Archive: Media
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CITY LIGHTS LIVE! Aminatta Forna in Conversation with Eula Biss
Aminatta Forna in conversation with Eula Biss, discussing her new book, The Window Seat: Notes From a Life in Motion, published by Grove Press. This event was originally broadcasted via Zoom and hosted by Josiah Luis Alderete.
Categories: Media, Past events
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“Hame”, Orion Magazine Publishes Excerpt of Aminatta Forna’s The Window Seat
Orion Magazine published an excerpt of “Hame”, one of the essays that make up Aminatta Forna’s most recent book, The Window Seat: Notes from a Life in Motion.
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“The Importance of Public-Private Partnerships and Preparing for the Next Pandemic,” Kayla Zamanian Writes about Natasha Bilimoria’s Contributions to the Conversations in Global Health Class
Kayla Zamanian (SFS’23) writes about the role of public-private partnerships and the importance of health system strengthening as a way of preparing for future pandemics, based on “The Future of Global Public Health: A Conversation with Natasha Bilimoria”.
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“Neurodata and Defence: Part II – Beyond NINA -The Need for Integrative Digital Biosecurity”, Defence IQ Piece Co-Authored by Dr. James Giordano
James Giordano, Joseph DeFranco, and Diane DiEuliis propose an integrative approach to digital biosecurity to address present and future challenges of the convergence of neurobiology and computational capabilities.
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“Neurodata & Defence: Part I – Realities and Risks”, Defence IQ Piece Co-Authored by Dr. James Giordano
In this piece published on Defence IQ, James Giordano, Joseph DeFranco, and Diane DiEuliis address the challenges arising from the development of newer techniques and technologies –inclusive of neurodata– in relation to national security and defense initiatives.
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Georgetown College Writes About the Medical Humanities Initiative’s New Minor
Georgetown College shared the announcement of the launch of the interdisciplinary minor in Medical Humanities, Culture, and Society, which, in Nicoletta Pireddu’s words, “demonstrates that the rigor of scientific data and the spark of imagination can work together with exciting results”.
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The Georgetown Lombardi’s Arts & Humanities Program Received National Endowment for the Arts Grant
In February, 2021, the Georgetown Lombardi Arts & Humanities Program, directed by Julia Langley, was awarded a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to study the effect of music on ICU patients’ neurologic and physiologic responses.
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“An Innovative Georgetown Lab Looks to Theater to Quell Political Fires”, The Washington Post Talks About the “In Your Shoes” Project, Co-Created by Derek Goldman
The Washington Post highlights Derek Goldman’s methodology of “performing one another”, as well as many other initiatives by the Laboratory for Global Performance, including “Here I Am,” a digital performance piece that premiered in April 2021; and and “Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski,” written by Clark Young and Derek Goldman and directed by Goldman.
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“Medical Humanities Initiative Creates Novel Learning Opportunities with Interdisciplinary Students and Faculty”, The Georgetown University Medical Center Covers the Work of the Medical Humanities Initiative
The Georgetown University Medical Center wrote about the novel learning opportunities that the Georgetown University Medical Humanities Initiative provides for undergraduate and medical students, by extending classical humanities studies into the realm of illness and disease.
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AHR Interview: Merle Eisenberg and Lee Mordechai in Conversation with John McNeill on the Plague Concept
Merle Eisenberg and Lee Mordechai join this conversation with John McNeill. They discuss their article “The Justinianic Plague and Global Pandemics: The Making of the Plague Concept,” which appeared in the AHR.
Categories: Media, Past events