2108 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20052

Thursday, March 23, 2023

Summer 2023 Registration is open!
Click here to view our current offerings!
Visit the Schedule of Classes — In-Person Courses // Online Courses

1929 - 1st telephone installed at the President’s desk under the Hoover administration at the White House.

1976 - International Bill of Rights goes into effect (35 nations ratifying).

1977 - Elvis Presley begins his final concert tour.

1999 - "Livin' la Vida Loca" sung by Ricky Martin released. Goes on to sell over 8 million copies.

2010 - US President Barack Obama signs the Affordable Care Act (ACA), nicknamed 'Obamacare', expanding the availability and affordability of health care insurance.

New Day of Strikes and Marches in France as Pension Anger Persists. The New York Times.

Los Angeles School Workers Are on Strike, and Parents Say They Get It. The New York Times.

The Crisis of the Intellectuals. The Atlantic.

Image credit: Max Cohen & Home Remedies

This week, it is ‘music to our ears’ to spotlight Max Cohen, a junior majoring in American Studies and Music. If you love rock and good vibes you are in for a sweet treat! Max is a part of Home Remedies, an independent rock band based at GW ‘making waves’ throughout the DMV area. Max states the “fantastic foursome” were inspired by the “poppier side of 90’s alternative as well as DIY folk icons like John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats, slapping together Weezer-esque earworm riffs and finger-picked odes about love and finding a place for yourself.” 

The origins of the band began with two artists. Max shared an acoustic bill with Zach Basile and the pair bonded over a mutual appreciation of modern baseball leading them to create Home Remedies. Max shared that the two started playing each other’s songs and “in no time drummer Issac Appelbaum and bassist Andrew “Gibby” Gibson joined the fray.” The band is proud to announce that in less than a year Home Remedies has released a live record, headlined at DC9 and Union Stage, and has appeared in publications by the GW Hatchet, WRGW Blog, and the Washington City Paper. The band has had a meaningful impact on its audience and its devoted following of friends and fans are known as the “sickos.” In the fall, Home Remedies will debut its upcoming studio album, Goodnight Moon. Speaking about the forthcoming album, the band notes that “born from long summer nights in Zach’s NJ basement, the songs make a quaint but desperate plea for climate action.” 

Mark your calendars! Home Remedies will be headlining at Songbyrd Music Hall on March 31st. Visit the link to purchase your ticket and support this talented band! Tickets available here.

2023 Mergen-Palmer Distinguished Lecture Series:

"Queer Love on Barbary Lane: The Serial Experience of Coming Out of the Closet with Armistead Maupin's Tales of the City"

Professor Ramzi Fawaz
Romnes Professor of English
University of Wisconsin, Madison

When: Wednesday April 5, 2023; 4:00-5:30 PM
Where: 805 21st Street NW, Washington, DC
SMPA Building, Room B07

Register to attend!

Carrie Compere and the cast of the 2019 Seattle Repertory Theatre Production of SHOUT SISTER SHOUT! Photo by Bronwen Houck.

GW Culture Buffs: Shout Sister Shout! at Ford's Theatre

Join CCAS Dean Paul Wahlbeck for an exciting GW Culture Buffs experience! The afternoon will feature brunch, a conversation with Lauren Onkey, director of the Corcoran School of the Arts and Design and Professor Gayle Wald, and the musical performance Shout, Sister, Shout!

Registration is $60 and includes brunch with food and drink, the faculty talk, and your ticket to the performance (located in the balcony section). Due to limited space, tickets are limited to two per person. Please purchase your tickets by Friday, March 24.

When: Saturday April 1, 2023; 12:00-4:00 PM
Where: Clyde's of Gallery Place (Brunch);
Ford's Theatre (Performance)

Register Here

Current PhD candidate Samantha Silver was recently awarded the 2023 WID Distinguished Graduate Teaching Award in recognition of their outstanding work in supporting student writing.

Associate Professor and Department Chair Tom Guglielmo recently gave a keynote address for the 2023 LCPL Benjamin W. Schmidt Symposium on War, Conflict, and Society at Texas Christian University. Guglielmo spoke about his most recent monograph Divisions: A New History of Racism and Resistance in America's World War II Military.

Alum Zaynab Quadri (PhD ‘22) recently published an opinion piece for The Washington Post entitled “American foreign policy has flaws embedded at its core. Iraq proved it.”

Call for Submissions: The Center for Communal Studies at the University of Southern Indiana annually invites submissions for its Prize Competition for the best undergraduate and graduate student papers on historic or contemporary communal groups, intentional communities, and utopias. Learn more about the submission process here // Deadline: April 1, 2023.

Call for Papers: The Society for US Intellectual History Conference has opened their call for papers for their upcoming annual conference being held in Denver, Colorado from November 9-11, 2023. View more about their submission guidelines here // Deadline: April 15, 2023.

Call for Applications: The National Council for the Traditional Arts (NCTA) seeks a focused and energetic Festival Assistant to provide office and on-site support for two, large-scale festivals featuring multicultural music and dance performances on 5–7 stages, crafts demonstrations, family activities, and foodways, as well as several smaller events. Learn more and apply here // Application Review begins March 29, 2023

Call for Applications: The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History is seeking a Web and Social Media Archivist. This is a specialist archivist position that will focus on establishing a new digital collection documenting the experiences of American women, through web and social media archiving. More information can be found here // Deadline: April 10, 2023

Need Support?

Is there a funding opportunity I can apply to if my internship is unpaid?

Check out GW’s Knowledge in Action Career Internship Fund here. Summer Applications open on April 1st. 

Where can I find the listing of the final exam schedule for the current semester?

You can find the listing of the Final Exam Schedule here. In addition, there is a link at the bottom of the Schedule of Classes that will take you to the same page.

Like what you see? Have spotlights, kudos, events, or opportunities that you would like to share? We want to hear from you! Navigate to our feedback form using the link below, or more simply, forward your tip to amst@gwu.edu.