Tag: Student Stories
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2023-24 Georgetown Humanities Student Advisory Board
The Georgetown Humanities Initiative welcomes nine new students who have been selected as Advisory Board Members for AY 2023-24. They will work closely with the Initiative’s…
December 14, 2023
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A Love of the Arts
From the moment I was born, I fell in love with music by humming myself to sleep. In elementary school, I developed a love for the stage through.…
September 22, 2021
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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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Public Writing: Translating Humanities Insights into Writing that Makes a Difference
Because much of students’ work after college or graduate school will be in written forms, this course aims to help students succeed by helping them develop the ability to…
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