Archive: Past events
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Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski Was Performed at Georgetown University
After acclaimed runs in D.C. and Chicago, The Lab’s original play, “Remember This: The Lesson of Jan Karski”, co-written by Clark Young and Derek Goldman, was presented at the Davis Performing Arts Center between May 12 and May 22, 2022.
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Double Visions: Aminatta Forna and Laila Lalami at the 2022 PEN America: World Voices Festival
The second day of the 2022 PEN America: World Voices Festival featured Aminatta Forna in conversation with Pulitzer Prize Finalist Laila Lalami. Both of these authors draw from their own lives to explore the desire for belonging in boundary-crossing experiences centered on identity, notions of place, and questions of origin. Together, they discussed how their nonfiction works document life on the edges of belonging—across cultures, countries, and eras.
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Aminatta Forna is One of Nearly 100 Authors Gathering at the PEN America Emergency World Voices Congress of Writers
On May 10, 2022, PEN America published a press release convening the Emergency Congress of Writers in Response to the War in Ukraine and Other Global Crises, which announced the gathering of nearly 100 authors, including Aminatta Forna, at the United Nations to Weigh Free Expression and the Role of Writers Amid Upheaval, on May 13.
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Nobel Laureate Abdulrazak Gurnah in Conversation with Aminatta Forna and Others at the 2022 PEN America: World Voices Festival
The opening night of the 2022 PEN America: World Voices Festival celebrated the work of Tanzanian novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah, in his first appearance in the United States after being awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature last October. This event, which took place in New York on May 13, featured readings, performances, and a conversation with Aminatta Forna, Nadifa Mohamed, Esau Pritchett, Alsarah, and others.
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The Georgetown Lombardi Arts and Humanities Program and the Georgetown Department of Mission and Pastoral Care Sponsored the 7th Annual Poetry Café
On April 21, 2022, a group of MedStar Georgetown University Hospital patients, caregivers, associates and community members gathered online for the 7th annual Poetry Café. This annual event is sponsored by the Arts & Humanities Program, directed by Julia Langley, and the Department of Mission and Pastoral Care.
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Ella Castanier and Saba Nia Presented their Research at the 2022 Colloquium for Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities, Hosted by Georgetown College
Ella Castanier (COL’24) and Saba Nia (COL’23) presented their research at the 2022 Colloquium for Research in the Social Sciences and Humanities, which took place on April 21, 2022.
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Emily Mendenhall Presented Her Latest Book at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Emily Mendenhall spoke about newest book, Unmasked: COVID, Community, and the Case of Okoboji at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.
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Social Science & Medicine – Mental Health Video Podcast: Emily Mendenhall on Flourishing and Health in Critical Perspective
Emily Mendenhall and Sarah S. Willen talk about “Flourishing and Health in Critical Perspective: An Invitation to Interdisciplinary Dialogue,” the first series of the Social Science & Medicine – Mental Health journal. The conversation centers around how interdisciplinary dialogue can improve the way we study flourishing and health – and the clinical and policy interventions we propose.
Categories: Media, Past events
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Iowa Public Radio – Talk of Iowa: Emily Mendenhall on When Okoboji Became a COVID-19 Hotspot
Emily Mendenhall joins host Charity Nebbe to share what she learned when she studied the pandemic in her hometown — Okoboji —, for her book Unmasked: COVID, Community and the Case of Okoboji.
Categories: Media, Past events
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Public Dialogue around Toni-Lee Sangastiano’s Carnivalesque
On April 7, 2022, the Department of Art and Art History and Georgetown College hosted a public dialogue around Toni-Lee Sangastiano’s Carnivalesque.
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