Archive: Georgetown Humanities Initiative
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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 series
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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 Prize
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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 faculty advances racial justice and how the university may continue to work for a more equitable community at the university level and beyond.
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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 student experience through their varied and nuanced areas of study.
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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 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.
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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 Women at Georgetown on Thursday, October 24, 2019.
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