UK author Howard Jacobson. Image credit: Jennifer de Yong.

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Howard Jacobson.

UK WRITER-IN-RESIDENCE
GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
FEBRUARY 8 - MARCH 5, 2010

Novelist and broadcaster Howard Jacobson was the latest UK artist to participate in the British Council's UK Writer-in-Residence program at George Washington University. While at GWU Howard taught on campus and held public events in Washington DC in winter 2010.

Howard joins other contemporary British artists as part of an ongoing literature initiative at major American universities. Read more about the UK Writer-in-Residence Program in our special feature.
Learn more about Howard, his fiction and his commentary on contemporary culture.

Public Events

Thursday, February 18, 2010
3:30-5:30 PM
FREE FILM SCREENING AND Q&A
Rome Hall, George Washington University
Room 771
801 22nd Street NW
Washington, DC
Howard joins the English Graduate Students Association for a screening of Howard's documentary on Why The Novel Matters. Free and open to the public.
Friday, February 19, 2010
6:30-8:30 PM
SHABBAT TALK AND DINNER
GW Hillel, Gewirz Center, George Washington University
2300 H Street NW
Washington, DC
Thursday, February 25, 2010
7:30 PM
READING
DC Jewish Community Center
1529 16th Street NW
Washington, DC
Howard reads from his fiction at the Washington DC Jewish Community Center. Admission to this event was free to students with university ID.
Friday, February 26, 2010
2:00-4:00 PM
FREE PANEL DISCUSSION
Rome Hall, George Washington University
Room 352
801 22nd Street NW
Washington, DC
Howard joins Professors Andrea Levine, Jenna Joselit and Judith Plotz for a discussion on Jewish Writing, Jewish Lives: a roundtable exploring contemporary Jewish literature. Free and open to the public.
Sunday, February 28, 2010
5:00-7:00 PM
FREE FILM SCREENING AND Q&A
Betts Theater, Marvin Center, George Washington University
800 21st Street NW
Washington, DC

What roles can writers and artists play in society? What perspectives on current and historical issues do they bring to bear as intellectuals and creative thinkers? Acclaimed British novelist Howard Jacobson screens his film Creation, part of the Channel 4 miniseries The Bible: A History, interrogating literary, theological, and scientific perspectives on the first chapter of Genesis, asking why the creation story continues to stir the imagination. After the film, Howard conducts a Q&A in conversation with Roger Bennett, co-founder of Reboot, a network of young Jewish creatives, and author of And You Shall Know Us by the Trail of Our Vinyl and Bar Mitzvah Disco. Free and open to the public.

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