Supporting humanities at @georgetown. Nurturing academic excellence and public engagement. Highlighting humanities scholarship and teaching of enduring value.
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Packing for summer? Don’t forget the only toolkit that travels anywhere: the humanities 😎!
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The videos from the March 2026 Georgetown Global Dialogues in Barcelona are now available here:
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Please join us on Thursday, April 16, 5-6:30PM in Old North 205, for the final event in our yearlong translation series!
"Translating the Self: Perspective, Positionality, Alterity" will feature acclaimed translators and creative writers Bruna Dantas Lobato and Kurt Beals.
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"Charles Baudelaire, Constantin Guys & the Politics of Visual Translation," w/ Prof. Mary Roberts. Tue, Apr 14, 5-6:30PM, Old North 205. An exploration of French painter C.Guys’ drawings of the Crimean war & Istanbul & their transformation into prints for Illustrated London News.
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Save the date! The 2026 Lannan Literary
Festival will be held March 24, 26, and 31, featuring
authors: Julia Alvarez, Travis Lau, and Salman Rushdie.
See registration information at
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On March 28-30, the Georgetown Global Dialogues and @HumanitiesGU will return to Barcelona in partnership with the Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona to explore how we can shape a more hopeful future. Details and livestream at globaldialogues.georgetown.e…
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Our translation studies series continues on March 23 (5-6:30PM Old North 205) with the panel "Translating Literary Giants: Bringing the Past into New Languages," featuring acclaimed translators Virginia Jewiss and Ralph Hubbell. Moderators: Profs. Sylvia Önder & Nicoletta Pireddu
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Save the date! March 11, 5-6PM, Old North 205: "War Neurosis, Trauma, and Violence in Interwar European Literature" by Dr. Stefano Serafini (Marie Sklodowska Curie Action Postdoctoral Fellow @HumanitiesGU), co-sponsored by @GuItalian & Dept. of German.
@stefano_jdc @MSCActions
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Please join us this coming Monday, Feb. 23, for a fascinating lecture by Daniel Mendelsohn, acclaimed translator of Homer's Odyssey: "What's the Greek Word for 'Picnic'? A Guided Tour of the Translator's Task." 5-6:30PM, ICC Auditorium (Edward Bunn S.J. Intercultural Center)
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Feb 12, 2026, 6-7:30PM, Copley Lounge: Georgetown African Studies Prgm in conversation w/ Somali-American chef & author Hawa Hassan, whose new cookbook weaves her personal experience as a refugee w/ stories & recipes from displaced people across the world: events.georgetown.edu/africa…
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We are thrilled to host Pulitzer Prize-winning editorial cartoonist, graphic novelist, musician, and filmmaker Michael Sloan for a conversation on his interdisciplinary art. Co-organized by @HumanitiesGU and @gtownlibrary.
Wednesday, February 11, 4:30-6 PM, Murray Room.
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Georgetown University joins the nation in commemorating Black History Month. Learn more about Black history and culture @Georgetown : georgetown.edu/celebrating-b…
and engage in events recognizing Black History Month:
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Please join us this coming Wednesday, February 4, 5:00- 7:00PM, in Old North 205, for the panel "Translating Blackness" w/ Brent Hayes Edwards (Columbia U), Amy Reid (PEN America) & Paula Anacaona (Éditions Anacaona, Paris). events.georgetown.edu/humani…
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Spring into translation w/ @HumanitiesGU! Check out our Spring 2026 lineup of workshops and panels exploring the art & craft of translation. Coming up on Wed. Jan. 14: "Translating Voice" w/ Lily Meyer (Old North 205, 12:30-2:30 pm)
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27 Oct 2025
Check out this article by Kelyn Soong on our recent @HumanitiesGU & @GUDigitalEthics event on the ethics of AI, featuring @dekai123:
college.georgetown.edu/news-…
#EthicalAI #DeKai #RaisingAI #HumanitiesForABetterWorld
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23 Oct 2025
Europe looks to the Global South, but how can an inclusive European cosmopolitanism embrace Latin American and Asian cultures?
Join @ranjithoskote, @veronica_gago, @Safatle_oficial, Yásnaya Elena A. Gil, and Rafael Vilasanjuan to discuss.
Learn more: buff.ly/KokFCK1
ALT The Turn to the Global South. Nov. 5, 2025. 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Barcelona, Spain. Georgetown University Global Dialogues.
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22 Oct 2025
What might a flourishing political and cultural life beyond American notions of democracy and individualism look like?
Join Mohsin Hamid, @NesrineMalik, Ben Ehrenreich, and Gemma Saura in discussion.
Details: buff.ly/9F0qovf
ALT Paths of De-Americanization. Nov 5, 2025. 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Barcelona, Spain. Georgetown University Global Dialogues.
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20 Oct 2025
How has our tolerance for cruelty grown, and what might alternative values like love and compassion look like?
Join @NesrineMalik, @veronica_gago, Edurne Portela, and @josebaelola in Barcelona to explore these questions.
Details & RSVP: buff.ly/1CIQSqB
ALT Calling Out Cruelty. Nov. 4 2025. 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Barcelona, Spain. Georgetown University Global Dialogues.
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17 Oct 2025
As representative politics decline and social media fragments the public sphere, how can writers & activists rebuild solidarity?
Join @hishamjmatar, @ETemelkuran, @marinagarces and Pankaj Mishra as they discuss.
Details & RSVP: buff.ly/ZFZRwkX
ALT Building Solidarity in a Fragmented Culture. Nov. 3, 2025. 6:30 - 8:00 p.m. Barcelona, Spain. Georgetown University Global Dialogues.
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"Creative Crossovers: Translators as Fiction Writers," the kickoff event of our @HumanitiesGU 2025-26 translation seminar series, in the words of Jacqueline Gordon (CAS '29) for @GtownVoice:
georgetownvoice.com/2025/09/…
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