Profs & Pints DC: Camus and Crisis
• May 3, 2022

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Camus and Crisis,” a look at what Albert Camus’s The Plague tells us about our own uncertain times, with Andrew Sobanet, professor of French and […]

Profs & Pints DC: Arabic Literature’s Drinking Buddies
• January 2, 2022

Profs and Pints DC presents: “Arabic Literature’s Drinking Buddies,” with Jennifer Tobkin, Teaching Assistant Professor of Arabic at George Washington University. [Under current District of Columbia regulations attendees will be […]

Profs & Pints DC: Delving into Dune
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Profs and Pints DC presents: “Delving into Dune,” an exploration of religion and race in the classic science fiction novel and all that the book has inspired, with Peter Herman, […]

Profs & Pints DC: The World of Norse Gods
• October 28, 2021

Profs and Pints DC presents: “The World of Norse Gods,” with Lilla Kopár a professor of medieval literature and culture at Catholic University who teaches courses on Norse mythology. [You […]

Profs & Pints: The Macabre Poe
• October 16, 2021

Profs and Pints presents: “The Macabre Poe,” with Amy Branam Armiento, professor of English at Frostburg State University and president of the Poe Studies Association. [Under current District of Columbia […]

Summer Reading: Poetry, Philosophy, Science and Fiction
• July 28, 2021

Several Georgetowner staffers offer their picks for summer reading in a delightfully diverse list of books, some of which are quite unexpected. Send us your picks, too, if you wish. […]

Record-Setting Crowd for RBG at National Book Festival (photos)
• September 2, 2019

Chef José Andrés apologized for not being available to sign books after his speaking session; he had to catch a flight to the Bahamas to assist in Hurricane Dorian recovery efforts.

Profs & Pints: Robert Frost’s Winter
• November 20, 2018

Profs and Pints presents: “Robert Frost’s Winter,” with Michael Manson, former lecturer on literature at American University and past president of the Robert Frost Society. “Whose woods these are I […]

Record Numbers at National Book Festival (photos)
• September 4, 2018

Thousands were turned away as Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor discussed her new books for children on the festival’s main stage, the Washington Convention Center’s 2,500-seat ballroom having quickly filled to capacity.

Profs and Pints: “Snow Maiden” Night
• November 20, 2017

Profs and Pints presents: “Meet ‘The Snow Maiden’,” a discussion of Russia’s beloved winter folktale with folklorist Philippa Rappoport of George Washington University. In winter Russians transfix their children with […]