Archive: Medical Humanities Initiative
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The Great Work Begins: Revisiting Angels in America During a Pandemic
This special program of performance and discussion combined scenes performed by leading professional actors from Tony Kushner’s Pulitzer Prize-winning two-part epic play Angels…
October 27, 2020
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Readings and Talks featuring Valeria Luiselli
Evening with award-winning novelist and essayist, Valeria Luiselli. This event was moderated by Lannan Center Director and author Aminatta Forna and was cosponsored by the…
October 20, 2020
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Making Communities: Public Science in the Time of COVID-19. A Conversation featuring Margaret Talbot (New Yorker) and Don Undeen (Georgetown’s Maker Hub)
What happens when supply line production of essential goods and equipment is disrupted? Can public science offer solutions? Citizen scientists and community labs are developing…
October 15, 2020
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Ella Castanier Writes about the Policies to Combat Future Pandemics that GU Professors Recommend for The Hoya
Ella Castanier (COL’24) presents the recommendations for pandemic preparedness provided by Georgetown professors at the Center for Global Health Science and Security Alexandra…
September 30, 2020
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The Hoya Covers the “Health Inequities in Time of Covid” Course, as Part of the New Course Offerings Focused on Racial Injustice
The Hoya presents the Health Inequities in Time of Covid course, taught by Theodora Danylevich and Carol Day, which investigates the systemic reasons behind COVID-19’s…
July 22, 2020
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A Distant Mirror: Seeing Medical History and Race through the Lens of U.S. Culture
The Medical Humanities Initiative, in collaboration with the Georgetown Humanities Initiative and Howard University, hosted the lecture “A Distant Mirror: Seeing Medical…
February 10, 2020
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The Hoya Covers the Development of the Medical Humanities Major
The Hoya introduces the future Medical Humanities major, expected to possibly launch in coming years, mentioning the Spring 2020 courses, and Dr. Lakshmi Krishnan and Dr. Daniel…
November 8, 2019