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Becoming More Attuned with the Soul
here was nothing like being swallowed up for hours by worlds that weren’t my own and creating my own. …
June 20, 2020
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Humanities Lunch Break Launches
On Wednesday, June 10, the Master’s Program in the Engaged & Public Humanities (MAEPH) hosted the first Humanities Lunch Break in their summer series. In “…
June 10, 2020
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Humanities Provide a Sense of Place
Julia Rahimzadeh (C’22) English Major and Religion, Ethics, and World Affairs (REWA) Minor I’ve never known a life without the humanities at its heart— as the daughter…
June 9, 2020
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From a Love of Opera to a Love of Language
Harry Rose (C’20) Double major, Italian and Comparative LiteratureRecipient, Dante Award; Cesarina Horing Award When I applied to Georgetown, I wrote my personal statement…
June 9, 2020
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Finding Comfort in Humanities
Martina Benedetti Marshall (C’20) French major; Psychology minorRecipient, E. Joseph McCarthy Award Throughout my four years at Georgetown I have studied many subjects,…
June 9, 2020
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Highlights from the Global Irish Studies Initiative
A highlight of the 2019-20 academic year was the “Bridging the Atlantic” symposium, which provided an opportunity to reflect on the implications of Brexit for EU-US relations…
June 8, 2020
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Humanities in the Time of COVID-19: A Virtual Discussion
On May 28, 2020, a virtual panel of Georgetown humanities scholars moderated by Dean Christopher Celenza discussed the role of the humanities in this most distinctive of times.…
June 8, 2020
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Shakespeare and Eden: Botanical Ornament and the Book of Nature in Cymbeline, a Lecture by Dr. Bonnie Lander Johnson
On May 5, 2020, the Future of the Humanities Project, in collaboration with the Georgetown Humanities Initiative and the Las Casas Institute (Blackfriars Hall, University of…
May 12, 2020
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The Traveling Serialized Adventures of Kid Quixote
The Department of Performing Arts in collaboration with the Georgetown Humanities Initiative hosted the Kid Quixotes, 15 Spanish-speaking immigrants ages 6 to 17 who, since the…
February 29, 2020
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Medical Humanities Initiative Partners with Georgetown Humanities to Bring Harriet Washington to the Hilltop
On February 10, the Medical Humanities Initiative, in collaboration with the Georgetown Humanities Initiative and Howard University, hosted the lecture “A Distant Mirror:…
February 15, 2020