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Join us tomorrow, April 15 at 10:30 AM! Critical Studies of Race in Dubious Times - A Cultural Studies zoom panel discussion. Registration is free: https://culturalstudies.gmu.edu/events/13361
Thanks to our partners, the Film and Media Studies Minor of the English Department @ George Mason University and AAUPMason!
Ready to pursue a graduate degree? Applications for Mason’s Folklore Program are now open! Priority deadline is March 15, apply today! https://tinyurl.com/2p84th9y



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Ready to pursue a graduate degree? Applications for Mason’s Folklore Program are now open! Priority deadline is March 15, apply today! https://tinyurl.com/2p84th9y



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Mason Undergrads, are you ready for classes next week? While you prepare for a busy week, make sure you are also registered for the Folklore Studies Open House! This hybrid event will provide you with an opportunity to learn more about the program from professors, current students, and what you can do with a degree in folklore. Register today: https://tinyurl.com/5evc2fxz

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The Washington, DC area is a great place for a folklorist! With many cultural institutions, federal positions, national parks, and more, there are incredible opportunities to work in the field of folklore! Learn how a MA in Folklore can give you the competitive edge at our upcoming Prospective Graduate Student Open House on January 27, from 7:30PM - 9:00PM. Spaces are limited, register today: https://tinyurl.com/5evc2fxz

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We’ve got a Prospective Graduate Student Open House on January 27! Interested persons can join in-person, or on-line! This event will provide you with an opportunity to learn more about the program from professors, current students, and what you can do with a degree in folklore. Register today: https://tinyurl.com/5evc2fxz

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Students, the folklore program is offering Folk Narrative, Past & Present next semester and this is your chance to dive deep into the dynamics of the main genres of folk narratives and the opportunity to gain the skills to interpret and analyze them as well. English Department @ George Mason University
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Are you an undergraduate student at George Mason and looking for a class next semester? Why not join the folklore program for Folklore and Folklife! This course equips students with the tools to identify, document and analyze folklore’s role in our everyday lives and explore how folklore operates as an unofficial body of cultural knowledge and aesthetic practices. English Department @ George Mason University George Mason University College of Humanities and Social Sciences

: The folklore program is offering Folk Narrative, Past & Present (Folk 412/Engh 590) next semester. This class will offer sections for both undergraduates and graduate students. This class will introduce important frameworks for folklore, and have students interrogate the functions of folklore, and learn how to interpret and analyze them. English Department @ George Mason University George Mason University College of Humanities and Social Sciences

Save the Date! On November 16 join us for Ali Vural Ak Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University Guest Lecture Series with Jeffrey Einboden (Department of English,
Northern Illinois University) on “ᎤᏁᎳᏅᎯ ᎤᏩᏒ ᎨᏎᎢ” From Islamic Sources to Iroquoian Inscriptions at 12:00 pm EDT on Zoom.
RSVP and details: https://islamicstudiescenter.gmu.edu/events/12772

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Are you an undergraduate student at George Mason and looking for a class next semester? Why not join the folklore program for Folklore and Folklife! This course equips students with the tools to identify, document and analyze folklore’s role in our everyday lives and explore how folklore operates as an unofficial body of cultural knowledge and aesthetic practices. George Mason University College of Humanities and Social Sciences English Department @ George Mason University

Graduate Students, registration begins this week, have you heard about the Folklore & Festival MGMT class? You won’t want to miss out on this incredible opportunity to work in an interdisciplinary environment and see public folklore in at the Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage.
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12/16/2022

Happy Winter Break, Patriots❄️

Enjoy this time off! Rest up, eat some yummy holiday foods, and go into Spring 2023 with a fresh mind!

In the mean time, complete this GMU English Winter Break Bingo! DM us with your results! We’d love to see them🤩

12/15/2022

Congratulations, Winter 2022 graduates! We are so proud of you! Be sure to keep us updated on your future endeavors💚💛

12/15/2022

Helon Habila, a GMU professor of creative writing, was featured in the Access to Excellence podcast with ! Be sure to give it a listen using the link in our bio🤩

12/13/2022

Jen Renart, a creative writing BA alum, started a candle company— which made use of creative writing talents! Click the link in our bio to read more about the candle-making journey! You can find out more information and buy candles using 🕯

12/13/2022

Ashlee Green, a first-year MFA student in Creative Writing: Nonfiction, recently had a review published in the Washington Independent Review of Books! Use the link in our bio to give it a read🤩

12/13/2022

📚Our next Booked and Busy recommendation is Split Tooth by Tanya Tagaq!

