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Georgetown Humanities in Barcelona as Official Partner of Georgetown Global Dialogues
In partnership with the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona (CCCB), the Georgetown Global Dialogues—organized by Professor Thomas Banchoff (Vice President for Global…
December 16, 2025
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Georgetown Humanities Initiative receives grant from the Teagle Foundation
The Teagle Foundation is a philanthropic organization with a focus on engaging students in liberal arts education. Through their “Cornerstone: Learning for Living” program,…
December 16, 2025
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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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Georgetown Humanities Welcomes Professor Mary Roberts as its first Royden B. Davis Visiting Professor
A professor of art history and 19th-century studies at the University of Sydney, Professor Roberts specializes in modern Ottoman Art and European Orientalism. On these…
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 …
December 16, 2025
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GHI Individual Research Grant
On March 16, 1926 physicist and inventor Robert H. Goddard successfully launched the first liquid- fueled rocket. This day would be remembered as the origin of the modern rocket…
December 16, 2025
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Book Manuscript Workshop Grant
Thanks to a Manuscript Workshop Grant from the GHI, as well as support from the English Department, on November 14, 2025 Prof. Seth Perlow (English Department) held a six-hour…
December 16, 2025