Archive: Past events
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Christopher King Will Be Honored at the National Association of Health Services Executives – Washington Metropolitan Area Chapter’s 2022 Healthcare Leaders Reception
On Wednesday, September 28, 2022, the National Association of Health Services Executives – Washington Metropolitan Area Chapter held its annual celebration of healthcare executives, recognizing distinguished healthcare leaders for their contributions in their respective communities. Dr. Christopher King was one of the 2022 Distinguished Honorees.
Categories: Announcements, Past events
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A Conversation with Nobel Laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah
This event, co-sponsored by the Lannan Center and the African Studies Program, featured Tanzanian novelist and Nobel Laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah in conversation with Aminatta Forna.
Category: Past events
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How to Have a Conversation, Episode 1: “We Were Confronting Each Other and We Were Being Brave”, María José Pareja Rozo Explores How In Your Shoes Facilitates Conversations
María José Pareja Rozo, Graduate Student of the Medical Humanities Initiative in the 2021-2022 academic year, launched How to Have a Conversation, a podcast about how the arts and humanities engage us in conversation. The pilot episode focuses on the In Your Shoes project, co-created by Derek Goldman.
Categories: Media, Past events
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A Spotlight On: Ethics, Biosecurity and Genomic Data – James Giordano, Pellegrino Centre for Clinical Bioethics at Georgetown University Medical Centre
James Giordano was featured on a Front Line Genomics’ “spotlight on” interview, which centered around about ethics, biosecurity and our genomic data. He discussed the biosecurity risks of genomic data, where biosecurity responsibilities lie and the dangers of precision pathologies.
Category: Past events
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Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski Feature Film, Co-Written and Co-Directed by Derek Goldman, Premiered at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival
Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski, the celebrated play written by Clark Young and Derek Goldman, has been developed into a cinematic adaptation, which premiered at the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival on July 24, 2022. The project was directed by Goldman and Jeff Hutchens, produced by documentary filmmaker Eva Anisko, and with David Strathairn reprising his role as Karski, all of whom attended the premier. The post-film Q&A was moderated by Carey Perloff, former Artistic Director of the American Conservatory Theater in San Francisco.
Category: Past events
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John McNeill Presented his Work at the Universität Bielefeld’s Society – Knowledge – Environment Colloquium
John McNeill presented his work on the Global Environmental History of the Industrial Revolution, at the Society – Knowledge – Environment Colloquium (Gesellschaft – Wissen – Umwelt Kolloquium), hosted online by Universität Bielefeld.
Category: Past events
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Press the Button: Lifelines, Featuring Elisa Reverman
In this episode of the Press the Button podcast, Lovely Umayam and Elisa Revernman talk about the Bombshelltoe Collective‘s Lifelines Project, a collection of personal reflections about the experiences of nuclear policymakers and technical practitioners during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Categories: Media, Past events
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James Giordano and Maggie Little, Amongst the Faculty Teaching Intensive Bioethics Course this Summer
James Giordano and Maggie Little were part of the faculty teaching the Intensive Bioethics Course (IBC) 44, which took place at Georgetown University on June 9-11, 2022.
Category: Past events
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Nicoletta Pireddu Talks with Jhumpa Lahiri about her Most Recent Work
The Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Interpreter of Maladies Jhumpa Lahiri discussed with Nicoletta Pireddu her most recent work, Translating Myself and Others, at the Sixth & I cultural center.
Category: Past events
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Lakshmi Krishnan and Vinayak Jain Were Part of the 2022 Teaching, Learning & Innovation Summer Institute
Dr. Lakshmi Krishnan and MWHC Internal Medicine Resident Vinayak Jain presented their work on “Critical Pedagogies in Medical Education” at the 2022 Teaching, Learning & Innovation Summer Institute (TLISI).
Category: Past events