12/12/2022

Happy Meme Monday, Patriots! Good luck with the rest of your finals💚💛 We will see you all next semester with more Meme Mondays!

12/12/2022

All chosen submissions can be viewed using the link in our bio🤩

12/09/2022

Are you still working on your Spring 2023 schedule? Do you still need to satisfy your Mason Core Global Understanding requirement? Check out ENGH 362-003: Global Voices and Postcolonial Literature taught by Professor Amireh!

George Mason University MFA Online Open House 12/07/2022

George Mason University MFA Online Open House

George Mason University MFA Online Open House Review the recording of our open house for the MFA in Creative Writing Program at George Mason University. Meet faculty and current students while learning a...

12/07/2022

The Hispanic Culture Review () is accepting submissions for their 2022-2023 bilingual literary journal! This editions theme is “Celebrating Our Connections.” The HCR accepts and publishes poetry, narratives, essays, and visual arts within the Mason community and globally. One winner from each category will win a cash prize of $100! The deadline for submitting is February 1st, 2023. For more information or to submit pieces, please visit hispanicculturereview.submittable.com.

12/07/2022

The 5th floor of Fenwick Library has study spaces specifically for graduate students. Reserve one and get your study on!!!

12/06/2022

📚Our next Booked and Busy recommendation is Yonder by Jabari Asim!

12/05/2022

We just added a new course for Spring 2023 that is available for both undergrads and grads👀 We updated our course book as well.

12/05/2022

Mood for Finals Week

I’m sure we are all feeling a bit like Victor right now, but we are almost at the finish line!

12/02/2022

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Happy Friday, Patriots💚💛

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The semester is wrapping up, so it’s time for an English Department Wrapped👀

11/29/2022

📚The next book recommendation in our Booked and Busy series is My Heart is a Chainsaw by Native American horror author Stephen Graham Jones! This book was recommended by Dr. ! It’s definitely a love letter to 80s horror and all horror fans💀👻

11/29/2022

Each year the College of Humanities and Social Sciences celebrates individuals whose leadership, research, service, and contributions have made outstanding contributions to their fields, their communities, and to George Mason University.

These CHSS alumni, students, faculty, and staff showcase how the humanities and social sciences drive our community forward in advancing cutting-edge research, impactful service, and critical competencies for today's global and knowledge-based economy.

We are excited to see that this year's awardees included the following alumni, faculty, and staff from the English Department (pictured above from top left, clockwise):

Holly Mason Badra (MFA 17), CHSS Distinguished Alumni—Staff

Gregory W. Fowler, Ph.D. (MA English), CHSS Distinguished Alumni—English

Felicia L. Carr (MA English, PhD Cultural Studies), CHSS Distinguished Alumni—Cultural Studies

Allen Johnson (BA English), CHSS Distinguished Alumni—African and African American Studies

Prof. Heidi Lawrence (MA English), CHSS Distinguished Alumni—Faculty

11/28/2022

Welcome Back, Patriots and Happy Meme Monday! Which one are you?

11/22/2022

📚The GMU English Department is starting a book series that we like to call Booked and Busy! Once a week, we will share book recommendations given to us by our lovely staff. Let’s stack up that TBR list!

This November, we will be highlighting Native American voices to celebrate National Native American Heritage Month.

11/21/2022

Happy Meme Monday!

11/21/2022

Hey hey hey, GMU English Undergrads! Want to have your work featured on our social media pages? We want to hear from you!

From November 28 to December 9th, we will be featuring the wonderful works by our English students to celebrate a the close of a great semester. If you want to be featured, please post your works, use the hashtags, and make sure your account is public. Check out the graphic for more info! We are so excited to see what you all are up to!

Not an English undergraduate but still want to get involved and support? Share on your pages!

11/21/2022

A great opportunity to get your work published with the Hispanic Culture Review, a Mason bilingual literary journal!

11/18/2022

English Undergrads: Have you checked out the Mason English Coursebook? Inside you will find all the information needed to create the perfect Spring 2023 semester schedule! Be sure give it a look with the linktr.ee in our bio.



11/16/2022

📚Former Mason professor Susan Tichy is returning to campus on Thursday (11/17) from 7:30PM-8:30PM EST in the Fenwick Library Reading Room #2001 to close out the Fall Semester’s Visiting Writers Series, in conversation with Mason professor Peter Streckfus. This event will be in person.

