Archive: Books
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New Book Examines Relationship Between R&B Culture, Black Aspirations
A new book by Robert Patterson (C’02), chair of the Department of African American Studies, examines how post-Civil Rights era rhythm and blues culture articulates competing and conflicting political, social, familial and economic desires within African American communities.
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Benton-Cohen Teaches Immigration History in Japan Residency
Professor Katherine Benton-Cohen visited Japan last summer as part of an academic residency.
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Summer Reading: David Edelstein's Over the Horizon
Georgetown College government professor and Vice Dean David Edelstein published a book last fall titled Over the Horizon, a historical analysis of the behavior of great powers in the face of growing competition.
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McNamer Book Wins MLA Award
Georgetown College English and medieval studies professor Sarah McNamer was awarded the 2017 Modern Language Association’s Aldo and Jeanne Scaglione Publication Award for a Manuscript in Italian Literary Studies for her latest book, Meditations on the Life of Christ: The Short Italian Text.
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Sabat Flips the Script on Alzheimer's, Dementia
Steven Sabat, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychology, has published Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia: What Everyone Needs to Know, the latest in an Oxford series that engages experts to write easily accessible guides to their areas of expertise.
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Celenza Publishes Two New Books on Italian Renaissance
Celenza published his sixth book, Petrarch: Everywhere A Wanderer in December 2017; his seventh, The Intellectual World of the Italian Renaissance: Language, Philosophy, and the Search for Meaning, is due out this month.
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Lifshey Receives Distinguished Research Award
Professor Adam Lifshey has traveled around the world to research Spanish-language literature far beyond what’s traditionally considered the Spanish-speaking world. His efforts have now been recognized with a major faculty award.
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Von der Goltz Explores Conservative Movements
History professor Anna von der Goltz is the co-editor of a new compilation of research on postwar conservative movements in the United States and Western Europe.
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The Psychology of Politics
The SAGE Encyclopedia of Political Behavior, edited by Georgetown College psychology professor Fathali Moghaddam, applies concepts rooted in social and behavioral psychology to complex political questions.
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The Ghost Professor: Feinman Todd Releases Memoir
Last month, journalism program director Barbara Feinman Todd published a memoir of her career, including her time research, editing and ghostwriting for a number of Washington’s biggest names.
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