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The Medical Humanities Initiative Launches Minor
Georgetown University offers especially fertile terrain for a novel, cross-campus, and critically-minded minor in Medical Humanities, Culture, and Society. This minor brings…
December 14, 2021
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Students Reflect on Prof. Morrison’s course “Race, Representation, and Renaissance”
Kiara Finlay (C ‘22) and Elliot Segnini (C ‘23) share how Prof. Morrison’s ENG 210 class “Race, Representation, and Renaissance” course made them think differently and…
December 14, 2021
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“Space Age Spectres:” A Student Thesis on UFO Photography
Madalyn Shaw, a HALC Fellow and member of the Georgetown Humanities Initiative Student Advisory Board, is a senior in the College majoring in Art History with minors in Studio…
December 14, 2021
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Meet Dr. Cinthya Ammerman, 2021-22 ACLS “Emerging Voices” Postdoctoral Fellow
Cinthya Ammerman (PhD Native American Studies, University of California, Davis) joined the Georgetown Humanities Initiative for the 2021–22 academic year as an American Council…
December 6, 2021
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Georgetown Humanities Partners with University of Maryland’s Antiracism: Communities + Collaborations for Booksellers & Community Activism Event
On December 1, in partnership with the Center for Literary and Comparative Studies at the University of Maryland, Georgetown Humanities hosted a panel featuring Ramunda Lark…
December 4, 2021
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Humanities “Faculty Work in Progress” Series Launches
Through this initiative, Georgetown Humanities has created an intellectual space in which humanities faculty can share their current research activities and engage in a dialogue…
November 23, 2021
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A Reflection on the Course “Race, Representation, and Renaissance”
Meet Professor Amani Morrison The Humanities: Arts, Literature, and Culture (HALC) Core requirement introduces students to the methods of the cultural humanities and arts.…
November 9, 2021
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Humanities Round Tables: “From Poetry to the Private Sector – Humanities Alumni in Data Careers”
What has the study of literature and the arts to do with the business of numbers? How can a degree in the humanities prepare you for careers in data analysis? On October 28, as…
October 30, 2021
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Webinar Explores the Value of Humanities Backgrounds in Careers
One common way that humanities programs make the case for their importance is by pointing to the work they do to equip students with key skills, such as critical thinking,…
October 26, 2021
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The Good Life at the End of Life
On September 20, Prof. Paul Heck (Theology Department) organized and moderated a discussion on medical and spiritual views on the meaning of the good life during the last stages…
September 25, 2021