Archive: Spring 2019
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“Health and Disease History of the Caribbean, 1491-1850: Two Syndemics”, John McNeill’s 2019 Sir John Elliott Lecture in Atlantic History
On May 21, 2019, John McNeill delivered the 2019 Sir John Elliott Lecture in Atlantic History, titled “Health and Disease History of the Caribbean, 1491-1850: Two Syndemics”, at Oxford University’s Rothermere American Institute.
Category: Past events
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Georgetown Hosted the American Comparative Literature Association 2019 Annual Conference
From March 7 to 10, Georgetown University hosted the 2019 American Comparative Literature Association’s Annual Meeting, one of the world’s largest conferences of comparative literature scholars, which Nicoletta Pireddu spent over two years planning.
Category: Past events
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Dr. Daniel Marchalik and Dr. Hunter Groninger on Beyond Burnout–The Healing Power of Fiction
On February 6 2019, Dr. Daniel Marchalik and Dr. Hunter Groninger spoke at the University of Virginia’s Medical Center Hour about emerging research on books’ benefits for doctors and trace their own experience with the Literature and Medicine Track at the Georgetown University School of Medicine.
Category: Past events