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Georgetown Students at the American Comparative Literature Association Annual Conference
Two Georgetown students, Saleema Ibrahim and Emma Walsh, were selected from a large applicant pool from various continents to present papers in the Undergraduate Seminar …
July 13, 2021
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Medical Humanities Initiative and Georgetown Humanities Initiative Receive Two Major Grants for Interdisciplinary Research
The Medical Humanities Initiative and the Humanities Initiative received two major grants for interdisciplinary research--a “Humanities Connections Implementation Grant” from…
July 13, 2021
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What Does It Mean to Be American?
On April 28, 2021, the Georgetown Art Galleries and the Georgetown Humanities Initiative co-hosted the interactive conversation “What Does It Mean to Be American?,”…
April 28, 2021
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New Voices on the Environment Series a Success
The Georgetown Humanities Initiative, in partnership with the Georgetown Environment Initiative and the Laboratory for Global Performance & Politics, launched “Voices on…
April 28, 2021
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Ethiopian-American Award-Winning Novelist Maaza Mengiste, Discussed her Most Recent Novel
In honor of Black History Month, the Georgetown Humanities Initiative, in collaboration with the Department of Italian and the Department of African American Studies, hosted…
April 2, 2021
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Humanities Career Round Tables
Thanks to the ongoing collaboration between the Georgetown Humanities Initiative and the Cawley Career Center for the Humanities Round Tables, students could benefit from two…
March 26, 2021
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In Dialogue with Angela Glover Blackwell: Exploring Narrative in the Context of Community-Based Change
A GGCI Visiting Fellow, Angela Glover Blackwell is an American attorney, civil rights advocate, and author. In 1999, she founded the research and advocacy nonprofit organization…
March 25, 2021
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The Role of the Humanities in Medical Studies
Much could be said about the daily schedule of a Georgetown medical student: the facts memorized, the exam maneuvers practiced, the notes written. However, in my mind, the day of…
December 18, 2020
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The Objectivity of Writing in the Humanities
Having grown up across three continents, Ali came to the School of Foreign Service to become a career-diplomat. Little he knew that here he would find ways for public service…
December 18, 2020
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Kaitlyn Reynolds (C’21) and Eliza Lafferty (C’20) reflect on Professor Ian Bourland’s “Exiles and Diasporas” Class
One of the most effective projects from “Exiles and Diasporas” was an assignment that encouraged us to trace our own family histories. This project increased buy-in and…
December 18, 2020