Archive: Spring 2022
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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
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Dr. Toni-Lee Sangastiano’s Carnivalesque Exhibit was Presented at the Spagnuolo Gallery
Dr. Toni-Lee Sangastiano’s Carnivalesque exhibit was on display in the Walsh building Suite 102 between August 25, 2021 and May 23, 2022. Her work is inspired by sideshows, freak shows, circuses, and the beach boardwalks, from Coney Island to the Jersey shore.
Category: Past events
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Emily Mendenhall Presents Her Book Unmasked in the New Books in Science, Technology, and Society podcast
Emily Mendenhall tells host Austin Clyde the story of her most recent book, Unmasked: COVID, Community and the Case of Okoboji from the New Books in Science, Technology, and Society podcast.
Categories: Media, 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.
Category: Past events
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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.
Category: Past events
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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.
Category: Past events