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Literature Professors Pick the Best Books To Read This Winter

Whether you’re looking to play detective or revisit a classic, these professors in the College of Arts & Sciences curated picks depending on your mood. Read on.

December 20, 2024

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Bringing the Humanities to the Town Square: Ricardo Ortiz Champions the Intersection of Academic and Public Life

Professor Ricardo Ortiz has been named guest editor for a special edition of Public Humanities, a peer-reviewed journal from Cambridge University Press that publishes scholarship at the nexus of the…

December 13, 2024

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Georgetown Historian Awarded €10 Million to Solve Enduring Mystery of the Black Death

In the early 14th century, pandemic plague emerged in central Asia. It arrived in the Mediterranean region and Europe in the late 1340s, spreading widely and killing millions. Somewhere between one…

November 26, 2024