Tichy is the author of seven books of poetry, most recently North | Rock | Edge: Shetland (Free Verse Editions, 2022); The Avalanche Path in Summer (Ahsahta, 2019), a muscle-memory of a life in mountains; and Trafficke (Ahsahta, 2015), a mixed-form investigation of family, race, and language spanning from Reformation Scotland to the abolition of slavery in Maryland. She has written extensively about war and its human consequences, including the volumes Gallowglass (Ahsahta, 2010), Bone Pagoda (Ahsahta, 2007), and A Smell of Burning Starts the Day (Wesleyan, 1988). Her first book, The Hands in Exile (Random House, 1983), was selected for the National Poetry Series. Her work has been published in the U.S., U.K., and Australia, and been recognized by numerous residencies and awards, including a fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Now Professor Emerita at George Mason University, she lives in Colorado.

You can find out more information about Susan Tichy and her work at susantichy.com

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Congratulations to Tulane Simpson, who has been selected to present their Honors Thesis, “Ecoandrogyny: Environmentalism Beyond the Gender Binary,” as part of Posters on the Hill, a virtual event showcasing undergrad research to lawmakers in the hope of influencing policy. More here: https://english.gmu.edu/articles/17432

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So what kind of jobs do English majors get? So many possibilities! Join us Thursday at 3 on zoom and we'll discuss!

02/28/2022

Posted • .grad.english Join us on March 1st from 12:00-1:00 (ET) for a virtual session with the Professional and Technical Writing program director, Dr. Heidi Lawrence. She will offer a talk on Writing Samples and Preparing for Success in your application process (whether applying for higher education or a job).

In the second half of the event, Dr. Lawrence will also talk a bit about our Graduate Professional and Technical Writing Programs (the MA & the Certificate) and offer space for Q&A towards the end.

Please register to receive the zoom link for the event and reminders closer to the event. If you are unable to attend the event but want to receive a recording, you can also register to get an email with the link after the event.

Contact: [email protected] for more information.

Registration link: https://writingandrhetoric.gmu.edu/events/13100

02/25/2022
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Posted • We are pleased to announce this year’s MFA Travel Fellows. We are hopeful that our students will be able to travel internationally for the first time in two years. Thank you to Jung Yun, Catherine Olien, and Elizabeth Gutting for reviewing applications. We are very excited to support these projects.

Ashlen Renner, going to Germany, Emilee Knudsen, going to the Scottish Highlands, and Chelsea Lebron, going to Peru, Argentina, and Chile.

We can't wait to see what they write!

To read more about their travels, click the link in our bio!

https://cheusecenter.gmu.edu/articles/17011

02/10/2022

Posted • Mason Students!
The first GMU Folklore Roundtable event of the year is this TONIGHT! Join us, virtually at 8PM ET! Make sure you’re registered via Mason360, contact Betty, [email protected] for more information, or check the link in our bio!

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Come join the LGBTQ+ Faculty Staff Alliance for a chance to meet with other q***r parents and/or parents-to-be at a virtual social Friday February 25th noon-1:00pm (ET)! This event is for all faculty, staff, and GTAs/GRAs who are LGBTQ+ parents and/or q***r individuals in the process of building a family.

Register here: go.gmu.edu/lgbtq-parents

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Top Ten Black Science Fiction/ Fantasy Books for Young Readers - I Am Black Sci-Fi 10/03/2021

Top Ten Black Science Fiction/ Fantasy Books for Young Readers - I Am Black Sci-Fi

Congratulations to Leon L. Langford! STAR LION is #1 on Black Sci-Fi's "Top Ten Black Science Fiction/ Fantasy Books for Young Readers"

Top Ten Black Science Fiction/ Fantasy Books for Young Readers - I Am Black Sci-Fi I Am Black Sci-Fi is a media organization founded in 1999 and focuses on celebrating the fandom and many contributions of Black people to sci-fi, other speculative fiction, and S.T.E.M.

Timeline photos 09/16/2021

Alums, coming soon to a mailbox near you! Students, stop by the English Dept (4200 Horizon Hall) if you'd like a copy of the Fall 2021 English Matters!

Timeline photos 09/09/2021

See you tonight at our first Fall 2021 Visiting Writer event with novelist Tope Folarin! For more info and to register, visit http://ow.ly/Gm9k50G6ZSh

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“What would you do with a half million dollars?"

Find out how Don Gallehr, the original founder of the Northern Virginia Writing Project, answered that question! 📝 Learn about NVWP's past and its bright future here: https://english.gmu.edu/articles/16330

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