Archive: Book
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New Book by Linguistics Professor Gives New Insights to Field of Cognitive Science
David Lightfoot, a professor in the Department of Linguistics and co-director of the PhD-level Interdisciplinary Concentration in Cognitive Science, recently published Born to Parse through MIT Press. The book provides new contributions to the field of cognitive science, specifically in the area of Minimalist thinking in language acquisition.
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Spanish and Portuguese Professor Publishes Book on Noted Sociologist Orlando Fals Borda
Joanne Rappaport, a professor in the Department of Spanish and Portuguese, published Cowards Don’t Make History in October of this year. The book follows the research-activist collective La Rosca de Investigación y Acción Social, which was created by renowned sociologist Orlando Fals Borda, a pioneer for sociological research in Latin America and beyond.
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A Dog-Eared Book: Georgetown Professor Publishes Collection of Poems About Humanity’s Best Friend
The adage dogs are a man’s best friend is hardly a new sentiment. Duncan Wu, a professor in the Department of English, curated, edited and published Dog-Eared, a collection of poems by authors from different countries and time periods who wrote of their shared experiences with caring for dogs and the joys they bring. During a year that has seemed to be full of more challenges than triumphs, Wu says that we need dogs and poetry now more than ever.
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New Book by Professor Eli McCarthy Provides Framework for Just Peace
Eli McCarthy published his most recent book A Just Peace Ethic Primer, which comprised of a collection of essays by a diverse group of scholars, that outlines the ethical, theological and activist underpinnings of a just peace ethic.
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Book by Georgetown Professor Made into TV Mini Series
It’s not every day that your book is published, and it is an even more rare occurrence when it is adapted for the screen. For Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies professor Elliott Colla, this became reality with the announcement that the United Kingdom’s Channel 4 will release a mini-series based off of his 2014 thriller Baghdad Central in March of 2020.
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Golden Arches: New Book Explores McDonald’s, Civil Rights and Politics
Department of History professor Marcia Chatelain, Provost’s Distinguished Associate Professor and author of South Side Girls: Growing Up in the Great Migration (2015), published her latest work Franchise: The Golden Arches in Black America. This book explores the rich history at the intersection of fast food, civil rights and politics and dives into the origins of our nation’s health issues that persist today.
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Animals in Heaven? Jesuit Professor’s New Book Claims Catholic Theology Says Yes
Professor Christopher Steck of the Department of Theology published his book All God’s Animals: A Catholic Theological Framework for Animal Ethics, the first of its kind to claim through scholarly research that that Catholic theology does in fact show that animals will join people in heaven. Steck also outlines the importance of caring for the animal kingdom on earth due to their acceptance into heaven.
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