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Georgetown Humanities Initiative Newsletter

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Upcoming Events

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2025 Lannan Symposium: “Writing Climate”Mar. 25

  • 5:00 pm
  • Georgetown University (Multiple Venues)

News

GHI Old North - ribbon cutting ceremony

Announcements, News

Georgetown Opens New Hub for the Humanities on Hilltop Campus

Georgetown celebrated the opening of a dedicated space for the Georgetown Humanities Initiative, a university-wide project that aims to promote and strengthen studies in the humanities.

October 29, 2024

Aayush Murarka

News, Student Stories

Participation in the Georgetown Global Dialogues

After two years at Georgetown, I have realized that there are two seemingly similar, but inherently contradictory, dynamics at the intersection of prestige, academia, and dialogue: proximity…

August 6, 2024

Actors performing in Hadestown in London.

News, Student Stories

Ancient Echoes, Modern Reverberations: An Interview with Professor Claire Catenaccio on the Continuing Resonance of the Classics

In this interview, Georgetown Humanities Student Fellow Julian Zeitlinger interviews Professor Claire Catenaccio from the Department of Classics about Classical Reception Studies, a sub-field of Classics which examines modern works of art and other cultural phenomena influenced by Greek and Roman antiquity.

July 3, 2024

Humanities News Around the University

Professor Jennifer Natalya Fink

Humanities News from Around the University

From Paris to the Hilltop, Jennifer Natalya Fink Examines the Fashion Industry Through a Green (Washed) Lens

This summer, Professor Jennifer Natalya Fink and artist Julie Laffin collaborated on a performance piece titled “Going (Paris) Green,” which examined greenwashing, toxicity and sustainability in the fashion industry. Performed in Paris, France by Fink and eight co-performers, the piece took inspiration from Paris green, an emerald-green pigment used to color women’s clothing, home textiles, wallpaper and more in the late 19th century.

September 26, 2024

Jinwoo Chong (C'17)

Humanities News from Around the University

Through Line: Novelist Jinwoo Chong (C’17) Celebrates a Banner Year

Jinwoo Chong (C’17) is setting the literary world ablaze. His debut novel, Flux, has been hailed as a “brain-bending pleasure,” “an imaginative exploration of how cultural memory and grief interact” and “an impossible-to-simply-label masterpiece.”

April 30, 2024

Amitav Ghosh

Humanities News from Around the University

World-Renowned Author Explores Questions of Colonialism and Climate Crisis in Keynote Lecture

Amitav Ghosh, the world-renowned and award-winning writer, spoke in Gaston Hall as part of the ongoing Voices on the Environment series.

March 3, 2023