Archive: Media and Scholarship

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Media

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…

February 14, 2021

Media

“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 …

February 12, 2021

Scholarship

“A Spectrum of (Dis)Belief: Coronavirus Frames in a Rural Midwestern Town in the United States”

Emily Mendenhall and her co-authors investigate how society in rural America reacted to the coronavirus outbreaks of 2020. Without government COVID-19 mandates, conflicting moral…

February 9, 2021

Media

“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…

January 28, 2021

Scholarship

“Transformative Experiences and A Young Doctor’s Notebook”

Dr. Daniel Marchalik and Dr. Andrew Lipsky look at LA Paul's Transformative Experience to understand the implications and rationale behind the decision of becoming a.…

January 23, 2021

Scholarship

“Pregnant Women & Vaccines Against Emerging Epidemic Threats: Ethics Guidance for Preparedness, Research, and Response”

Maggie Little and other researchers take a look at the way in which pregnant women and their offspring have been historically excluded from research agendas and investment…

January 3, 2021

Scholarship

“’Thinking Too Much’: A Systematic Review of the Idiom of Distress in Sub-Saharan Africa”

In this systematic review, Emily Mendenhall and her co-authors take a look at the idiom “thinking too much”. This idiom is employed in cultural settings worldwide to express…

January 2, 2021

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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…

January 1, 2021

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Everybody Hates Me: Let’s Talk About Stigma Podcast: Dr. Emily Mendenhall, Stigma, Syndemics and Diabetes

Emily Mendenhall discusses with host Dr. Carmen Logie the concept of syndemic, based on her global research on diabetes, HIV, violence, depression and.…

December 23, 2020

Media

“The Role of the Humanities in Medical Studies,” Christopher Swisher Writes about the impact of the Medical Humanities in his Educational Experience

Christopher Swisher (M'22) writes about the impact of the Georgetown Humanities Initiative in his medical.…

December 19, 2020