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Participation in the Georgetown Global Dialogues

After two years at Georgetown, I have realized that there are two seemingly similar, but inherently contradictory, dynamics at the intersection of prestige, academia, and:…

August 6, 2024

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Ancient Echoes, Modern Reverberations: An Interview with Professor Claire Catenaccio on the Continuing Resonance of the Classics

In this interview, Georgetown Humanities Student Fellow Julian Zeitlinger interviews Professor Claire Catenaccio from the Department of Classics about Classical Reception, …

July 3, 2024

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Yogita Goyal, “Genres of Anticolonialism”

Prof. Goyal argued against influential narratives of failed states and failed genres to rethink the valence of anticolonial visions of revolution amid the pervasive sense of…

December 14, 2023

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Quelle voix pour les universitaires dans les débats sur les sujets de société?” A Conversation with Prof. Jennifer Tamas (Rutgers University)

A specialist of early modern French literature, Prof. Tamas has received remarkable attention in the media for her reexamination of the French canon through the female gaze,…

December 14, 2023

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Campbell Grey, “Locals, Leaders and the Reverberating Consequences of Disaster Intervention. Some Case Studies from the Late Roman World”

This talk by Prof. Campbell Grey (Department of Classical Studies and Penn Program in Environmental Humanities, University of Pennsylvania) engaged with recent scholarship in the…

December 14, 2023

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New Work in Global Justice Book Talks

The event was co-sponsored by Georgetown University’s Africa-China Initiative, English Department, the Georgetown Humanities Initiative, and the Initiative for U.S.-China…

December 14, 2023

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Humanities Digital Research Projects

Thanks to the Digital Research and Innovation pilot program jointly launched by Georgetown University Library and the Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship, two…

December 14, 2023

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Navigating the Job Market: Preparing for the Interview with Resources from the MLA

Led by Dr. Mai Hunt (Program Associate in Academic Program Services and Professional Development at the Modern Language Association), the workshop discussed a specific component…

December 14, 2023

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2023-24 Georgetown Humanities Student Advisory Board

The Georgetown Humanities Initiative welcomes nine new students who have been selected as Advisory Board Members for AY 2023-24. They will work closely with the Initiative’s…

December 14, 2023

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Universities as Pathways to Global Inclusion

Co-organized by Lourdes Ortega and Negar Siyari (Initiative for Multilingual Studies),  Nicoletta Pireddu (Georgetown Humanities Initiative), and Anna DeFina (Department of…

September 29, 2023