Archive: Spring 2022
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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…
May 13, 2022
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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…
April 21, 2022
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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,…
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.…
April 19, 2022
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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…
April 13, 2022
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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…
April 8, 2022
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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.…
April 7, 2022
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The Annual Maloy Distinguished Lecture on Global Health | Unmasked: COVID, Community, and the Case of Okoboji by Emily Mendenhall
On April 4 , 2022, the Science, Technology and International Affairs (STIA) Program, in partnership with the Global Health Initiative and the Mortara Center for International…
April 4, 2022
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COVID, Quickly, Episode 27: “Second Boosters, Masks in the Next Wave and Smart Risk Decisions”, Scientific American Looks at Emily Mendenhall’s Research About Attitudes Toward Masks
In this episode of the "COVID, Quickly", Scientific American’s senior health editors Tanya Lewis and Josh Fischman look at Emily Mendenhall's research on people's attitudes…
April 1, 2022
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The Georgetown Medical Humanities Initiative Co-Sponsored the 2022 Health Humanities Conference
The Georgetown Medical Humanities Initiative was one of the sponsors of the 2022 Health Humanities Conference, which took place on March 25, 26 and 27, 2022, and was co-hosted by…
March 28, 2022