, 2017
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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 …
November 3, 2017
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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.…
November 3, 2017
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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…
October 31, 2017
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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…
October 31, 2017
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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…
October 25, 2017