Archive: Georgetown Humanities Initiative

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

  May 3, 2023

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

  Category: News Story Tags: English Department, Events, Georgetown Humanities Initiative

• Nicoletta Pireddu Wins Comparative Literature’s Most Prestigious Award

  April 3, 2023

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

  Category: News Story Tags: Books, Faculty, Georgetown Humanities Initiative, Italian

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

  September 24, 2020

  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 faculty advances racial justice and how the university may continue to work for a more equitable community at the university level and beyond.

  Category: News Story Tags: African American Studies, African Studies, American Studies, Anthropology, English, French, Gender and Justice Initiative, Georgetown Humanities Initiative, Georgetown Law, Government, History, McCourt School of Public Policy, Performing Arts, Sociology, Walsh School of Foreign Service

• New College Faculty for 2020-2021

  September 2, 2020

  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 student experience through their varied and nuanced areas of study.

  Category: News Story Tags: African American Studies, Arabic and Islamic Studies, Biology, Chemistry, Classics, Computer Science, East Asian Languages and Cultures, Economics, English, Faculty, Georgetown Humanities Initiative, Government, History, Humanities Initiative, Performing Arts, Philosophy, Physics, Research, Slavic, Theology

• Georgetown Humanities Initiative Promotes Collaboration and Community

  August 24, 2020

  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 research and service. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and increased awareness of racial inequalities that persist in society, inaugural director of the initiative Nicoletta Pireddu launched Humanities and Cura Personalis in Times of Crisis to emphasize the importance of fostering personal connections in academia and beyond.

  Category: News Story Tags: Events, Faculty, Georgetown Humanities Initiative

• Esteemed Poet and Translator Gives Talk on New Book

  October 31, 2019

  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 Women at Georgetown on Thursday, October 24, 2019.

  Category: News Story Tags: Arabic and Islamic Studies, Comparative Literature, English, Event, Georgetown Humanities Initiative, Medieval Studies, Persian