Category: Student Stories
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Humanities as a Means to Learn How to Live in the World
Gene Kim (C’23) Gene is majoring in Theology (with a concentration in Ethics) and minoring in Korean. As a Theology major, I have a particular interest in life and death which,…
September 22, 2021
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The Footnote – A New Blog
Four brilliant Georgetown graduate students created The Footnote, which celebrates the intellectual spectrum of higher education by uniting as many thinkers as possible in one…
July 13, 2021
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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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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
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The Social Effects of Medicalizing an Entire Race
Elisa Reverman (PhD Candidate) joins the Medical Humanities Fellowship Program The goal of my project is to look at the social effects of medicalizing an entire race. It’s…
December 18, 2020
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Humanities Matter: Students Discuss What Draws them to the Humanities
The virtual meeting “Humanities Matter” brought together Georgetown students and faculty to discuss what draws undergraduates and graduates to the humanities, what kinds of…
December 18, 2020
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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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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