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Professor Cicali Helps Student Discover Fellini’s Impact on American Cinema
Olivia Luongo (C’21) Government Major; Italian and History Minor Most of the humanities classes that I have taken at Georgetown have been through the Italian Department, as I…
September 22, 2020
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Theo-Humanism: Professor Paul Heck Launches New MOOC Course on edX
Looking for a pathway to boost your knowledge of theology and humanism? Combining forces with edX (new window)—a platform specifically designed for massive open online courses …
August 17, 2020
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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