Category: Humanities News from Around the University
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“What Makes Us Human in the Age of AI?” Series
On October 30, Prof. Will Fleisher (Department of Philosophy; Center for Digital Ethics) in his talk "Why Should We Care About Understanding AI?" explored ethical questions…
November 9, 2024
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“The Archival Impulse: From the Deep with Ayana V. Jackson”
On October 28, thanks to Professors J.R. Osborne (Communication, Culture, and Technology Program), Kwame Edwin Otu (African Anthropology, SFS), and Lahra Smith, Georgetown hosted…
October 29, 2024
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From Paris to the Hilltop, Jennifer Natalya Fink Examines the Fashion Industry Through a Green (Washed) Lens
This summer, Professor Jennifer Natalya Fink and artist Julie Laffin collaborated on a performance piece titled “Going (Paris) Green,” which examined greenwashing, toxicity…
September 26, 2024
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The Routledge Companion to Public Humanities Scholarship Book Launch
On September 20, the Georgetown Master of Arts in Engaged and Public Humanities and the Georgetown Humanities Initiative hosted a series of panels to celebrate the book launch of…
September 21, 2024
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2024 North American Society for the Study of Romanticism Conference, “Romantic Insurrections/Counter-Insurrections
From August 15 to 18, Georgetown University hosted the 2024 North American Society for the Study of Romanticism (NASSR) conference, “Romantic Insurrections/Counter,…
August 16, 2024
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Through Line: Novelist Jinwoo Chong (C’17) Celebrates a Banner Year
Jinwoo Chong (C’17) is setting the literary world ablaze. His debut novel, Flux, has been hailed as a “brain-bending pleasure,” “an imaginative exploration of how…
April 30, 2024
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World-Renowned Author Explores Questions of Colonialism and Climate Crisis in Keynote Lecture
Amitav Ghosh, the world-renowned and award-winning writer, spoke in Gaston Hall as part of the ongoing Voices on the Environment. …
March 3, 2023
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Library Acquires Rare Logbook That Illustrates Life Aboard a Slave Ship
A recent gift to Georgetown University Library, now digitized and made available online, provides poignant and valuable insight into the Atlantic slave trade. “As historians,…
December 15, 2021
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New College Faculty for 2020-2021
Georgetown College is pleased to welcome 24 new full-time faculty members with primary appointments in 16 College departments and programs. This cohort will help enrich the…
December 15, 2021
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Medical Humanities Minor Launched by University
The Georgetown Medical Humanities Program, a cross-campus collaboration among Georgetown College, the Georgetown Humanities Initiative and the Georgetown University Medical,…
December 15, 2021