Don’t miss this event! The Bazaar on the Mt. Vernon Campus is Sunday, September 1st from 2pm-5pm.
Henna, caricature artists, Zumba, Zipcar, a capella groups, bhangra and food trucks will be there! What’s more: GW students get $7 in tickets to use for food at the food trucks, which include CapMac and Captain Cookie!
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Shakespeare, Digital Access and Libraries [Recommended Event]
We are very pleased to announce the launch of a new Digital Humanities Institute, co-founded and co-directed by Professors Alexander Huang and Jonathan Hsy. The inaugural Digital Humanities Institute lecture and 2013 Dean’s Scholars in Shakespeare Lecture will be delivered by Michael Witmore, director of the Folger Shakespeare Library, whose work on data-mining and literary analysis will provide an entry point into a discussion of some of the possibilities — and potential limitations — of large scale digitization projects. You are cordially invited to the talk and reception.
The talk will explore the ways in which large scale digitization projects have created new access problems while solving old ones; it will also show some underlying similarities between the physical codex and the digital surrogates that we are now creating for printed books: both are “massively addressable objects,” simply at a different scale. The plays of Shakespeare are only one place where this convergence can be explored; they will serve as a point of departure in this talk.
“Addressing the Text” is co-sponsored by the GW Medieval and Early Modern Studies Institute (GW MEMSI), the Digital Humanities Institute, the Dean’s Scholars in Shakespeare, the Department of English, the Department of History, and the Gelman LIbrary.
Yoga with Liz!
Join Liz Sutton Wednesday, May 8 from 5:00 to 6:00 pm and Thursday, May 9 from 4:00 to 5:00 pm in the West Hall group fitness studio for some some Liz-led yoga!
The Wednesday class is for the Honors community only and is capped at 15 students, so sign up early.
The West Hall Fitness Center has lots of yoga mats or you can bring your own. No prior experience with yoga is required. Just wear clothes you can move in and bring an open mind! Feel free to email Liz with any other questions.
Needless to say, Liz is pretty excited about this.
Like, really, really excited.
Celebrate Shakespeare's 449th Birthday! [Recommended Event]
Join the GW Dean’s Scholars in Shakespeare on Monday April 22 at 7:30 pm for “For a Muse of Fire,” a 449th Shakespeare’s Birthday Celebration featuring Helen Hayes Award recipients and actors Rick Foucheux and Naomi Jacobson. The fun, performance demo event will be in Post Hall on the Mount Vernon campus. The event is hosted by Professor Alan Wade.
What's the Deal with the Dual Campus?
This year, the UHP is spearheading the Dual Campus Model. What does that mean?
We’re in two places! We have offices on the Mt. Vernon Campus AND in Foggy Bottom. Find us at Ames Suite 101 (MVC) or 714 21st Street NW (FoBo).
But not at the same time! (At least not individually.) For now, you can find Catherine at MVC on Tuesdays and Thursdays, and in Foggy Bottom on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays. Liz will be at MVC on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, and in Foggy Bottom on Tuesdays and Thursdays. (Don’t worry, it’s easily navigable when making an appointment.)
Honors faculty live with us now! Well, they still have homes that they go to (we’re pretty sure), but their offices are now in the same place as staff. We know, we know: we’re already working on getting a reality-style sitcom deal with pretty much every major network so people can enjoy our dynamic. We’ll let you know about that too.
