Archive: Georgetown Humanities Initiative

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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…

December 13, 2024

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Hoyas in the Humanities: Bringing Research to Life in the Archives and on the Stage

Last month, the College of Arts & Sciences celebrated the opening of a dedicated space for the Georgetown Humanities Initiative.  By housing the initiative in historic Old…

November 8, 2024

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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…

October 29, 2024

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

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

May 3, 2023

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Nicoletta Pireddu Wins Comparative Literature’s Most Prestigious Award

Nicoletta Pireddu’s book "Migrating Minds: Theories and Practices of Cultural Cosmopolitanism" has been awarded the René Wellek…

April 3, 2023

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Georgetown College Hosts Racial Justice Speaker Series to Promote Equity and Inclusion

Next week, Georgetown College will host its first event in the series “Such a Time As This”: Racial Justice and the University in order to explore how research by Georgetown…

September 24, 2020

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New College Faculty for 2020-2021

Georgetown College is pleased to welcome 24 new full-time faculty members with primary appointments in 16 College departments and programs. This cohort will help enrich the…

September 2, 2020

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Georgetown Humanities Initiative Promotes Collaboration and Community

The Georgetown Humanities Initiative was conceived by the College as a way to foster collaborative projects across departments and schools that highlight the human element of…

August 24, 2020

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Esteemed Poet and Translator Gives Talk on New Book

Dick Davis, globally acknowledged leading translator of Persian poetry, gave a reading from his newly published book The Mirror of My Heart: A Thousand Years of Persian Poetry by…

October 31, 2019