Category: Humanities News from Around the University
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Georgetown Humanities at the 2026 Georgetown Global Dialogues in Barcelona
Our global future feels increasingly precarious, threatened by climate disruption, pandemics, runaway AI, and nuclear conflict. This danger is amplified by traditional power…
August 31, 2026
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Between Differences, Across Divides: A Translation Seminar Series 2026
Featuring renowned speakers working across different linguistic and cultural traditions, the Spring workshops and panels created sustained opportunities for dialogue across…
August 31, 2026
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A Conversation with Graphic Novelist and Pulitzer Prize–winning Illustrator Michael Sloan
On February 11, 2026, the Georgetown Humanities Initiative and Georgetown University Libraries hosted a conversation with Michael Sloan, interdisciplinary artist, graphic,…
August 31, 2026
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DC/DOX, June 11-14, 2026
The Georgetown Humanities Initiative was a co-sponsor of the DC/DOX 4th edition (June 11-14, 2026), which featured 113 films from 32 countries alongside the Reality Check Forum.…
August 31, 2026
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What Makes Us Human in the Age of A.I. Fall 2025 Events: De Kai, Bruce Schneier and Nathan E. Sanders
On October 15, 2025, the world-famous computer scientist De Kai (Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology and Distinguished…
December 16, 2025
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Between Differences, Across Divides: A Translation Seminar Series
In collaboration with Literatures, Cultures, and Language Studies, this sequence of panels and workshops for faculty, students, and the wider public focus on theories and…
December 16, 2025
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Book Presentation: Bradley A. Gorski, “The Rise and Fall of the Book Market in Post-Soviet Russia”
The recipient of a Georgetown Humanities Initiative Book Manuscript Workshop grant, Prof. Gorski explores Russian literature’s eager embrace of capitalism in the post…
December 16, 2025
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Book Presentation and Round Table: Ralph Craig, “Dancing in My Dreams: A Spiritual Biography of Tina Turner”
The talk introduced a full room to Professor Craig’s book, Dancing in My Dreams: A Spiritual Biography of Tina Turner (Eerdmans Publishing, 2023), which explored the place…
December 16, 2025
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GHI Collaborative Projects
“Entheogenic Worlds: Psychedelics, Healing, and Spirituality Across Cultures” The first half of this yearlong seminar series, organized by Professors Annalisa Butticci (Theology…
December 16, 2025
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Fall 2025 Katrina@20 Symposium – Recoveries, Resistances, and Remembrances: An Environmental Justice and Public Humanities Symposium on the 20th Anniversary of Flooding of New Orleans
August 2025 marks the 20 year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina and the flooding of New Orleans, Louisiana. A steering committee of Georgetown faculty will host a national…
August 7, 2025